Sustainability

How much importance is being placed on sustainable agriculture?

Importance of Sustainability

Q1) How important do you think sustainability should be when making decisions on the future direction of your company?
Q2) What importance does your organization currently place on sustainability when making decisions?

We asked two questions around sustainability to compare how important respondents think the issue is when making business decisions, and how much importance they think their organization places on it. Whilst it is clear that it is an important factor to both respondents and their companies, it is also clear that respondents believe their organizations should place more emphasis on it.

What importance does your organization currently place on sustainability
when making decisions on the future direction of the company? (By Location)

There is a clear geographical split in the way that respondents view the importance their organization places on sustainability. A huge 66% of those based in Africa believe that sustainability is the most important factor for their company when making decisions, versus just 15% in Europe and 16% in North America.

How does your organization contribute as a business to sustainable agriculture? (Selected responses)

“We use the science to create better products with a holistic vision. We work with the supply chain to create sustainable systems.”
“Advocating more use of biocontrol.”
“All consulting advice is built around the sustainability pillars of economic, environmental and social. Recommendations are related to these topics so that clients can understand how each of these sustainability factors contribute to their business.”
“Assistance to rural farmers to grow responsibly.”
"By focussing on top quality fertilizers produced only by companies engaged in sustainable practises and selling these to countries, blenders and end consumers (farmers) that also have a high understanding of what is needed to increase food production and at the same time preserve and prolong our natural resources.”
“By highlighting different technologies in the sustainability and traceability segments of the value chain through market access and business development services.”
“By investing a substantial portion of revenue back into research and development with specific focus on sustainable solutions”
“By providing input that helps to increase a dollar impact in every season and innovating many products to make sure to serve more farmers.”
“Designing new technology to be biodegradable, biobased, sustainable.”
“Development of renewable technologies, increasing nutrient efficacy (biostimulant) that will, in turn, become less damaging.”

“Develop more creative businesses about sustainable agriculture, such as fertigation and biotechnology.”
“Effectively treat the wastewater that results in less water used, more water reused, increased recycling of solids removed.”
“Encourage use of indigenous crops & plants. Encourage crop rotation. Discourage food waste.”
“Have set up a good growth plan to making biodiversity flourish, support small holder farmers, keep workers safe, provide training with a Conservation farming Unit and provide better solutions for increased yields.”
“Providing ecological based reclamation mixtures in reclaiming various highway construction disturbances.”
“R&D into sustainable ag technology - especially biological inputs / biostimulants.”
“We are using best practices in production and energy sources, as well as local engagement strategies and source to user impact analysis.”
“With circular economy policies. We try to help local businesses and farmers, that are our local customers.”