Staff Reporter
Lahore
As part of PepsiCo’s ongoing commitment to sustainability, the company organized the “Sustainable Farming Program Road Show” to promote sustainable farming practices for its potato farmers located in district Kasur. The “Sustainable Farming Program” (SFP) is part of PepsiCo’s ‘Next Generation Agriculture’ strategy which aims to drive progress in making agriculture more resilient, intelligent and inclusive.
Agriculture is the foundation of the food system and the root of PepsiCo’s business.
To make their foods and beverages, PepsiCo uses more than 25 crops sourced across 60 countries and supports over 100,000 jobs in and throughout their agricultural supply chain. This scale and reach means that the standards and practices that PepsiCo employs and promotes can influence the environmental, social and economic impacts of agriculture around the world.”
PepsiCo engages with growers with farms of all sizes and types around the world in order to encourage continual improvement in sustainable farming practices, ensuring respect for workers’ human rights, enhancing growers’ capabilities, addressing health and safety protocols.
PepsiCo works with farmers to provide education on field agronomy, fertilizers, irrigation, plant protection techniques and new technologies, supporting them to adapt best practice to fit the crop and local circumstances.
