Ardo CSR rapport 2023 - Flipbook - Page 41
We are Ardo
The path to a more
sustainable food system
Minimal environmental
impact
Agronomy
MIMOSA+
Food safety, quality
and innovation
Respect for
our employees
Relationship with
our stakeholders
Good governance
1. MIMOSA, optimising crops
and ensuring continuous
improvement
In 2011, we launched our MIMOSA programme
(Minimum Impact, Maximum Output, Sustainable Agriculture),
with the help of our 65 field agronomists, who provide active
field management support to 3,500 farmers. Each year,
hundreds of trials, benchmarks and technical meetings are
organised to challenge and improve our growing techniques,
allowing us to reduce the use of crop protection products.
Over a 5-year period, the use of fungicides went down
by 28%1 on our eight largest crops, covering over 40,000
hectares.
Reducing the use of plant protection products has enabled
us to limit pesticide residues on our fresh frozen products.
One of the primary KPIs for measuring the success of our
MIMOSA programme is the percentage of our production
with zero residues (resiues less than the detection limit
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majority of Ardo-grown products are free of pesticide residues.
2022, up from 56% in 2014.
Year after year, we prioritise new crop varieties and use precision sowing
This positive evolution is the result of our team’s active
techniques to establish an optimal plant population, optimise the quantity
field management and collaboration with our 3,500
of seeds used through optimal seed density and create an open and aerated
farmers. We will continue to work hard and we are
growing environment for our vegetables and herbs. As a result, we have
confident that by 2027, 80% of Ardo-grown production will
significantly reduced the use of plant protection products on our crops.
be residue-free.
1
Calculation based on super-developed area treated
40%
20%
0%
2027
detection limit of 0.01 ppm) reached 77% at group level in
2022
approach to crop management, reducing the inputs and ensuring that the
60%
2021
free of quantifiable levels of pesticide residue, (below the
2020
by farmers and agronomists throughout the season. They ensure an aligned
2019
products. The volume of frozen vegetables found to be
2018
practices are formalised in crop protocols that are employed and applied
80%
80%
2017
over 1,200 random pesticide residue analyses on our frozen
2016
such as crop rotation, cover crops and responsible input use. These best
% crop with zero residue
2015
