sustainable agriculture initiative platform in a nutshell
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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.
How can I link in to those guys?