Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform
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The food industry is the biggest purchaser of agricultural raw materials therefore it can play a significant role in how these are grown.

Long before today’s dramatic global scenario of surging food prices and consequent impacts unveiled, three companies among the biggest food industries, Danone, Nestlé and Unilever, were already aware that in order to rely on a constant, increasing and safe supply of agricultural raw materials, these must be grown in a sustainable manner. This is why, in 2002, they founded the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) Platform, a non-profit organization created to communicate worldwide and to actively support the development of sustainable agriculture practices involving the different stakeholders of the food chain.


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