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PepsiCo China developed a highly productive method of growing potatoes, wheat and corn in Inner Mongolia. This is a tangible demonstration to both the Chinese government and local farmers of technologies to improve low productive soils and models to improve soil stability in areas ravaged by sand storms.

PepsiCo has installed the necessary infrastructure (roads, electric supply), water-conserving pivot irrigators and sand dune stabilizing crops (sand willows, trees) to protect soil from erosion caused by sand storms.

Partnerships with local farmers in other areas of China have introduced pivot irrigation as an alternative to traditional fl ood irrigation with an initial water savings of 30 percent. This enables PepsiCo to rotate commercially viable crops, including winter wheat, potato, sorghum and corn. PepsiCo is moving one step further by developing drip irrigation, with the aim of conserving 50 percent of the water used as compared to traditional farming methods.

PepsiCo-managed potato farms in China annually supply over 40,000 tons of potatoes. beyond farming, PepsiCo is also helping to enhance the social development of farmers and their families. For example, PepsiCo builds libraries in local communities to promote literacy and education for children of the local farmers.