Bayer CropScience is one of the world´s leading innovative enterprises in crop protection, seeds, biotechnology and non-agricultural pest control. Bayer CropScience is best placed to make a significant contribution to the implementation of Sustainable Agriculture.

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Water conservation and sustainable protection

Fresh water is one of the world’s most precious resources. Agriculture accounts for around 70 % of all water use, so predicted water shortages in agriculture have been identified as likely to be the single most significant constraint on crop production over the next 50 years. Improved agricultural water management must be given center stage.

We contribute to water conservation and protection by:


	Enhancing water-saving schemes at our manufacturing and other sites.

	Protecting water through integrated R&D and product stewardship activities.

	Promoting land management or cultivation approaches which support improved water management. (e. g. the Bayer Tabela-Rice project in Indonesia)

	Developing stress tolerant and drought resistant crops.

Challenges

Water consumption by our production and other facilities is small compared with farming uses but, even so, significant economies are already being, and will continue to be achieved through systematic “in house” reviews.

The water challenge also means that we need to further define impacts and to look into developing and implementing water conserving. In addition, water protection from pesticides is an issue getting more attention. It is already an integral part of our R&D but will have to be addressed more coherently through management approaches and growing cooperation with farmers and other stakeholders to prevent our products reaching water bodies by run-off.

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[ last update: Thursday, September 8, 2011 ]