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Syngenta Global AG is a global agricultural technology company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. [1] It primarily covers crop protection and seeds for farmers. Syngenta is part of the Syngenta Group, entirely owned by Sinochem, a Chinese state-owned enterprise.
As CEO of Syngenta, one of the world’s leading agricultural companies, Jeff Rowe has to tread carefully. The chemicals Syngenta produces have helped agricultural yields grow enough in the past ...
In 2020, the Syngenta merged with Sinochem and Adama to create the Syngenta Group. [19] Syngenta was accused of selling highly toxic pesticides as part of its business. [20] Fyrwald addressed this by aligning the company to digital innovation and new agricultural technologies in the combat against climate change. [21]
Syngenta Group had increased first-quarter sales by 26% to $8.9 billion as farmers bought seeds and sprays early to avoid possible shortages, the company said in April. Syngenta, which competes ...
Ning was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of Syngenta on 16 July 2018. [5] When ChemChina's chairman Ren Jianxin retired in July 2018, Ning was appointed chairman of ChemChina, while retaining his chairmanship of Sinochem Group. [6] In September 2020 he confirmed that ChemChina and Sinochem Group were
Monsanto tried to acquire Swiss agro-biotechnology rival Syngenta for US$46.5 billion in 2015, but failed. [77] In that year Monsanto was the world's biggest supplier of seeds, controlling 26% of the global seed market (Du Pont was second with 21%). [78] Monsanto was the only manufacturer of white phosphorus for military use in the US. [79]
In 1996, Garst became part of Advanta Group, formed through the merger of Zeneca Seeds and VanderHave. [1] Zeneca became part of AstraZeneca and VanderHave was controlled by a Dutch farmer-owned co-operative called Cosun U.A. [2] In 2004, Astrazeneca and Cosun sold Garst to Syngenta. [1] [3]
Miravis is the brand name for Syngenta's suspension concentrate, which it also calls Adepidyn technology. [15] [17] The Miravis brand line includes other products containing pydiflumetofen mixed with other fungicidal active ingredients. These include Miravis Duo and Miravis Top (containing difenoconazole), Miravis Neo (containing propiconazole ...