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Safe Land, Sustainable Futures: Promoting Food Security Through Mine Clearance

Fri, 01/10/2025 - 08:36

Safe Land, Sustainable Futures: Promoting Food Security Through Mine Clearance

The non-profit organization APOPO deploys rats and dogs for mine detection to speed up the clearance of explosives. These animals have helped APOPO save thousands of lives by efficiently clearing and safely disposing of landmines and other explosive ordnances in former conflict zones. Farmers benefit from these lands, allowing them to safely produce food for their families. With support from Bayer Foundation, APOPO integrates mine action with agricultural development by adding an additional dog team in Cambodia.

Mon, 01/06/2025 - 09:57

News, Stories, Social Innovation

Women Entrepreneurs Award 2025: Applications now open!

Are you a women-led enterprise building sustainable solutions in health or food security? This is your moment! Across Asia Pacific, Latin America, Africa, and the Middle East, we’re seeking 15 women who are ready to scale their ideas and create sustainable change. If you’re working on innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges in health and food security, now is the time to take your business to the next level.

Tue, 12/03/2024 - 08:39

News, Stories

New Foundation leadership: Chitkala Kalidas and Kyra Constanze Pauly join Bayer Foundation

Bayer’s Board of Management has appointed Chitkala Kalidas as Senior Vice President and Executive Director of Bayer Foundation. This role is integrated into Chitkala’s current leadership of Bayer’s Environmental, Social and Governance organization. Kyra Constanze Pauly joins the team as Vice President and Managing Director of Bayer Foundation and will report to Chitkala Kalidas. We thank our esteemed former Executive Director, Monika Lessl, for her dedicated service and outstanding contributions to Bayer over the past 30 years and wish her the best in her future endeavors.

Tue, 10/29/2024 - 09:03

News, Stories, Social Innovation

Using digital technology to serve female farmers in Peru

As the gatekeepers to family nutrition and the guardians of crop diversity, women play a defining yet underappreciated role in Peru’s food system. To solve this issue, Producers Direct, a global smallholder owned not-for profit organization is pioneering Farm Direct, an AgriTech solution serving female smallholders in Peru. 

Mon, 10/28/2024 - 13:31

News, Stories, Science

Winners Announcement: Otto Bayer Award and Early Excellence in Science Awards 2024

Professor Meritxell Huch, a director of the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany receives this year’s Otto Bayer Award for her pioneering research on human organoids. Four early career scientists are honored with the Early Excellence in Science Awards for their boundary breaking research in the fields of Biology, Chemistry, Data Science and Medical Science.

Thu, 08/29/2024 - 09:53

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Inspiring the next generation of scientists: Science@School projects 2024!

The foundations for innovation and the spirit of discovery are laid in the classroom. That's why the Bayer Foundation has established its Science@School program to support extracurricular STEM school projects. Find out more about this year’s selected initiatives and how teachers are promoting exciting and inclusive STEM education in local schools.