- Corteva Agriscience and Gates Ag One have partnered to accelerate agricultural innovation, focusing on sustainable crop productivity and climate resilience.
- The collaboration targets smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where crop yields are significantly lower than the global average.
- Key innovations include improved nutrient symbiosis in crops, leveraging Corteva’s biotechnology expertise and Gates Ag One’s commitment to affordability and accessibility.
- The partnership aims to address food insecurity and climate challenges, ensuring that smallholder farmers can access cutting-edge agricultural technologies.
Corteva Agriscience, a global leader in agricultural technology, and Gates Agricultural Innovations (Gates Ag One), a non-profit organization, have announced a groundbreaking collaboration aimed at accelerating agricultural innovation to address global food security challenges.
The partnership, unveiled on February 13, 2025, seeks to develop novel seed technologies that enhance sustainable crop productivity and build climate resilience, particularly for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
The collaboration will leverage Corteva’s expertise in biotechnology and gene editing, combined with Gates Ag One’s mission to deliver affordable and accessible agricultural solutions to underserved farming communities. “It’s exciting to imagine the possibilities that a collaboration like this could help deliver,” said Joe Cornelius, CEO of Gates Ag One. “This is especially important for Gates Ag One’s mission to ensure that agricultural innovations can better meet the needs and realities of smallholder farmers.”
Crop yields in sub-Saharan Africa currently stand at just a third of the global average, with smallholder farmers disproportionately affected by climate change. By 2050, climate change could reduce yields for some crops by up to 35 percent, further exacerbating food insecurity. The partnership aims to address these challenges by focusing on innovations such as improved nutrient symbiosis in crops, which could enhance productivity while promoting environmental sustainability.
“Innovation in agriculture is helping solve some of the world’s toughest challenges, including food insecurity,” said Sam Eathington, Chief Technology and Digital Officer of Corteva Agriscience. “Collaborations like this will not only expand global access to advanced technologies but deliver breakthroughs that benefit farmers and consumers by making it possible to grow more food on roughly the same amount of land.”
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The initiative aligns with Gates Ag One’s Global Access policy, ensuring that the technologies developed will be affordable and accessible to smallholder farmers. This long-term effort underscores the importance of public-private partnerships in driving sustainable agricultural development and addressing the urgent needs of vulnerable farming communities.