Bayer expands BLF Alliance in Latin America

The alliance is supported by the global partner Bayer, and the local partners AMSA (Agroindustrias Unidas de México) and Yara

Founded in 2018 by Bayer, IFC and Netafim, the Better Life Farming (BLF) Alliance has been launched in Latin America starting with the opening of the first BLF Centre in Córdoba, Mexico in February 2022. The Alliance is supported by the global partner Bayer, and the local partners AMSA (Agroindustrias Unidas de México) and Yara. It brings together global as well as local private and public organisations to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers and their communities in low- and middle-income countries. Assessment studies are underway for further expansion plans of BLF in Latin America, Africa and Asia in 2022 to help unlock full potential of smallholder farmers.

“The concept of Better Life Farming is to build partnership ecosystems that are able to address farmers needs by providing advanced agronomic solutions, good agricultural practices, on-farm training, market access to help farmers grow their farms into commercially viable and sustainable farming businesses, rather than just a means to thrive”, said Dr Lino Dias, Vice President of Smallholder Farming at Bayer’s Crop Science division.

The initiative seeks to facilitate agricultural capacity building in rural areas across Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It acts as a last-mile delivery solution to provide smallholder farmers access to high-quality agricultural inputs, services, and training needed to enable local farmers’ capacity building and connection to the food value chain.

Today, BLF already reaches more than 600.000 smallholders in India, Bangladesh and Indonesia. The alliance has successfully operated more than 1.600 BLF Centres in 2021, thanks to the vast number of motivated local agri-entrepreneurs including many women, committed to making a difference in their communities.

The alliance is supported by the global