Since its inception, UPL’s Africa Stewardship Program has stood as a pillar of sustainable agricultural development across the continent. Between 2012 and 2025, the program has empowered more than 140,000 individuals through comprehensive training, significantly advancing safety, productivity, and environmental stewardship in farming communities across diverse agroecological zones.
Spanning West, Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa, the program operates through a network of dedicated stewardship officers based in Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, and South Africa. Their efforts are reinforced by mobile training units and support from cross-functional teams across R&D, Marketing, and Sales. The target audience ranges from smallholder and commercial farmers to industrial technicians and agro dealers.
Delivered in local languages and customized to various crops such as cotton, cocoa, cereals, vegetables, and industrial plantations, the training ensures maximum inclusivity and relevance, especially for communities with limited access to technical expertise. Through hands-on sessions, videos, pictorial materials, and sprayer diagnostics, the program fosters practical learning and long-term behavioural change. At its core, the Stewardship & Training initiative is about more than knowledge transfer; it is about transforming agricultural mindsets. It instils a culture of safety and sustainability, helping farmers not only protect their health and crops but also contribute to resilient, climate-positive food systems.
To ensure greater cultural adoption, countries have localized the “Apply Well” brand into region-specific identities. In FY24–25 alone, over 13,000 individuals, including more than 3,200 women, participated in 339 training sessions across the continent.
