Global And Regional Farmers Recognized for
Successful Adoption And Advocacy for Sustainability
Practices
INDIANAPOLIS, June 7, 2023
/PRNewswire/ -- Corteva, Inc. (NYSE: CTVA) announced the 19 global
and regional recipients of its 2022 Climate Positive Leaders
Program, a nomination-based farmer and rancher recognition
initiative. The recipients are early adopter producers who are
successfully implementing, scaling, and sharing climate positive
practices. Representing Argentina,
Australia, Brazil, Canada, India, Kenya,
New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, these farmers have adopted
a wide range of innovative systems and approaches that uniquely
support their productivity goals while protecting natural
resources.
Farmers were nominated by regional third parties including
grower groups, nonprofit organizations, universities, or other
technology advisers, and were judged by a panel of global
agriculture industry leaders based on program criteria. The 10
global leaders will receive lifetime membership, training and other
opportunities from Global Farmer Network®, enabling them to share
their experiences with other farmers as well as engage broadly
about agriculture industry. Nine regional leaders will also work
with the Global Farmer Network team to expand their skills to lead
conversations to advance the adoption of climate positive farming
practices.
"These leaders have proven that sustainability does not have to
come at the expense of profit or productivity," said Ashish Batra, Global Regulatory Affairs and
R&D Sustainability Leader, Corteva Agriscience. "We're
providing farmers a global platform to broadly share their
successes and challenges to highlight how the agriculture industry
can meet the world's growing food and fuel demands while protecting
valuable land and water resources."
2022 Climate Positive Leaders Program Global Leaders
- Tom Cannon is a farmer in
northern Oklahoma raising cattle
and implementing a no-till, rotational cover crop approach for his
wheat, soybeans, corn, milo, cotton, sesame, and canola acres. He
actively educates thousands of growers, agronomists, and Future
Farmers of America members throughout the Midwest on the benefits
of climate positive agriculture.
- Mitchell Hora is a
7th generation farmer in southeast Iowa producing corn, soybeans, and sweet corn,
as well as experimenting with more than 25 species of cover crops.
In addition, he has built a soil health data intelligence company,
building upon his farm's data and engaging with other growers in 42
states and 20 countries to improve soil health.
- Kasey Bamberger is a member
of a multi-generational farm in Southwest
Ohio raising corn, soybeans and soft red winter wheat using
reduced tillage, cover crops and carbon sequestration programs to
reduce the dependence on inputs while protecting natural
resources.
- Maria Pia Barrios Baron is
a member of a century-old farming business in Rivadavia district,
Argentina, managing a sustainable
pasture-focused livestock operation along with maize, soybeans,
wheat, barley, rye and oats for animal feed, grazing and commodity
production.
- David Statham produces
cotton, along with cereal crops, pulse crops and livestock forage
in Moree, New South Wales,
Australia. Located next to the World Heritage site Gwydir
Wetlands, he has developed the first climate positive traceable
irrigated and dryland cotton, and expanded the practices to
smallholder farmers in India,
showcasing how sustainable agriculture and environmental
conservation can co-exist.
- Haroldo Cunha is a farmer
in Turvelandia, Goiás State, Brazil who uses no-till and soil management
practices to produce soybeans, cotton and maize as well as raising
cattle. In addition, he has implemented a reforestation program and
actively engages with local, regional and country-based agriculture
organizations to advance sustainable practices.
- Doug and Erika Fossen operate a
cow/calf ranch in Rock Creek, British
Columbia, Canada, and use no-till and pivot irrigation to
raise corn and alfalfa for feed and silage. The Fossen's actively
protect at-risk wildlife populations through riparian management
practices and protect limited water resources through targeted
irrigation and fertilizer use.
- Ravichandran Vanchinatha Iyer is a farmer in Tamil Nadu,
India, producing rice, cotton,
pulses and sugarcane, where he advances the adoption of
intercropping, seed varietal optimization, and drip irrigation
along with an on-farm zero-plastic/zero-pollution policy. In
addition, he actively engages with university scientists,
policymakers, and private sector leaders as well as using social
media to educate local and regional farmers on his practices.
- Lucy Kaari is a smallholder
farmer in Tagnia, Meru County in central Kenya, raising beans, sorghum and maize along
with garden vegetables to support her family and the local
community. She also provides regenerative agriculture advisory
services to 176 other smallholder farmers, guiding them to achieve
higher production per acre, resilience to moisture stress, reducing
labor needs, and higher gross margins as compared to conventional
agriculture.
- Oliver Carrick produces
wheat, barley, beans, oats as well as forage for livestock in
Leicestershire, United Kingdom,
implementing a variety of climate positive research methods to
evaluate the impact on wildlife and the local environment. In
addition, he has created agroforestry, buffer and woodland margins
programs, monitoring the impacts to soil, water and wildlife.
For a list of the Regional Leaders and more information on all
recipients, visit
https://www.corteva.com/sustainability/climatepositive/leaders-program.html
About Corteva
Corteva, Inc. (NYSE: CTVA) is a publicly traded, global
pure-play agriculture company that combines industry-leading
innovation, high-touch customer engagement and operational
execution to profitably deliver solutions for the world's most
pressing agriculture challenges. Corteva generates advantaged
market preference through its unique distribution strategy,
together with its balanced and globally diverse mix of seed, crop
protection, and digital products and services. With some of the
most recognized brands in agriculture and a technology pipeline
well positioned to drive growth, the company is committed to
maximizing productivity for farmers, while working with
stakeholders throughout the food system as it fulfills its promise
to enrich the lives of those who produce and those who consume,
ensuring progress for generations to come. More information can be
found at www.corteva.com.
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