We believe that the solutions to some of the world’s biggest development challenges can be found in some its smallest places. Tiny, potentially problem-solving technologies can be found all around us in symbiosis with each other. Where? In the natural world. In the eighth episode of the Natural Plant Protection (NPP) – Podcast, we understand how the power of micro can help more cocoa grow on less land using BANZAI, a bespoke biosolution developed exclusively for use with cocoa crops in ...

Series overview: The UPL Reimagining Sustainability podcast series focuses on the possibilities for climate-positive sustainable agriculture. Through the insight and experience of UPL, farmers on the ground and international stakeholders, we discuss how agriculture is the one industry with the ability to make a truly positive impact on sustainability for the environment, the global food chain and local communities. About What do football and farming have in common? It’s more than fields, it’s...

Series overview: The UPL Reimagining Sustainability podcast series focuses on the possibilities for climate-positive, sustainable agriculture. Through the insight and experience of UPL, farmers on the ground, and international stakeholders, we discuss how agriculture is the one industry with the ability to make a truly positive impact on sustainability for the environment, the global food chain and local communities. Episode 2: Hero Farmers About Farmers are the heroes the world needs today...

Series overview: The UPL Reimagining Sustainability podcast series focuses on the possibilities for climate-positive, sustainable agriculture. We share our experience, talk to farmers on the ground, and collaborate with international stakeholders to discuss how agriculture can make a truly positive impact on the global food chain, local communities and the environment. Episode 1: Introducing Reimagining Sustainability About Agriculture can become a climate-positive industry, making a positiv...

We believe that the solutions to some of the world’s biggest development challenges can be found in some its smallest places. Tiny, potentially problem-solving technologies can be found all around us in symbiosis with each other. Where? In the natural world. In the seventh episode of the Natural Plant Protection (NPP) – Podcast, we’re matching a technology with a pest, and looking at the massive impact that one of nature’s most destructive creatures is having on crop health and food se...

In our latest UPL Insights episode, we hear from the creators behind UPL’s latest revolutionary product: Triskele. Triskele is India’s first triple-mix herbicide, offering vital protection for sugarcane growers across India and beyond. Sugarcanes cover nearly 5 million hectares of India, making fast and safe herbicides essential for increasing grower resilience and a thriving harvest. Sugarcane farmers face 25-50% yield loss due to improper weed management every year, and Triskele...

Ensuring food security is a critical concern both today and for future generations. In Africa, despite widespread agriculture, communities are vulnerable and at risk of starvation due to pests, disease, and environmental conditions damaging harvests. Today – on #WorldFoodSafetyDay2022 – we’re shining a light on Aflatoxin, the ‘silent killer’ threatening people and plants across Africa, and Aflasafe®, the technology developed by @IITA to fight it. Aflasafe® exists as the first all-natura...

In our latest UPL Insights podcast, we are delving deep into the field of one of the most important food crops in the world: maize Maize has become the second most-produced crop globally and is a staple food for an estimated 50% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa. Its significance across the African continent will continue to grow with demand for maize predicted to triple by 2050, including in Sierra Leone where the population growth rate is one of the highest in the world. Yet, despite...

We believe that the solutions to some of the world’s biggest development challenges can be found in some its smallest places. Tiny, potentially problem-solving technologies can be found all around us in symbiosis with each other. Where? In the natural world. In the sixth episode of the NPP – Natural Plant Protection – Podcast, we examine how we can collaborate with and learn from nature’s own technologies to make our food systems more resilient. From the soil up, NPP is bringing science and ...

We believe that the solutions to some of the world’s biggest development challenges can be found in some of the smallest places. Tiny, potentially problem-solving technologies can be found all around us in symbiosis with each other. Where? In the natural world. In the fifth episode of the NPP – Natural Plant Protection – Podcast, we examine how we can collaborate and learn from nature’s own technologies to make our food systems more resilient. In this episode, host Dan Sanchez is joined by E...

Every year, 5.7 million acres of rice paddy acres are deliberately burnt by farmers in Punjab and Haryana as a cheap, quick, and effective method of clearing straw and other residue from mechanically harvested fields in the short window between the harvesting of rice and planting of wheat crop. Despite the downsides to this practice – including greenhouse gas emissions, the degradation of soil nutrients, and the loss of other flora and fauna – it remains widespread. nurture.farm, our Indian ...

We believe that the solutions to some of the world’s biggest development challenges can be found in some its smallest places. Tiny, potentially problem-solving technologies can be found all around us in symbiosis with each other. Where? In the natural world. In the fourth episode of the NPP – Natural Plant Protection – Podcast, we examine how we can collaborate with and learn from nature’s own technologies to make our food systems more resilient. Host Dan Sanchez is joined Estelle Moreau, Tec...

Rice cultivation is significant for local farming communities, national economies, and for global food security. It is one of the most widely consumed grains in the world – and the staple food crop of more than half of the world’s population, belied upon by over 3.5 billion people for 20% of their daily calories. But what can we learn from the differences and similarities in rice cultivation from different parts of the world? Joining Surabhi Kothari on this episode of UPL Insights, Roop Basa...

We believe the secrets to solving some of the biggest development challenges in the world can be found in some of the smallest, naturally occurring technologies. From seaweed to starch, and biostimulants to bacteria, it’s time to meet this episode’s micro – GOACTIV – the microtechnology unlocking the secrets of seaweed to promote the natural stimulation of crops around the world. In this second episode of the NPP – Natural Plant Protection – Podcast, host Dan Danchez is joined by Arnau...

The growing biosolutions space offers compelling potential across the agricultural landscape. At the farm level, biosolutions work to reduce residues, increase enhance climate change adaptation, and improve overall crop quality, and at the same time biosolutions are a powerful tool in safeguarding our soils and our ecology overall. On this episode of UPL Insights, Florent Clair is joined by Andre Monteiro, Marketing and Communication Manager, UPL W&C Africa, to talk all things biosolution...

We believe the secrets to solving some of the biggest development challenges in the world can be found in some of the smallest, naturally occurring technologies. From seaweed to starch, and biostimulants to bacteria, it’s time to meet the micros! Our launch episode of the NPP – Natural Plant Protection – Podcast, is now online, with Dan Sanchez joined by Fabio Toretta, Chief Operating Officer at NPP, based in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Fabio has spent the last 30 years working to unlock the ...

Treated like a transformative agri-technology, soil has the potential to feed a booming global population; reverse the impacts of climate change; and even dramatically reduce greenhouses gas emissions. So how can we work with farmers all over the world to ensure that healthier soils lead to a healthier planet? Joining TopSoil to explore this question is Dr. Wayne Honeycutt, President and CEO of the Soil Health Institute. In this episode, Wayne talks us through the SHI’s ‘Soil Targets’ program...

UPL has made a commitment to redefining sustainability, and part of this means redefining our relationship with the natural world. We believe that soil health, plant health, and planet health are interlinked, and an important part of the transformation of global food systems. To lead this discussion, we’re launching a new podcast mini-series that looks at the untapped potential of soils, and brings together some other soil champions from around the world. Our first episode is a sp...

Women are the backbone of agriculture, with studies suggesting that they account for nearly half of the world’s smallholder farmers and produce up to 70% of Africa’s food. They are largely responsible for agricultural activities such as growing household crops and vegetables, preserving harvests, and raising sheep and goats. Yet despite their contribution to the sector, women face a number of challenges and barriers, unable to access the land, loans, inputs, and machinery that men do, whilst ...