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THE GOOD GROWTH PLAN FARM NETWORK – MONITORING RESOURCE EFFICIENCY OF CROP PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

Elisabeth Fischer
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Juan Gonzalez-Valerob
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An Segersc
Ludwig, Christian  
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Matasci, Cecilia  
October 1, 2017
Boosting Resource Productivity by Adopting the Circular Economy

The FAO estimates that food supplies need to increase by 70% to feed a growing population of 9 billion people by 2050. The changes in agricultural practices required to grow more tend to exert higher demand on resources and put eco-system services at risk of degradation. Syngenta, a global company selling agrochemicals and seeds, invests in research and development of agricultural innovations that help farmers produce more with less. In 2013, Syngenta launched The Good Growth Plan and set global targets to be met by 2020 with regard to resource efficiency and other indicators. A global monitoring and evaluation system was set up to track progress on these targets. To measure improvements of farm resource efficiency, a global network of over 3500 farms in 41 countries was established. The network covers 23 different crops in different market segments, including smallholder farms in developing countries. The sample includes reference and benchmark farms. While reference farms are real customers selected by Syngenta, benchmark farms were randomly selected within the same market segments. In 2014, the baseline farm surveys were carried out by Market Probe, an independent agricultural market research company. Data on resource efficiency will be collected annually until 2020. With more years of data available, panel techniques and time series analysis will be used to assess trends and determinants of resource efficiency.

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book part or chapter
Author(s)
Elisabeth Fischer
Juan Gonzalez-Valerob
An Segersc
Editors
Ludwig, Christian  
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Matasci, Cecilia  
Date Issued

2017-10-01

Publisher

A World Resources Forum Production, PSI

Published in
Boosting Resource Productivity by Adopting the Circular Economy
ISBN of the book

978-3-9521409-7-0

Total of pages

343-351

Book part title

Contributions and Views of Private Organizations

Start page

432

Subjects

agriculture

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crop productivity

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resource efficiency

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total factor productivity growth

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/232075
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March 2, 2024
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