Pappu Singh grows green chili peppers, an ingredient everyone in the region uses in cooking, on his almost two-hectare farm in India. He then sells them to a middleman, who brings them to market in neighboring Varanasi. Smallholder farmers like Pappu Singh often lack access to efficient seeds, innovative pesticides and fertilizers, sustainable cultivation methods, and financing options like microloans. Bayer has stepped up its support for smallholders like Pappu, teaming up with global partners to boost smallholder farming initiatives. There are about 500 million smallholder farmers worldwide, and they play a key role in guaranteeing food security for a growing global population—producing 80 percent of food in developing countries.
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