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Fondation d’entreprise Activity Report 2017 LDF | ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 | 17.10.18 | ARTWORK FOUNDATION SCOPE 1FOUNDATION SCOPE About the Foundation 02 Governance 03 Our Programs 04 Interview with Margarita Louis-Dreyfus 06 2013-2017: An Overview 08 1FOUNDATION SCOPE 2018-2023: A New Chapter 10 2OUR PROJECTS Micro-farming 14 Education and Empowerment 18 What’s Next? 21 Credits & Acknowledgments 24 For more information please visit: www.louisdreyfusfoundation.org LOUIS DREYFUS FOUNDATION ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 01 WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, MALI, 2017 LDF | ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 | 17.10.18 | ARTWORK LDF | ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 | 17.10.18 | ARTWORK FOUNDATION SCOPE Vision To help alleviate hunger and Governance poverty by bringing sustainable solutions to small farmers The Louis Dreyfus Foundation is a company foundation operating under French law, with its registered office based in Paris. This vision led to the creation of the Louis Dreyfus Foundation in 2013, and has driven its actions ever since. We have The Board takes all decisions in the The Advisory Committee advises the supported micro-farming and education interest of the Louis Dreyfus Foundation. Board on projects that the Foundation initiatives through our programs, with a The Board members approve the could support. Members are individuals About the endowment budget, assess programs selected for their experience and their particular focus on projects that make a and projects, validate the Foundation’s ability to take the Foundation forward. strategy and oversee all of its efforts Foundation real difference to communities and the and activities. ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS Mr. Alok Adholeya environment – two vital elements for BOARD MEMBERS • Senior Director, Sustainable Agriculture sustainable development. Mrs. Margarita Louis-Dreyfus Division, The Energy and Resources • President, Louis Dreyfus Foundation Institute (TERI) • Chairperson of the Supervisory Board, Louis Dreyfus Holding B.V. Mr. Erik Anderson • Non-Executive Chairperson of • Former CEO North America and former the Supervisory Board, Senior Platform Head Grains & Macro, Louis Dreyfus Company Mission Louis Dreyfus Company Holdings B.V. Dr. Peter Hazell Mr. Jean-Pierre Bechter Improving food security through • Supervisory Board member, • Independent researcher sustainable micro-farming Dassault Group • Former Director of the Development and education • Board member, Le Figaro Strategy and Governance Division, International Food Policy Research Mr. Mehdi El Glaoui Institute (IFPRI) • Supervisory Board member, • Visiting Professor, Imperial College Louis Dreyfus Holding B.V. and London (2005-2012) Louis Dreyfus Company Holdings B.V. Mrs. Sarah Hobson Mrs. Franziska Hildebrand Alberti • Acting Head of Strategic • Partner, P&O Personnel and Grantmaking and Movement Building, Organisational Development Global Fund for Women • Board member, Fundación Cristo Vive • Senior Fellow, Oakland Institute Switzerland • Former Executive Director, New Field Foundation and co-Chair, Mrs. Yulia Levin Africa Grantmakers’ Affinity Group • Supervisory Board member, Louis Dreyfus Holding B.V. Pr. Gilles Trystram • Board member, European Forest • Director General, AgroParisTech Resources Group (EFRG) Mr. Robin Woodhead Mr. Andrea Maserati • Chairman, Sotheby‘s International • Chief Operating Officer, Louis Dreyfus Company Mr Robert Serpollet • General Manager, Louis Dreyfus Foundation PUR PROJET PROGRAM, INDONESIA, 2017 02 LOUIS DREYFUS FOUNDATION ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 LOUIS DREYFUS FOUNDATION ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 03 LDF | ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 | 17.10.18 | ARTWORK LDF | ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 | 17.10.18 | ARTWORK FOUNDATION SCOPE UK MONGOLIA Train future leaders of Promote the use of equipment developing countries at that leads to more sustainable Oxford University practices in agriculture (solar passive greenhouses) 75 STUDENTS Our Programs 700 FARMERS INVOLVED 6,500 BENEFICIARIES The Louis Dreyfus Foundation is active around the world with ambitious INDIA Promote sustainable livelihoods INDIA for smallholder farmers micro-farming and education projects. Preserve the local environment and I A ensure food security by revitalizing 3,400 FARMERS INVOLVED M O N G O L traditional farming techniques and 11,900 BENEFICIARIES MALI protecting biodiversity Promote agroecological practices adapted to the 2,500 FARMERS INVOLVED sub-Saharan environment 11,000 BENEFICIARIES INDIA MALI 5,672 FARMERS INVOLVED Soapnut Production in India 10,004 BENEFICIARIES THAILAND Support female smallholder farmers in their daily (Fund for Young Entrepreneurs) Micro-farming programs activities by providing training and equipment Develop alternative techniques 241 FARMERS INVOLVED for rice production, such as 1,057 FARMERS INVOLVED agroforestry practices and Micro-farming programs 23,083 BENEFICIARIES self-sufficiency models MALI & UGANDA newly launched in 2017 SOUTH SUDAN Pilot post-harvest loss 1,130 FARMERS INVOLVED reduction at household level Improve capacity for 4,500 BENEFICIARIES Education programs SENEGAL smallholder farmers in Training sessions to educate local farmers in 1,000 FARMERS INVOLVED AND post-harvest management 6,000 BENEFICIARIES IN MALI Dedicated funds rural areas on the proper use of pesticides 3,250 FARMERS INVOLVED 9,400 FARMERS INVOLVED AND 22,400 BENEFICIARIES 1,900 BENEFICIARIES 65,800 BENEFICIARIES IN UGANDA SOUTH SUDAN SENEGAL I N D I A Donation to the M y Program to support a women’s World Food Programme BRAZIL cooperative and improve the value chain (Emergency Fund for Food Aid) Support vulnerable families M of fonio (Fund for Young Entrepreneurs) A L I in developing Açaí chain 64,666 BENEFICIARIES 15 FARMERS INVOLVED T h 20 FAMILIES TARGETED 90 BENEFICIARIES S e C a ETHIOPIA A I Develop agroforestry, coffee E R T rejuvenation and self-sufficiency E H I I G O P G h N S I A for disadvantaged coffee farmers GHANA . S u 946 FARMERS INVOLVED Fight poverty by empowering vulnerable C a farmers through aid and education 4,730 BENEFICIARIES MYANMAR 757 FARMERS INVOLVED U g A N Y AND CAMBODIA 2,800 BENEFICIARIES K E ETHIOPIA Encourage local farmers to S u R w move towards innovative NIGERIA Sustainably improve the resilience of farming families in Southern Ethiopia agroecology practices Program to develop Village Enterprises and Organic Farm Training 3,074 FARMERS INVOLVED 1,700 FARMERS INVOLVED (Fund for Young Entrepreneurs) 17,800 BENEFICIARIES 8,500 BENEFICIARIES 300 BENEFICIARIES (OF WHICH 216 WOMEN) B R A Z I L CAMEROON KENYA B O Provide a mobile training unit and Enhance food security and improve L I V I A technical support for female farmers livelihoods of coffee farmers by SUMATRA disseminating inputs and training Preserve coffee farming 300 FEMALE FARMERS INVOLVED ecosystems through 1,500 BENEFICIARIES 42,703 FARMERS INVOLVED agroforestry and training on 256,218 BENEFICIARIES best production practices BOLIVIA 7,635 FARMERS INVOLVED Vocational education program in A 30,675 BENEFICIARIES agricultural school to develop SOUTH AFRICA C I professional and social skills R Program to train female subsistence F KENYA . A 99 STUDENTS IN 2015-2017 maize farmers in the poorest state of S Develop agro-biodiversity in farming A South Africa (Limpopo state) 50 FARMERS INVOLVED N 120 FARMERS INVOLVED 260 BENEFICIARIES I 720 BENEFICIARIES T ARGENTINA N Program to improve sustainability farming E and livestock in Northern Argentina SOUTH AFRICA KENYA & RWANDA G 690 FARMERS INVOLVED Supporting students from disadvantaged Improve self-sufficiency through sustainable R 2,274 BENEFICIARIES communities and innovative agricultural energy, using Flexi Biogas equipment A projects at the African Leadership Academy 212 SYSTEMS INSTALLED 1 SCHOLAR 1,512 BENEFICIARIES 3 ENTREPRENEURS AWARDED 04 LOUIS DREYFUS FOUNDATION ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 LOUIS DREYFUS FOUNDATION ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 05 LDF | ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 | 17.10.18 | ARTWORK LDF | ACTIVITY REPORT 2017 | 17.10.18 | ARTWORK FOUNDATION SCOPE For example, the Foundation and Louis Dreyfus Company are currently working jointly on plans to launch the first “LDC Interview with Agri-school” in Africa, to support the modernization and professionalization of agricultural practices through education and Margarita Louis-Dreyfus occupational integration for young adults, equipping them with the skills and techniques to build greater self-sufficiency and a more Our work focuses on the most vulnerable promising future for themselves and their populations in rural areas: family farms and community. smallholders, and of course on women, who You mentioned the importance of empowering women for more have a key role to play in supporting and sustainable agriculture. How does investing in women help tackle food advancing these societies, and can have a big insecurity and extreme poverty? impact given access to financing and skill Women are the backbone of rural economies around the world, especially as men move alongside men.“ to urban areas in search of work. Their involvement in agriculture has increased TERI PROGRAM, INDIA, 2017 steadily, and as primary caregivers to families and communities, they invest in their It’s been quite a journey since the Can you share insight into the stated to empower smallholders, especially through Is there something that stands out for and water treatment systems, for farmers in communities and contribute to more resilient Foundation was launched five years ago aim of the Foundation to help improve educational projects that bring best practice you, or that you are especially proud of, Argentina’s