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Regenerative agriculture aims to conserve and restore farmland ecosystems through farming practices that improve soil health, sequester carbon, and increase biodiversity and water retention. It benefits farmers through increased soil fertility and climate resilience, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Nestle promotes adopting regenerative practices through partnerships with farmers, taking local contexts into account to maximize environmental and income benefits. Key pillars include optimizing livestock grazing, compost use, cover crops, and minimizing tillage and chemicals. Progress will be monitored through practices implemented and field-level impacts with support from scientific partners.

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Regenerative Agriculture One Pager - English

Regenerative agriculture aims to conserve and restore farmland ecosystems through farming practices that improve soil health, sequester carbon, and increase biodiversity and water retention. It benefits farmers through increased soil fertility and climate resilience, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Nestle promotes adopting regenerative practices through partnerships with farmers, taking local contexts into account to maximize environmental and income benefits. Key pillars include optimizing livestock grazing, compost use, cover crops, and minimizing tillage and chemicals. Progress will be monitored through practices implemented and field-level impacts with support from scientific partners.

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Regenerative

Agriculture
Living soils for healthy food

WHAT IS IT? WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS ?


Regenerative agriculture is a Regenerative agriculture aims to
farming system that aims to improve soil health and soil fertility, at
conserve and restore the same time capturing carbon in soils
farmland and its ecosystem. and plant biomass.
It delivers benefits to farmers, It contributes to reducing carbon
environment and society. dioxide from the atmosphere and
emissions of GHGs. Consequently,
regenerative agriculture improves the
HOW DOES IT WORK ?
resilience of farmland to climate change
Regenerative agriculture is
and thus benefits farmers’ livelihoods.
centered around universal
agronomical principles that
protect and restore natural
WHERE DOES NESTLé START ?
resources, primarily soil, as well
From farmers. Nestlé promotes the
as water and biodiversity.
introduction of regenerative
agriculture practices in partnership
with farmers taking into account
the local context and aiming at
maximizing benefits to the
environment and farmers’ income.
What are the MAIN PILLARS?

BIODIVERSITY SOIL
Increase plant and animal biodiversity Scale up farming practices that protect soil
above and below the ground. health and increase soil organic matter.

WATER LIVESTOCK
Reduce chemical farm inputs, optimize Integrate livestock and optimized grazing
organic fertilization, biological pest control in farming systems where feasible.
and irrigation techniques.

Regenerative agriculture MAIN PILLARS?

All farming systems Annual crops Perennial plantations Livestock farms


• Usage of organic • Minimum tillage • Intercropping • Pasture management
fertilizer, compost and • Permanent soil cover and • Agroforestry and rotational grazing
manure cover crops • Compost • Optimized herd
• Optimized usage of • Wide crop rotation preparation management
synthetic fertilizers, including legumes • Increased yield • Integration of livestock
reduced wherever feasible • Mulching efficiency and cropping systems
• Increased biological • Mulching • Pasture included in
control versus agri crop rotation
chemicals • Agroforestry and
• Development of green silvopasture systems
buffers, hedgerows and • Optimized manure
tree alleys management
• Optimized feeding

How will Nestlé monitor the road to regenerative agriculture?


Regenerative agriculture is an emerging concept still requiring further scientific research and consensus.
Therefore, we aim at tracking both the implementation level of the desired practices, together with the
tangible impacts observed at field level in the real farming conditions. Monitoring both processes and
outcomes will enable us to ensure the right intervention at the right place. Scientific community, National
Agriculture Research Organisations and expert third parties will be key partners in this endeavor.

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