Monsanto’s Global Product Stewardship operations ensure the safety of the company’s products and facilitate the launch of new technologies globally, ultimately providing value to consumers and communities. Without these processes, the complexities of delays in regulatory approvals could delay or prevent successful launch of new agricultural biotechnology products. In the face of these challenges, the Monsanto Global Product Stewardship team has developed and implemented proactive, activity-based product stewardship plans, processes, and operations.

The Global Product Stewardship Team’s efforts have allowed farmers in countries around the world to gain access to the benefits of Monsanto technologies they otherwise would not have enjoyed. The anticipation and resolution of significant issues demonstrates the positive impact of effective stewardship on the acceptance and use of Monsanto’s products, the reliability of the science supporting product safety and use, and the validity of the team’s conviction that coexistence of all agricultural systems is achievable with cooperation, flexibility, and mutual respect.