Working together to foster agricultural farmer-centric initiatives and programs in farming communities around the world
Partners & Projects
The AGCO Agriculture Foundation believes that through partnerships, we can strengthen our means of implementation and sustainable impact on farming communities.
We are contributing our agricultural expertise to non-profit initiatives around the globe and building strategic alliances with partners who share our vision to achieve Zero Hunger through a holistic approach. Together with our non-profit partners, we explore pathways to deliver on the food security agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals.
See below all the organizations we are partnered with around the world.
Amigos Do Bem
Amigos Do Bem
Established in 1993, Amigos Do Bem institution has been working to transform lives in the northeastern hinterland, Brazil's poorest and most isolated region. Amigos Do Bem promote the transformation of thousands of lives through continuous projects of education, income generation and access to water, housing and health. Its programs promote social inclusion and local development, meeting 12 of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Seedlings of Transformation through Cashew Project in Northeastern Region of Brazil
Following the successful impact of the AAF Covid-19 Aid program in Brazil implemented through the Amigos Do Bem, the Foundation is partnering with Amigos Do Bem on the Cashew Project: Seedlings of Transformation. The project will be implemented in the northeastern Brazilian dryland, the most populous semiarid region in the world.
The strategic approach of the project is to develop small local cashew producers to generate work, income and transformation in the dryland and positively impact families in extreme vulnerability situations.
The AAF donation will help purchase and distribute 30,000 seedlings and offer training and capacity building, technical support, and follow-up to small farmers, who will plant the seedlings on their land and be guaranteed to purchase their production at market value. The one-year partnership will support 100 families, reaching more than 500 people directly and indirectly and supporting the neutralization of 500 tons of CO2 per year by planting cashew trees.
Country Trust
Country Trust
Established in 1973, The Country Trust has been the leading national educational charity connecting children in England and Wales from high social and economic disadvantage areas with the land that sustains us all. In 2022, The Country Trust connected over 55,000 children to the land through immersive visits to working farms, curriculum-linked Farm Boxes, residential visits to the countryside, yearlong Food Discovery programmes, and a new soil health campaign – Plant Your Pants.
Farm Discovery Project for Disadvantaged Children
The Foundation’s partnership with The Country Trust, a leading education charity in England and Wales, is aimed at strengthening the commitment to advance quality agricultural education for young people and children. This partnership will enhance the growth of The Country Trust farm discovery programme and enable thousands of children from disadvantaged areas to explore working farms and discover a connection with the land.
The grant donation will help the charity to reach more children and provide them with opportunities to have an on-farm experience to learn about climate change, soil health, crop production, agricultural technology, food nutrition and other essential agricultural-related topics.