From Scarcity to Solutions 2025

13 corporate food-water case studies demonstrating innovations in technology and business modelsTABLE 1 Note: The innovations listed in this table of case studies include some of the “12 high-impact technology levers” represented in Figure 6, plus additional business model innovations. Technology innovations Business model innovationsCompany name No. 1 Kweichou Moutai — Food and water cir cularity — Green pr oduction and logistics — Sustainable packaging— Soil-to-soil cir cular economy 2 Yara — Soil impr ovement— Digital farmer connect platform — Partnership on r egenerative agricultur e 3 Majid Al Futtaim — Blockchain traceability— Consumer engagement and incentives — Product pr omotion and accessibility — Pilot stor e 4 Al Dahra — Soil impr ovement — Smart irrigation — Genetic impr ovement — N/A 5 Mengniu Dairy — Sustainable packaging — N/A 6 Sunner Gr oup — Food and water cir cularity — Waste-to-energy cir cular business 7 CR Beer — Precision agricultur e — Green pr oduction and logistics — Sustainable packaging — Food and water cir cularity — Short-chain pr oduction model 8 China Shengmu — Blockchain traceability — Green pr oduction and logistics — Food and water cir cularity — N/A 9Beijing Organic and Beyond — N/A — Upstr eam collaboration — Downstr eam market integration 10COFCO International — Soil impr ovement — Food and water cir cularity — Low-carbon, natur e-positive sour cing strategy — Sustainability-linked financing — Sustainable trade flows using COFCO’ s responsible agricultur e standar d 11 Bayer — N/A— Farmer empowerment thr ough knowledge transfer — Localized innovation for r esilient agricultur e 12 PepsiCo — N/A— Farmer support and technical partnerships — Stable pur chase agr eements — Infrastructur e enablement 13 Cargill — N/A— Reduce disaster risk thr ough fertigation system upgrades — Enhance farmers’ ability to manage market risks using financial tools — Empower farmers thr ough training Innovations in the case study