b'C S R E F F O R T S F O R T O D A YS C R I S I S South America: Agro Amaznia Steps Up toMeet Evolving Customer and Community Needs A and livestock products distributor in Brazil. In addition to all the safety and communication initiatives thatgreat example of how to act in crisis comes from our SC Group Company Agro Amaznia, an agricultural have become commonplace during a global pandemic, Agro Amaznia has stepped up to support new methods of customer connectivity as well as the local communitys COVID-19 induced needs. With employees, the company instituted new meth-ods for training on pesticides, fertilizers, seeds, nutri-tion and livestock, incorporating online information as well as local safety measures. Management also created a Virtual Field Day in Nova Mutum, pro-ducing a local video that spotlights their fieldwork, which made for a very useful online resource. These ideas helped Agro Amaznia refocus with targeted customer service and sales programs that better serves their buyers for the next harvest. Above: Taking precautionsAt the executive level, Agro Amaznia CEO Roberto Motta recently participated in an online discussionWe believe that Agribusiness cannot stop, as it is with the National Association of Distributors of a sector responsible for producing food to feed the Agricultural and Veterinary Inputs (ANDAV) to constantly growing global population, noted Agro discuss the strengthening of operations to meet Amaznia CEO Roberto Motta. We are well bal-market demands flexibly, but with sustainability in ancing the protection and safety of our employees the post-COVID world in mind. Motta also serves and the operational efficiency of our business. We as Director of ANDAV.continue to offer high quality products and services to contribute to the success of our clients business.In the local community, Agro Amaznia staff orga-nized food and cleaning supplies donations during spring holidays; for Easter, 37 families received the supplies as well as chocolates, and for Mothers Day, 155 families received supply deliveries that includ-ed a letter to mothers written by employees who happened to be mothers. Additional events included a brunch in Sorriso to coincide with supply delivery for another 50 families, and a program called Live Above: Helping communities Below & left: Working in the field Ihara that delivered supplies to yet another100 families.Additionally, the company invited employees to a Participation in Lives online discussion about un-covering new opportunities in the industry, and fos-tering a positive outlook after the COVID-19 crisis. This discussion helped us take good practices and share them with other companies and consultants as well as learn from their experiences, Motta elaborat-ed. We are also collaborating with our colleagues in Sumitomo to promote a new agritech solution such as precision agriculture that can help our partners and customers reduce production cost, increase yields, increase profitability and preserve the environment.Sumitomo Corporation of Americas 15'