Suppliers engaged under the Nestle Responsible Sourcing Program for Vegetables and Spices had the opportunity to deepen their understanding of regenerative agriculture.

When we embrace biodiversity at the farm level, other topics such as ecosystem services and bat contributions can be both refreshing and innovative.

Learning about compost tea - an eco-friendly liquid made out of compost that can be used for bio stimulation, protection and nutrition of the crops.

“We need to improve our tillage practices for tomato crop, and cover crops and also find service providers that have the adequate equipment for the correct tillage practices we’re looking for.”

The Sustainable Sourcing Programme for Vegetables has recently expanded into another country: Ukraine. Our new partner there, Yuriy Kravchenko, writes about his first visit to a local tomato supplier.

The covid-19 pandemic challenged the ways we used to collaborate with each other. We learned that we need to adapt and change our ways of working if we want to keep making a difference and support the transition to a more sustainable future.

According to the latest UN report, “the average abundance of native species in most major land-based habitats has fallen by at least 20%, mostly since 1900.

We continue with our pilot study on minimum wages, in-kind payment and child labour in chili production areas, and we were able to resume our field work after the covid 19 travel restrictions were eased in India.