Syngenta is a foundation for sustainable agriculture whose stated goal is to improve the livelihoods of poor rural communities through sustainable agriculture by:
- supporting well-targeted projects
- helping to identify and promote good policies
- improving access to research and technology
- making knowledge and information more available
- developing partnerships that increase impact and sustainability.
Its work focus areas are:
- semiarid agriculture
- natural resource management
- biodiversity
- access to technology.
Its website offers access to:
- information on the foundation’s projects
- background information on each of the focus areas
- infocenter, which provides:
- key information on each of the countries where Syngenta works: Burkina Faso, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania and Niger
- a directory of organisations working in the Sahel, and of development agencies
- crop profiles of millet and sorghum
- free access to speeches and publications produced by the foundation.