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Supply Chain

Cargill’s ranking reflects the company’s leadership and innovation on animal welfare

Cargill has announced that it has received a Tier 2 ranking in the newly released Business Benchmark on Farm Animal Welfare (BBFAW) report, the leading global measure of company performance on farm animal welfare.

This is the sixth year in a row that the annual BBFAW report ranked Cargill in Tier 2 out of six tiers total. Only 16 of the 150 global companies rated in BBFAW’s report are in Tiers 1 or 2, which BBFAW defines as reserved for companies that have made animal welfare integral to business strategy.

“We are proud of our continued high ranking in this year’s BBFAW report, as well as the work we’re doing every day to advance animal welfare within our operations, with our customers, along our supply chains and across the industry,” said Nick Wolfenden, Cargill’s global sustainable animal welfare director.

Animal welfare is a crucial issue for consumers, food manufacturers, protein producers, and farmers and ranchers worldwide. Cargill collaborates with numerous organisations to help advance animal welfare across all species in its business and incorporates these advances through continuous improvement efforts both internally and with supply chain partners.

Cargill’s ranking reflects the company’s leadership and innovation on animal welfare, as well as a data-driven approach to comprehensive reporting across its animal protein operations and supply chains worldwide.

Cargill’s ranking reflects the company’s leadership and

Live Stock

The company is expanding its product line to include a unique platform for cell-cultured collagen production

Aleph Farms, the first company to grow cultivated beef steaks, has announced it is expanding its product line to include a unique platform for cell-cultured collagen production. The company’s highly differentiated, integrated strategy to develop a complete alternative to animals in intensive animal farming is a testament to its inclusive vision to supplement sustainable, but less productive, livestock agriculture practices.

Didier Toubia, co-founder and CEO of Aleph Farms commented, “Focusing on single categories of animal products does not account for the complexity of the animal agriculture ecosystem. The protein transition should rely on a systems-based approach to successfully contribute to a comprehensive, just and inclusive transition for animal agriculture.”

Conventional collagen is produced by boiling and processing cow’s hides and bones, and is widely used in a range of industries. Aleph Farms’ cultivated collagen offers attributes of natural animal-based collagen that are unmatched by plant or fermented recombinant-based alternatives.

As the first product to emerge from the company’s newly revealed incubator, and following 18 months of research by an expert team in stealth mode, Aleph’s collagen is now moving to full product development stage and should launch in 2024. This announcement follows the company’s expansion to its new cultured-beef steaks pilot production plant. Both platforms largely share similar inputs and equipment and present operational and cost-reduction synergies.

The company is expanding its product line

Horticulture, Supply Chain, Trade, Transportation

The export of fresh fruits from India has increased from 516.26 million in 2014-15 to 768.54 million in 2020-21.

Promotion of exports of agriculture products, including dairy products like curd and cheese, is a continuous process. To promote the export of dairy products, an Export Promotion Forum (EPF) has been constituted under the aegis of Agricultural & Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA).

The EPF has representation from trade/industry, line Ministries/Departments, regulatory agencies, research institutes, state governments etc. Meetings of the EPF are held regularly to discuss the various issues affecting exports, such as SPS/ TBT issues, market access issues, plans for export promotion and capacity building programmes etc. Recommendations made by the EPFs are passed on to the relevant authorities for appropriate action.

Mathura and Banaskantha districts in Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat respectively have been identified as clusters for export of dairy products. APEDA has organized awareness cum capacity-building programmes for farmers/Farmer-Producer Organizations (FPOs) in these clusters. APEDA also provides assistance to exporters of dairy products under various components of its export promotion scheme.

The export of fresh fruits from India

Agro chems – Fertilizers, Interaction

Mahesh Girdhar, President, Crop Nutrition Business, Smartchem Technologies Ltd 100 per cent subsidiary of Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Limited (DFPCL) interacted with AgroSpectrum on future of fertilizer industry in India. Editorial excerpts:

How do you foresee the fertilizer industry in India?

Agriculture, including its allied sector, is one the largest sources of income in India. The sector contributes 19.9 per cent to the country’s GDP (as of FY 2020-21), with 56.6 per cent of the population engaging in the agricultural sector. We have achieved self-reliance in production of food grains; however fruits & vegetables have surpassed food grain production to meet the changing consumer needs.

Fertilizer industry has played a significant role in ensuring food & nutrition security since the green revolution. The Indian fertiliser industry continues to enhance its capability to fulfil demands of Indian agriculture with Nitrogen based fertiliser like Urea, Ammonium Sulphate; the phosphorous-based fertilisers such as diammonium phosphate (DAP), the NP, NPK grades and single superphosphate (SSP); potash-based fertilizers; sulphur-based fertilizers as well as several other micronutrients which are critical to realize crop production and quality of produce. In recent times innovative foliar nutrition solutions & organic based fertilizers are being developed by various companies.

When it comes to crop nutrition, there is a significant scope to improve nutrient use efficiency & provide balance nutrients to crops at various stages of their growth to fulfil the crop nutrition requirement, to realize yield and quality potential. Production processes are also labour intensive and regionally biased, and there needs to be focus on application technology and farmers education on understanding and adopting newer products and services.

It is pertinent to note that plant requires 16 essential nutrients, they are classified   according to the amount required by the plants i.e. primary nutrients, secondary nutrients & micronutrients.

Essential nutrients are required to be available to crops at right time, at right dose through right source and at right stage of crop. Industry needs to further focus on innovating & brining solutions to key issues to add further value in the crop nutrition management of crops.

Application of Balance nutrition

In India, on average 58, 36.5, 12.8, 7.1, 4.2 and 23.2 per cent soils are deficient in S, Zn, Fe, Mn, Cu and B respectively. More than 50 per cent samples are found deficient in Zn and B in 110 and 63 districts of the country, respectively. Imbalance availability and uptake of essential nutrient by plant leads to huge yield gap (difference between yield potential and the actual realized yield) and nutritional value of final produce in most of the Indian crops. Hence, supplementing plant nutrients in balanced proportion as per the crop need and its critical growth stage requirement is important.

Nutrient Use efficiency

Nutrient use efficiency (NUE) depends on the plant’s ability to take up nutrients efficiently from the soil, that mainly depends on soil health  (physical, chemical & biological properties), internal soil transport, storage, reactivity with other soil minerals and remobilization of nutrients. It can also be greatly affected by enhancing soil health, efficient fertilizers as well as through soil and irrigation management.

Present nutrient use efficiency of India for Nitrogen, Phosphorous and MOP is 30-50 per cent, 16-20 per cent and 50-60 per cent, respectively. The unutilized N is lost through several mechanisms such as leaching, denitrification, volatilization, etc., and pollutes the groundwater and atmosphere. Similarly, considerable amounts of P and K get fixed in the soil. Hence, NUE is one big area where global and Indian fertilizer industry is investing a lot of time and resource to bring improvements.

How Crop Nutrition Business, Smartchem Technologies Ltd 100 per cent subsidiary of Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corporation Limited (DFPCL) is contributing to growth of fertilizer industry in India?   

Crop Nutrition Business at STL offers Crop Nutrition Solutions that are technologically superior and come with Enhanced Nutrient Use Efficiency i.e., soil applied Croptek & Smartek, unique Nitro Phosphate & Bensulf-Superfast. We also offer efficient water-soluble products which are crop and stage specific ‘All in One’ and various other products under the brand name ‘Mahadhan’.  Our Crop nutrition business has a traditional & strong presence in the horticultural belt of India i.e., the states Maharashtra, Karnataka and Gujarat. The company expanded its geographical reach to south and north states of India (Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh) in the last few years.

We have a very strong team of market development spread across our operating geographies & crops; our team seamlessly provides crop nutrition education & demonstrate innovative solutions at the fields. We are continuously brining value-added crop nutrition products and solutions.  Mahadhan brand is used by more than 5 million farmers annually. STL is amongst the top 5 NPK manufacturers & largest producer of Bentonite Sulphur in India, with facilities at Taloja (Maharashtra) and Panipat (Haryana). We are the pioneers in brining Enhanced Efficiency Fertilizers (EEF) through continuously innovating varied solutions in defined horticulture & commercial crops and market leaders in specialty fertilizers in the country. 

What inputs are required for the growth of fertilizer industry in India?

Currently India is significantly dependent on imports of fertilizers as finished goods and as raw material. We need to focus on various initiatives to reduce fertilizer usage through innovative technology to maximize fertilizer use efficiency and farmer education for balanced nutrition. Encouraging domestic production of finished fertilizer and exploring strategic partnerships for mining of critical raw material i.e., phosphate and muriate of potassium in India & overseas, will help to reduce import dependence.

Policy makers play a pivotal role in Identifying policy interventions to encourage innovation for the industry to develop solutions to address nutrient use efficiency, promoting data driven balanced use of nutrients & using farmer’s extension capability jointly with the industry to educate and create awareness of nutrition management practices.

Dipti Barve

Mahesh Girdhar, President, Crop Nutrition Business, Smartchem

Trade

To ensure GI tagged product promotion, a prime location has been identified at the departure area of Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi

In a bid to promote exports of locally sourced Geographical Indications (GI) tagged agricultural products, the Central government has been striving to identify new products and new export destinations. 

In line with PM Modi’s call for ‘Vocal for Local’ and ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, the Centre, through Agricultural and Processed Food Export Development Authority (APEDA) has been facilitating trial shipments into new markets world-wide for products such as Kala Namak rice, Naga Mircha, Assam Kaji Nemu, Bangalore Rose Onion, Nagpur Oranges, GI varieties of Mangoes, GI-tagged Shahi Litchi, Bhalia wheat, Madurai Malli, BardhamanMihidana and Sitabhog, Dahanu Gholvad Sapota, Jalgaon Banana, Vazhakulam Pineapple, Marayoor Jaggery, etc. 

To ensure GI tagged product promotion, a prime location has been identified at the departure area of Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport, Varanasi. In June 2021, the season’s first shipment of 1048 kg GI Tagged Malihabadi Dusseheri Mango was exported from Lucknow to the United Kingdom and UAE.

To promote the unique GI Products from the North Eastern Region such as Manipur Black Rice (Chak-Hao), Manipur Kachai Lemon, Mizo Chilli, Arunachal Orange, Meghalaya Khasi Mandarin, Assam Kaji Nemu, Karbi Anglong Ginger, Joha Rice, and Tripura Queen Pineapple, Centre through APEDA has been organising buyer-seller meets, conducting awareness and capacity building workshops with the participation of representatives of the NER States, FPOs/FPCs, Exporters, Associations, and Government Departments such as Indian Railways, AAICLAS, NAFED, DGFT, IIFPT etc.

GI products from other regions included Sangli raisins, Nagpur Orange, Dahanu Gholvad Chikoo, Marathwada Kesar Mango, Jalgaon Banana from Maharashtra, Kandhamal Turmeric from Odisha and Bangalore Rose Onion from Karnataka, Allahabad Surkha Guava, Kalanamak Rice from Uttar Pradesh, Madurai Malli from Tamil Nadu etc.

To ensure GI tagged product promotion, a

Agrotech, Start ups

The device is equipped with advanced features which systematically convert waste into manure in just 10-20 days

Agnys Waste Management Private Limited, an IIT Kanpur incubated company, has developed an automatic composting machine known as BHOOMI (Bio-composting of Horticulture & Organic waste into Manure indigenously), in collaboration with Imagineering Lab, IIT Kanpur, with support from Engineers India Limited.

The device is equipped with advanced features like carbon filters, shredders, air pumps, solar panels, which systematically convert waste into manure in just 10-20 days. The ergonomic design makes it easily operable and in recycling organic waste.

The product’s advanced features like carbon filters, shredders, air pumps, and solar panels make it more efficient and cheaper than the currently available products in the market.The decentralised composting device can easily be installed at any bulk waste generator like apartments, hotels, hostels, institutions, etc.

Abhay Karandikar, director of IIT Kanpur commented, “Proper waste management has always been a pertinent and crucial issue, especially in urban areas. This invention is in line with our commitment to sustainability and environmental conservation. I believe this device would contribute significantly to our #SwacchBharatAbhiyan and #SmartCityMission initiatives.”

The device is equipped with advanced features

Finance, Sustainability

The latest round of funding will be used towards R&D and to support GPS Renewables’ next phase of growth and expansion

GPS Renewables, a Bengaluru-based bioenergy technology firm, has closed its Series B funding from Neev Fund II, managed by SBICap Ventures. The latest round of funding will be used towards R&D and to support GPS Renewables’ next phase of growth and expansion. 

With the current round, GPS has cumulatively raised close to $20 million in the form of equity. The earlier round was led by Netherlands based Hivos-Triodos Fund and Hyderabad-based Caspian Impact Investments in September 2020.

GPS Renewables started off with a captive bio gas product called the ‘BioUrja’. The Company has successfully expanded its capacity by over 5000x over the last couple of years, thereby positioning itself as the go-to project integrator in the bio energy space, covering BioCNG, Bioethanol and Green Hydrogen.

GPS Renewables has recently commissioned Asia’s largest BioCNG plant based on SSO (Source Separated Organics) in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Setup over 15 acres of land, this bio-gas plant is expected to produce 17 tonnes of BioCNG every day from 550 tonnes of organic household waste. Nearly 400 city buses in Indore will soon run on the BioCNG generated from this bio gas plant. The company is in the process of setting up the world’s largest BioCNG plant in Hyderabad in association with project development partners from Japan.

Commenting on the investment, Mainak Chakraborty, Co-founder and CEO of GPS Renewables, said, “Untreated organic waste streams, ranging from urban waste to paddy straw, are one of the biggest contributors to global warming and it poses serious health concerns for the current and future generations alike. Climate positive solutions to these problems are the need of the hour, and that’s where GPS’ bio-energy solutions suite comes in. We are excited to partner with Neev II as we further strengthen our mission towards making the world cleaner and more sustainable. This partnership will help accelerate our growth while capitalising on the organic feed-stock to bio-energy market.”

The latest round of funding will be

AgroPolicy, Pulses

Global germplasm will be used in the Indian breeding programmes

The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar in Lok Sabha on March 15, 2022, has announced that the International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA) has enabled access to global germplasm for use in the Indian breeding programmes. Ten high yielding varieties of Lentil, Chickpea and Barley have been released by ICARDA along with ICAR for commercial cultivation in India during the last three years. Of these, six were released in 2019, three in 2020 and one in 2021.

The ICARDA is engaged in the research and development of improved varieties of food crops (Wheat and Barley) and nutritionally rich pulses. Besides, ICARDA also works on different natural management systems like cropping systems, water productivity modelling, conservation agriculture technology, fodder cactus, etc. in association with the ICAR institutions, the State/Central Agricultural Universities and the Central and State Departments.

Global germplasm will be used in the

Agrotech, Interaction, Seeds

Women leaders in agri industry shares views on ‘Women Leadership Building Sustainable and Inclusive Food System’

 On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Federation of Seed Industry of India (FSII) and Alliance for Agri Innovation held a webinar on ‘Women Leadership Building Sustainable and Inclusive Food System’. Eminent speakers from Asia Pacific included, Dr Usha Barwale Zehr, Director and Chief Technology Officer at Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company Private Limited (MAHYCO); Dr Purvi Mehta, Asia Lead – Agriculture, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Dr Mary Ann Sayoc, Public Affairs Lead, East-West Seed Group.

Expressing views on the limited women leadership in agriculture, Dr Usha Barwale Zehr, said, “Efforts must be made to mentor young women in careers in agriculture. We have undertaken several activities such as outreach programmes, creating on-field demonstrations around the benefits of biotechnology. A lot of women are engaged in biotechnology and are engaged in a majority of lab-focused activities. Further biotechnology tools need to be applied for the benefit of small-holder farmers as they are crop, scale and gender neutral. The industry will have to push forward with a greater vigor for facilitating new products as it will help to reach out to more women farmers.”

Dr Purvi Mehta said, “Women play a crucial role in the food value system, but their participation varies in different sub-sectors. The fundamental factor for inequality in women’s participation in agriculture are lack of access to land, knowledge, market and technology. About 15 per cent of women farmers get access to any traditional extension service. Fundamental factor for this inequality is ownership of land as less than 10 percent of India’s farmland is owned by women. While property rights are equal for women, the challenges lie in social factors.” Seeking the right balance for the empowerment of women farmers”.

Dr Mary Ann Sayoc, said, “Women’s leadership is found to be better and sought a slew of measures for their empowerment in leadership. A study found that outcomes related to COVID-19 were systematically better in countries led by women. A sustainable and inclusive food system highlights the contributions of women in the value chain. Women in leadership in the traditionally male-dominated field such as agriculture are seldom properly recognised for their success. Education, and promoting diversity, inclusion, and equality besides strong family support, access to resources, representation and policy support are needed to address the inequality.” Expressing concern over limited representation of women in leadership despite being half the population, Ram Kaundinya, Director General, Federation of Seed Industry of India, said, “We want to change this in future. And when we talk about inclusiveness and sustainability, women are by nature more inclusive and sustainable in nature. As we bring and support more and more women in leadership positions, inclusiveness and sustainability get a boost. Women are involved in the production and consumption levels of food. Men have a huge role to play in supporting women to achieve what they are capable of achieving. This calls for a huge mindset change in men.”

Women leaders in agri industry shares views

Agro chems – Fertilizers

The Government of India is promoting non chemical farming under the names of organic and natural farming through PKVY

The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar in a written reply in Lok Sabha has announced that the Government of India is promoting non chemical farming under the names of organic and natural farming through Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY) and Bharitya Prakratik Krishi Padhati along the river Ganga.          

The PKVY scheme is implemented in all the States across the country. Under this scheme, farmers are provided financial assistance of Rs 31000/ha/3 years for organic inputs such as seeds, bio-fertilisers, bio-pesticides, organic manure, compost/vermi-compost, botanical extracts etc. In addition, support is also provided for group/Farmers Producers Organisation (FPO) formation, training, certification, value addition and marketing of their organic produce. 

Under Namami Gange Programme total Rs 120.49 crore fund (Rs 67.36 cr from RKVY and Rs 34.20 cr from PKVY) has been released for 6181 clusters and 123620 ha area covered.

Further, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is recommending soil test based balanced and integrated nutrient management through conjunctive use of both inorganic and organic sources (manure, bio-fertilisers etc) of plant nutrients for judicious use of chemical fertilisers to improve soil health. In addition, growing leguminous crops and use of Resource Conservation Technologies (RCTs) are also advocated.

The government is promoting Integrated Nutrient Management (INM) which includes soil test based balanced and integrated use of chemical fertilisers in conjunction with organic sources of nutrients like Farm Yard Manure (FYM), city compost, vermi-compost and bio-fertilisers that leads to saving in use of chemical fertilisers.

The Government of India is promoting non

Finance, Live Stock, Start ups

The funds will be utilized for investment in technological intervention that will help category development and improve overall customer experience

Bengaluru based Licious, India’s largest tech-first, fresh animal protein brand, announced their Series F2 fund raise of $150 mn, today. This round of fundraise comes just 6 months after the company became the first D2C unicorn in the country. Series F2 is led by Singapore based Amansa Capital, along with Kotak PE & Axis Growth Avenues AIF – I. Existing investors have also participated in the round along with prominent angel investors including Nithin & Nikhil Kamath of Zerodha, BoAt’s Aman Gupta and Haresh Chawla, Partner, True North.

Over the last 6 years, Licious has led the D2C revolution in the country, emerging as the first unicorn in the sector. Licious built India’s first farm to fork model with its proprietary tech-driven supply chain and introduced global standards of meats and seafood for Indian consumers. This was a lot more than just building a brand, it was transformation of an entire sector. Farmers and fishermen were benefited through training on global practices, a fair price for their produce & a steady stream of income.

 Vivek Gupta & Abhay Hanjura, Co-Founders, Licious, “Today, Licious is the highest valued D2C start-up in India. This valuation is a direct outcome of the value that we have created for our stakeholders- investments made towards building the category have borne us rich dividends and have propelled growth for the company and its people. The growing interest of investors- from India and abroad alike is an added assurance that obsession with customers, quality and service standards are the pillars of the best businesses. We are delighted to welcome Amansa Capital, Kotak PE and Axis Growth Avenues AIF – I along with the angel investors to the Licious family and thank our existing investors for reaffirming their faith in our vision.

 S Sriniwasan, MD, Kotak Investment Advisors Limited, said “We are excited to partner with Licious, India’s #1 D2C brand.  Due to Licious’ focus on quality and strong execution, its successfully creating a habituated and loyal customer base”.

The funds raised through Series F2 will be utilized for investment in technological intervention that will help category development and improve overall customer experience. The company will also invest in strategic acquisition and widening & deepening the brand’s reach.

The funds will be utilized for investment

Agrotech

Vorceed Enlist technology is expected to be available in products across all Corteva seed brands, including Pioneer, Brevant seeds, AgVenture, Dairyland Seed, Hoegemeyer, NuTech and Seed Consultants

Corteva Agriscience has unveiled its next generation of corn rootworm (CRW) trait technology. Vorceed Enlist corn will help enable farmers to manage CRW acres with more options than any other seed corn product.

Farmers gain flexibility in managing CRW pressure with three modes of action for above-ground insect protection, three modes of action for below-ground insect protection and tolerance to four herbicide modes of action to help better manage resistant weeds. Vorceed Enlist technology is expected to be available in products across all Corteva seed brands, including Pioneer, Brevant seeds, AgVenture, Dairyland Seed, Hoegemeyer, NuTech and Seed Consultants.

Corteva is finalising its commercial plans for Vorceed Enlist products for the US and Canada.

“Vorceed Enlist corn will build on the enhanced yield potential and superior agronomics of our Qrome products,” said Judd O’Connor, President, US Commercial Business, Corteva Agriscience. “For farmers looking for the most flexibility in meeting their business goals, Vorceed Enlist corn raises the bar in three key areas: maximised yield potential, exceptional CRW protection and more flexible weed management, leveraging our most advanced weed control technology.”

“The trusted genetics responsible for the high yield potential of Qrome products will be brought forward in Vorceed Enlist corn,” O’Connor said.

Vorceed Enlist corn will add a new RNAi mode of action to proven Bt traits for a total of six modes of action to protect against above- and below-ground pests.

Vorceed Enlist corn also will provide the benefits of the Enlist weed control system, including exceptional flexibility with tolerances to four herbicide modes of action: 2,4-D choline, glyphosate, glufosinate and FOP herbicides.

Vorceed Enlist technology is expected to be

AgroPolicy, Live Stock

This herbal based formulation kills all stages of ticks in cattle and goat and safe to be used all stages of livestock

ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, and Natural Agro Products Private Limited, Port Blair has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for licensing of Dweep tickure- a herbal based formulation for control of ticks in livestock, on March 11, 2022.

Dr E B Chakurkar, Director, ICAR-CIARI and Vijay Vishwasrao Patil, C/o Natural Agro Products Private Limited, Port Blair, South Andaman inked the MoU for their respective Institutes.

A team comprising Dr Jai Sunder, Dr T Sujatha, Dr D Bhattacharya, Dr E B Chakurkar and Dr A K De have developed oil based herbal topical formulation as acaricides for control of tick infestation in livestock. This herbal based formulation kills all stages of ticks in cattle and goat and safe to be used all stages of livestock including pregnant and lactating animals.

This herbal based formulation kills all stages

Interaction, Sustainability

UPL has received the More Integrity Award’s ‘yellow seal,’ valid for a further two years

UPL was first recognised with the award in 2020, receiving a ‘green seal’ valid for the duration of 2021. This year, UPL has received the More Integrity Award’s ‘yellow seal,’ valid for a further two years.

Rogerio Castro, CEO of UPL Brazil, said: “UPL is honoured to receive the More Integrity Seal, reflecting not just our immediate successes in sustainability, social responsibility, and ethics, but our long-term commitment to these ideals across our businesses. For us, sustainability is at the core of our work, it is reflected in the products we bring to market now, in the products we’re developing as we seek to ‘re-imagine sustainability,’ and in the way we do business with our customers, our distributors, and our partners in both the public and private sectors. We look forward to continuing to reflect and promote these ideals in Brazil and everywhere we work, raising the bar for agribusinesses around the world.”

The More Integrity Seal was instituted in 2018 to foster, recognise and reward integrity practices by agribusiness companies and cooperatives under the perspective of social responsibility, sustainability and ethics.

Recipients of the seal underwent a rigorous evaluation process by an esteemed panel of private and public sector members of the Seal Management Committee. The committee consisted of members from Alliance for Integrity, the Brazilian Stock Exchange (B3), National Confederation of Industries (CNI), Brazilian Confederation of Agriculture and Livestock (CNA), Ethos Institute of Business and Social Responsibility (ETHOS), Organisation of Brazilian Cooperatives (OCB), Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (MAPA), Brazilian Company of Agricultural Research (EMBRAPA Stock), and the Federal Inspector General Office (GCU).

UPL has received the More Integrity Award’s