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Yara: decarbonising the food value chain

Published 26 Nov 2025 · 2 min read
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Quick information

  • Available
  • Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania
  • Agritech and food production

At a glance

  • Yara’s fertilisers, digital tools, expertise, and partnerships are transforming the food value chain
  • Yara helps to reduce emissions, increase farm profitability, improve soil health, and increase transparency
  • Yara’s solutions are scalable and adaptable to diverse geographies

Yara is enabling a decarbonised food future through lower carbon fertilisers, agronomic expertise, regenerative practices, digital tools, and partnerships.

CHALLENGE

The global food system is responsible for nearly one-third of greenhouse gas emissions. Agriculture, in particular, faces the dual challenge of feeding a growing population while reducing its environmental impact. Farmers need access to sustainable solutions that are both effective and economically viable.

SOLUTION

Tackling decarbonisation of the food chain from various angles

Yara offers a wide variety of agricultural products, solutions, and services, including:

Lower carbon crop nutrition

Yara Climate Choice™ fertilisers are produced using new technologies resulting in up to 95 per cent lower carbon footprint, compared to fertilisers produced without carbon capture and storage (CCS) or produced from natural gas.

Agronomic expertise

Yara’s more than 1 000 agronomists and sales agronomists globally help farmers to implement solutions to grow high-yielding, quality crops while protecting the planet.

Digital farming tools

Yara’s comprehensive portfolio of digital solutions help farmers to make informed decisions, optimise resources, and achieve greater yields – sustainably.

Regenerative agriculture

Yara supports practices that restore soil health, enhance biodiversity, and build resilience.

Value chain partnerships

Yara works with farmers and food companies globally to decarbonise supply chains and tackle shared challenges.

BENEFITS

Yara helps farmers, consumers and the planet

Yara’s products, solutions and services yield a wide range of benefits, including:

  • Up to 95 per cent reduction in emissions from fertiliser production
  • Increased farm profitability through optimised input use
  • Improved soil health and resilience
  • Greater transparency in food systems
  • Scalable solutions adaptable to diverse geographies

MARKET POTENTIAL

Continued growing demand for sustainable food

Demand for sustainable food is rising due to consumer, regulatory, and climate pressures. Yara’s global reach, backed by over 100 years of agronomic knowledge, puts the company in a position to scale impact across developed and emerging markets, with strong momentum in Europe, North America, and Asia.

Testimonials

With the fertilisers from Yara in place we enable Swedish farmers to continue to be at the forefront, offering our customers sustainability performance according to global climate targets as well as bringing sustainable food to consumers. With this partnership, we can continue to meet an increased market demand for sustainable products.

Per Olof Nyman

Group President & CEO at Lantmännen

Case studies

Case Study

Transforming the food system

Advancing the Sustainable Development Goals