"The Good Growth Plan" reflects Syngenta's belief that agricultural productivity must increase in order to feed a global population which is currently increasing by 200,000 every day. At the same time, farmland is being depleted through urbanization and soil erosion while water resources are under increasing pressure. Rural communities – those responsible for growing food – are often trapped in poverty.

The Good Growth Plan includes specific commitments to address these critical challenges. By 2020, Syngenta commit to:

• Make crops more efficient - Increase average productivity of the world's major crops by 20 percent without using more land, water or inputs

• Rescue more farmland - Improve the fertility of 10 million hectares of farmland on the brink of degradation

• Help biodiversity flourish - Enhance biodiversity on 5 million hectares of farmland

• Empower smallholders - Reach 20 million smallholders and enable them to increase productivity by 50 percent

• Help people stay safe - Train 20 million farm workers on labor safety, especially in developing countries

• Look after every worker - Strive for fair labor conditions throughout their entire supply chain network

The ‘Good Growth Plan’ in Kenya focuses on the empowerment on smallholder farmers in the Laikipia area, close to Mount Kenya. Smallholders worldwide play a key role in feeding an ever-growing world population and and Syngenta is dedicated to helping them. The project aims to ensure food security, increase farm productivity and profitability and improve the livelihoods by promoting sustainable and safe agricultural practices and improving access to market. Currently the project reaches over 5,000 farmers and the goal is to reach 30,000 farmers across the country over the next three years.

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