IFDC’s media kit is designed to ensure consistent communication of our mission to scale sustainable agricultural solutions and improve global food security. Within this kit, you will find our core organizational messaging, brand guidelines, and links to our official social media platforms.
To maintain the integrity of the IFDC identity, we ask that all partners and media representatives adhere to these standards, ensuring a unified and professional presence across all media.
Brand Guidelines and Logo Files
Vision
A world where farmers thrive on healthy soils, empowered by fertilizer innovation and sustainable practices, producing abundant and nutritious food for all on less land while restoring our soils and safeguarding our planet for future generations.
Mission
Innovating soil and fertilizer solutions to nourish people and protect the planet.
We advance fertilizer innovation, soil fertility, and soil health solutions with our partners in research and development, empowering farmers to grow more nutritious food, boost productivity, improve food insecurity, enhance resilience of food systems, and protect the environment for lasting agricultural transformation.
A Brief Biography
IFDC is a nonprofit, science-based organization working to alleviate global hunger and poverty by improving sustainable agricultural productivity. The organization was established in 1974 in response to the twin crises of food insecurity and rising energy prices. Through an Executive Order decreed by U.S. President Jimmy Carter, IFDC was classified as a nonprofit, public international organization (the same international status as the United Nations and the World Bank) in 1977. IFDC is governed by an international board of directors and supported by bilateral and multilateral aid agencies, private enterprises and foundations. Headquartered in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, IFDC is led by President and CEO Henk van Duijn. The organization’s more than 300 international staff work in nearly 20 countries worldwide. Over nearly five decades, IFDC’s global presence has reached more than 130 countries, leaving a lasting impact worldwide.
Why Our Work Is Important
The global agricultural landscape faces converging crises, including rising food and nutrition insecurity and accelerating climate change, demanding urgent, innovative, and system-level solutions. With the global population projected to reach 9.7 billion by 2050, agricultural systems must substantially increase production while operating within increasingly constrained resource limits.
We believe soil is the earth’s most valuable asset, and the answer to global agricultural and food systems challenges. And yet this resource from which we all benefit is one of the most vulnerable to climate shifts.
IFDC plays a critical role in tackling global issues of food systems and soil and plant nutrition through the development and transfer of affordable, effective fertilizer technologies. IFDC’s solutions span a comprehensive spectrum of agricultural innovation, including pioneering fertilizer research, the development of nutrient use efficiency technologies, and the orchestration of multi-stakeholder networks across the public and private sectors. As we focus on soil health and the recirculation of nutrients, we scale evidence-based solutions that enhance farmer productivity while shaping the global markets and regulations necessary for sustainable agriculture.
Currently, our efforts are dedicated to transforming soil fertility systems and bridging the gap between innovative research and field-level adoption. By empowering smallholder farmers to regenerate their land and boost yields, we work alongside global partners to reduce environmental pressure and achieve lasting food and nutrition security worldwide.
View our new strategy to learn more: IFDC 2026-2035 Strategy
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