Transitions

TRANSITIONS brings together plant and grain businesses across the entire value chain in an ambitious, innovative, and robust programme that is aligned with internationally recognised scientific standards (GHG Protocol, SBTi Flag, SAI Regen Ag) and audited by independent bodies.

TRANSITIONS is building on its momentum and consolidating its driving role as the leading impact-driven programme in Europe. Over the past two years, TRANSITIONS has grown and spread... This is the perfect opportunity to give a voice to the people behind it, who bring it to life...

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600,000

tonnes of cereals and oilseed-protein crops
585

farmers involved
150

collective meetings
65

trained technical sales advisors and dedicated experts

IN THE BEGINNING...

The programme was born of VIVESCIA Cooperative’s long-standing ambition to help its cooperative members make their farms more sustainable. In 2021, VIVESCIA’s teams, with technical support from its partner Earthworm, designed a concrete, systemic response to the challenges of agricultural transitions by linking upstream agriculture with downstream food processing. In September 2023, the TRANSITIONS programme was launched: the first collective improvement programme of this scale across farms’ full crop rotation cycle.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

A systemic agronomic framework that takes into account the soil, carbon, and biodiversity, TRANSITIONS was designed at the level of the farm — the only way to guarantee progress. The programme aims to mitigate financial and technical risk for farmers, who commit for three years, thanks to significant financial support, a collective training plan, and concrete individual support.

Coalitions of agri-food and manufacturing customers with technical and scientific partners: only a collective solution will enable us to share the cost of a successful, large-scale transition of agricultural and food systems.

A digital chain of trust: The cornerstone of the programme is a robust data chain whose pioneering methodology is unanimously recognised in our sector.

A word from Valérie Frapier
Group CSR Director and Director of the TRANSITIONS Programme

" TRANSITIONS is an optimistic vision of agriculture: a regenerative, forward-looking agricultural model that reconciles sustainability, innovation, and productivity. The success of TRANSITIONS’ first steps stems from the mutual trust and collective energy that drives its partners across our value chains and industries. We have had two years of learning, action, and progress towards making tomorrow’s farms more resilient and fostering low-carbon agricultural practices that promote soil health and biodiversity. Onward to 2030! "

A word from Valérie Frapier
Group CSR Director and Director of the TRANSITIONS Programme

" TRANSITIONS is an optimistic vision of agriculture: a regenerative, forward-looking agricultural model that reconciles sustainability, innovation, and productivity. The success of TRANSITIONS’ first steps stems from the mutual trust and collective energy that drives its partners across our value chains and industries. We have had two years of learning, action, and progress towards making tomorrow’s farms more resilient and fostering low-carbon agricultural practices that promote soil health and biodiversity. Onward to 2030! "

A word from Christoph Büren
President of VIVESCIA Group

"Our cooperative philosophy and our ambition as a French grain group makes TRANSITIONS a powerful lever for meeting the challenges of agriculture and food starting with concrete solutions to de-risk farmers. Over the last year, TRANSITIONS has helped to change practices and mentalities. Working alongside farmers, by mobilising a coalition of committed companies, we built this innovative, open programme around a wide cooperative, scientific and industrial ecosystem.
We are getting ready for a new phase: replication. It’s a great source of satisfaction and a new challenge."

A word from Christoph Büren
President of VIVESCIA Group

"Our cooperative philosophy and our ambition as a French grain group makes TRANSITIONS a powerful lever for meeting the challenges of agriculture and food starting with concrete solutions to de-risk farmers. Over the last year, TRANSITIONS has helped to change practices and mentalities. Working alongside farmers, by mobilising a coalition of committed companies, we built this innovative, open programme around a wide cooperative, scientific and industrial ecosystem.
We are getting ready for a new phase: replication. It’s a great source of satisfaction and a new challenge."

TRANSITIONS, IT'S OUR CUSTOMERS AND PARTNERS WHO TALK ABOUT IT BEST...