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With experience in over 40 countries and with more than 100 crops, SAN provides innovative, practical and credible agricultural solutions to some of the most pressing environmental and social problems of our time.
The challenges our planet faces are huge and growing fast; from climate change and biodiversity destruction to child labor and workers’ rights, our world is at risk in many ways. At SAN we see clear opportunities to transform agriculture, from the farms themselves, up and through the associated agricultural value chains; we are an accelerator of the positive change that is needed.

SAN is an international network of NGOs focused on helping companies, producers and donors to move forward with their sustainability agenda in a practical and efficient way. We can be a powerful and effective ally to achieve and monitor goals, to transform agricultural practices and to create value on the ground.

Vision
Our vision of the world is one where agricultural activity contributes to biodiversity conservation and sustainable livelihoods. To make it happen, we work directly with farmers, companies, donors and other organizations to accelerate and deepen the positive impact we can make as partners on a journey of change.

Mission
We believe in the power of farmers, business, government and non-profits working together to effect the profound change our world needs. We believe farming can be climate smart, deforestation free and pollinator friendly. We believe in protecting water, air, forests and biodiversity. We believe in the inalienable rights of all human beings to be treated fairly. We believe we can transform agriculture for the greater good of all.

The SAN pesticide management requirements of the 2018 SAN Sustainable Agriculture Framework (SAF) are based on a stronger integrated pest management (IPM) approach and the regulation of 400 pesticide active ingredients. This regulation includes the prohibition of 200 pesticides covered by the WHO/FAO frameworkof Highly Hazardous Pesticides, the prohibition of 30 obsolete substances and specific risk management requirements for an additional set of 170 active ingredients.

SAN developed its pesticide risk management approach during a 3-year process that started with technical governance decisions and scientific advice and included a combination of five global stakeholder consultation processes, field tests, and peer review of a diversity of expert committees. The approach is based on the OSU-IPPC scientific risk categorization of almost 800 pesticide substances, the 2008 WHO/FAO recommendation on highly hazardous pesticides and almost 20 years of SAN field and public consultation experience.

A state-of-the-science risk assessment process from the Oregon State University's Integrated Plant Protection Center connects individual pesticides to risk mitigation practices for the protection of human bystanders, pollinators, vertebrate wildlife and aquatic life. SAF indicators reassign the role of pesticides in agriculture production systems to tactic of last resort in IPM programs, and it clearly identifies the risks associated with many, widely-used compounds. It respects the imperative for economic production of high yield and high quality crops on farms, but it also provides opportunities for risk reduction through learning and adaptation by clearly identifying where mitigation is required.

The Sustainable Agriculture Framework is composed of ten chapters that summarize the impact areas in which SAN works. Each chapter contains an introduction that explains SAN approach and vision, and also indicates:

Sustainability goals. Specific goals within each impact area that facilitates the transition of the production processes and supply chains towards sustainability.
Outcomes. Expected changes enabled by the implementation and verification of a set of practices within production systems.
Performance indicators. Specific actions to be implemented and verified that indicate the “sustainable status” of an agricultural operation or process.

SAN works towards rural landscapes where natural ecosystems are protected and restored, and agricultural and livestock production has reduced carbon, toxicity and water footprints:

  1. greenhouse gas emissions are minimized by increasing the use of clean and renewable energy, reducing the use of products derived from petroleum/fossil fuel, and optimizing fertilizer management;
  2. on-farm ecosystems and biodiversity are protected and restored to enhance and maintain the ecosystem and cultural services they provide, including their function as carbon sinks;
  3. integrated pest management strategies are adopted to reduce the negative impact of synthetic pesticide and fertilizer residues on aquatic ecosystems and plant, animal and human populations;
  4. the use of pesticides with unacceptable risks is eliminated or phased out;
  5. soil conditions are optimized to prevent soil erosion and depletion;
  6. all water sources are conserved and water is used efficiently; and
  7. waste production is minimized, and originated waste is categorized, reused, recycled or deposited in a way that does not negatively affect soil, water, air, animals, plants or people.
     
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June 28, 2018

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Dole grapes earn certification
October 28, 2017

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fruitnet.com
Thoughts On The UTZ And Rainforest Alliance Merger
September 26, 2017

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Enabling, educating and empowering cocoa farmers
September 21, 2017

… To help cocoa farmers, we've announced that all cocoa required … fish counters across the country.

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Hacia un sector sostenible de cacao
September 20, 2017

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Rainforest Alliance and UTZ reinvented to fight against climate change.
September 16, 2017

How will Paris be implemented? Will farming be a major player in preserving our environment as we feed more people than ever existed?

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earthtimes.org
Rainforest Alliance and UTZ to merge
September 10, 2017

New organisation will retain Rainforest Alliance name and aims to simplify the certification process

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fruitnet.com
The Rainforest Alliance selects ChainPoint as central data collection platform in sustainable supply chains
September 9, 2017

* Arnhem, NL – March 23, 2017 The Rainforest Alliance has selected ChainPoint, […]

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chainpoint.com
How technology can be harnessed to manage supply chain risks
September 9, 2017

What technology is out there to help companies identify and manage risks in the supply chain? Kiku Loomis from the Rainforest Alliance and Alexander Ellebrecht from […]

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chainpoint.com

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