The Food Crops & Ingredients program aims to increase imports of sustainably produced F&I agro-commodities with 25% by 2020 (against the 2016 baseline).
The program enables IDH to harmonize approaches across a number of sectors to address key sustainability issues, and expects to deliver higher field impact and address end-buyer needs to work on smaller commodity chains, particularly on social issues.
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The Food Crops & Ingredients program will focus on the following issues (click on the icon to see our latest publications and news on the specific topic):
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Climate Change
Publicity surrounding environmental impact, deplorable working conditions, food safety, health and safety issues, and low wages in many producer countries have increased consumers’ interest in knowing where their products originate from and under what conditions they are produced.
The F&I program brings together more than 100 suppliers – securing future supply – and will mobilize demand from retailers, manufacturers and traders to increase responsible sourcing and stimulate practices in their supply chains.
Partner companies benefit from synergies in sustainability strategies, investments, and learning from the different categories. By participating in the program, partners boost their sustainability efforts and strengthen their company’s sustainable position. Other reasons why companies participate are:
The Food Crops & Ingredients program drives sustainability through pre-competitive collaborations.
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The Food Crops & Ingredients Program prioritizes four focus topics for intervention for the coming years (2016-2020):
- Smallholder inclusion; including increase in productivity and quality, smallholders in international supply chains, access to finance
- Working conditions; including living wage, gender and labour issues at both farm and processor level
- Agrochemical use; including food safety, high residues, health and safety, and environmental issues
- Climate change; including waste reduction, reduction of CO2 emissions, water use reduction and adaptation of production systems to climate change
Related Projects

Publications
Title | Type | Year |
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Increased transparency on agrochemical use for a lower environmental impact of the flower industry | Case Study | 2020 |
Positive impact of constructed wetlands and biocontrol in the Ethiopian flower industry | Case Study | 2020 |
Insights Report: The adoption of constructed wetlands and biocontrol on rose farms at lake Ziway, Ethiopia | Case Study | 2020 |
Sustainable Spices Initiative – India (SSI-I) Program Impact Assessment | Report | 2020 |
Block farming model | Other publications | 2020 |
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