Our 40 years legacy as a Swiss-based Foundation

Recent transition is from Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture

Our Global Presence

Switzerland (HQ)

Bangladesh

India

Kenya

Current Countries

Previously Covered Countries

Our work

Climate Smart Agriculture

SAF promotes climate-smart solutions like precision agriculture, water-efficient technologies, and renewable energy to help smallholders adapt to climate change while reducing agriculture's carbon footprint.

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Agri-Entrepreneurship

Through Farmers’ Hubs, SAF connects smallholders to inputs, machinery, markets, info and advisory, improving productivity, incomes, and access to quality services.

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Insurance & Risk Mitigation

SAF facilitates the tailored agricultural insurance and its market development to protect smallholders from climate risks, enabling them to invest confidently and secure their livelihoods.

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Food & Nutrition

SAF strengthens urban food systems by promoting agroecological practices, nutrition-sensitive value chains, and behavioral change for improved health and food security.

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Carbon Credit

SAF helps farmers adopt sustainable practices in agroforestry and field crops, linking them to carbon credit markets to increase income and combat climate change.

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Seed Systems

Through the Seeds program, SAF improves smallholders’ access to high-quality seeds, enhancing productivity and food security.

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About SAF

The Sustainable Agriculture Foundation (SAF), formerly known as the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture (SFSA), boasts a remarkable 40-year legacy as a Swiss-based not-for-profit organization. SAF delivers demand-led innovations in agriculture, ensuring sustainable market access. It spearheaded groundbreaking projects across agriculture, climate change, risk mitigation, carbon offset, nutrition, and rural economic development. These initiatives have positively impacted over millions of smallholder farmers through strategic collaborations with local, regional, and international partners.

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Our vision

A world where smallholders, communities, and nature thrive together

Our Mission

Scaling up collective action on markets and innovations so that farming can better serve smallholder families, rural communities, and nature

3.1M

Smallholders supported (Up from 2.7 M in 2022)

45%

of supported farmers are women (Up from 29% in 2022)

73%

of farmers reporting at least 20% increased revenues

57%

of entrepreneurs are women (Up from 36% in 2022)

Our Foundation network is accelerating support for first-mile entrepreneurs, helping under-served, pre-commercial smallholders access needed innovations and fully engage in market systems. We place a strong emphasis on empowering women as both entrepreneurs and farmers. Looking ahead, we aim to expand the range of climate-smart innovations and the scale at which they can enhance smallholders’ diversification, productivity, and resilience.