Our contribution Our ambition is to help growers  deliver greater food security to  an increasingly crowded world  in an environmentally sustainable  way. That calls for a step change  in productivity and resource  efficiency – on both the world’s  5 million large farms and its  450 million 1  smallholdings.  Every farmer has a part to play. 1  IFAD  www.ifad.org  We believe it can be done, but it will need a  system-wide approach that links people, land  and technology. These are the foundations  for a sustainable production system. Technology  enables better solutions that allow farmers to  increase productivity and resource efficiency  in sustainable rural economies. Action on food security cannot wait. Just to  keep pace with population growth, global  average yield per hectare will have to rise.  To achieve this, we need to overcome many  challenges and dilemmas that are best  addressed by working in partnership with  farmers and other organizations.  Challenge s  and our contri b ution Improving farm  productivity – Enabling the right choices Accelerating innovation – Sharing knowledge Reducing agriculture’s  environmental  footprint – Preserving the land Saving water – Protecting biodiversity Building rural prosperity – Building markets Valuing farm work – Community development Technology Land People R e s o u r c e e f fi c i e n c y Rural economies B e t r s o l u t i o n s Syngenta Annual Review 2011 09