sustainable agriculture initiative platform in a nutshell

Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform in a nutshell

What is SAI Platform ? (1/2)

• A Platform created in 2002 by the food industry to communicate and to actively support the development of sustainable agriculture for the mainstream, involving stakeholders of the food chain.

• Founders were Nestle, Unilever, Danone.

• Work on a pre competitive basis.

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What is SAI Platform ? (2/2)

• Today we have 40 members:- 30 food companies- 10 affiliates.

• We coordinate 6 Working Groups:- 5 crop specific (beef, coffee, fruit, dairy, arable & vegetable crops)- 1 WG on water& agriculture

• Wide variety of extra activities such as sustainability training for food executives, videos for farmers etc

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Our Definition

Sustainable agriculture is a productive, competitive and efficient way to produce safe agricultural products, while at the same time protecting and improving the natural environment and social/economic conditions of local communities.

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Vision

Food companies working together to:- leverage collective knowledge on sustainable agriculture at farm level- provide a sustainable supply of high-quality and safe agricultural products in competitive conditions- meet the food and fibers needs of populations (with respect to safety, availability, affordability)- conserve and possibly improve natural resources

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Our Mission is to make agriculture sustainable

• Define guiding principles− to frame them in a set of good practices and − to use this to engage farmers to work accordingly

• Solve the hurdles• Support organizations that reach out to farmers • Improve continuously• Track progress • Reference center

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What we offer… a knowledge centre for sustainable agriculture

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Services Research & Insights

Education & Training

• Pilot testing in members value chains

• Joined research

• Knowledge sharing

Innovation

• Access Point

• Customized AdvisoryActivities

• Practices Libraryb

Support to companies

• Conference

• Continuous Improvement and advanced education

Development of Human Capital

Leadership

• Network

• Creating alignment

• Leverage

• Scale

Change

Products

At farm level:• Guidelines & Practical tools• Benchmark against other schemes• Progress measurement at farm level• Learning from others• GHG emissions, LCAs and PCRsAt company and supply chain levels:• Executives trainings• Publications incl. unique sust. sourcing guide soon to come• Learning from others

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Almost everything available on saiplatform.org

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What you should remember…

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The only Global Food Industry

Platform

Reference centre/ Sharing

Knowledge

To the benefit of the farmer

Learn, develop, implement.

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