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At LDC, we are committed to making a positive difference in the communities in which we operate. We do this by creating jobs, supporting social welfare initiatives and, importantly, by empowering smallholder farmers to increase their productivity and profitability sustainably.

Working in partnership with the Louis Dreyfus Foundation, local experts and a wide range of other partners, we leverage our networks and internal expertise to drive the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices as a path to improved livelihoods and greater resilience for farming communities, while protecting the environment.

In addition, we encourage our employees to lever their knowledge and insights to identify and engage with opportunities to participate in various educational, environmental, health, food security and other projects that directly benefit their local communities.

Click on the pins below to read about some of LDC’s many projects to support farming communities in 2022.

Projects Around the World in 2022

Improving the Livelihoods of Palm Smallholders, Indonesia

A partnership project designed to train farmers and support them to become RSPO-certified.

Supporting Farming for Health, Canada

Raised over US$2 million toward construction and of a new hospital, and upgrades for the existing one.

Supporting Women Smallholders, India

This program has so far trained over 4,500 female farmers in good agricultural practices.

Enhancing Rice Production, Côte d’Ivoire


Vocational Agri-school, Côte d’Ivoire

Creating Shared Value for Maize Smallholders, Kenya

A comprehensive maize-based agricultural project that improves production and promotes gender inclusion.

Supporting a More Sustainable Cerrado, Brazil

This project promotes organic farming of native crops using eco-friendly methods.

Improving the Livelihoods of Palm Smallholders, Indonesia

A partnership project designed to train farmers and support them to become RSPO-certified.

Find out more: Improving the Livelihoods of Palm Smallholders, Indonesia

Supporting Farming for Health, Canada

Raised over US$2 million toward construction and of a new hospital, and upgrades for the existing one.

Find out more: Supporting Farming for Health, Canada

Supporting Women Smallholders, India

This program has so far trained over 4,500 female farmers in good agricultural practices.

Find out more: Supporting Women Smallholders, India

Enhancing Rice Production, Côte d’Ivoire

This joint project with the Louis Dreyfus Foundation and FairMatch Support aims to establish the framework for a sustainable rice supply chain, from smallholder farmers to mills, in Boundiali and Korhogo, northern Côte d’Ivoire.

Find out more: Enhancing Rice Production, Côte d’Ivoire

Vocational Agri-school, Côte d’Ivoire

In 2019, in collaboration with the local government, the Louis Dreyfus Foundation and French agri-agency Fert, we opened a vocational agricultural school in Côte d’Ivoire

Find out more: Vocational Agri-school, Côte d’Ivoire

Creating Shared Value for Maize Smallholders, Kenya

A comprehensive maize-based agricultural project that improves production and promotes gender inclusion.

Find out more: Creating Shared Value for Maize Smallholders, Kenya

Supporting a More Sustainable Cerrado, Brazil

This project promotes organic farming of native crops using eco-friendly methods.

Find out more: Supporting a More Sustainable Cerrado, Brazil

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