Syngenta has announced the integration of the Cool Farm Tool (CFT) into its Cropwise Sustainability (CWS) application.
CFT is a globally-recognized carbon quantification tool that allows farmers to measure estimated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on their farms. By integrated with CWS, farmers can now pair with custom recommendations to reduce their environmental footprint, Syngenta says.
Developed in 2021, CWS and Syngenta’s Sustainable Outcomes in Agriculture standard sets “a vision to put actionable insights into the hands of growers.” The tool tracks and measures progress across six outcomes, including crop production, biodiversity and habitat, and soil health – enabling growers to quickly identify opportunities for improvement and actionable insights to consider for their operation, the company says. Now, with the additional capability of the CFT module, growers are equipped with a simple tool to track and communicate their on-farm GHG emissions at a crop level.
“The on-farm GHG calculator has been designed to empower growers,” says Richard Profit, CEO of the Cool Farm Alliance, which owns CFT. “It gives growers vital metrics to communicate about sustainability, show benefits of regenerative practices, carbon sequestration, and to report against reduction targets,” he says.
Beyond its use in the farming community, integrating CFT furthers the ability for CWS to simplify the value chain’s challenges around data collection. The CFT is now used by many of the world’s food and beverage companies to provide greater clarity on the environmental impact of farming practices and communicate sustainable ingredient sourcing efforts.
