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Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin is an Ethiopian economist, and former chief executive officer of the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX). She has had many years of experience working on agricultural markets – particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa – and has held senior positions in the World Bank, the International Food Policy Research Institute (Washington, D.C.), and United Nations (Geneva and New ...
Syngenta Global AG is a global agricultural technology company headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. [1] It primarily covers crop protection and seeds for farmers.
Genetically modified (GM) crops have been commercially cultivated in four African countries; South Africa, Burkina Faso, Egypt and Sudan. [1] Beginning in 1998, South Africa is the major grower of GM crops, with Burkina Faso and Egypt starting in 2008. [2]
The chemicals Syngenta produces have helped agricultural yields grow enough in the past decades to feed a world with 8 billion people. But like its competitors, including Monsanto and Bayer ...
Rose Goslinga is a microinsurer and advocate for creating insurance for small-scale farmers in Africa. [1] Goslinga led the development of the Syngenta Foundation's Kilmo Salam (Swahili for "safe farming) program which provides lost cost insurance to nearly 200,000 farmers in Kenya and Rwanda. [1]
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]
The 2013 vote, rejecting Washington State's GM food labeling I-522 referendum came shortly after [69] the 2013 World Food Prize was awarded to employees of Monsanto and Syngenta. [70] The award has drawn criticism from opponents of genetically modified crops.
Coffee harvest in Ethiopia. Coffee, which originated in Ethiopia, is the largest foreign exchange earner. Agriculture accounted for 50% of GDP, 83.9% of exports, and 80% of the labor force in 2006 and 2007, compared to 44.9%, 76.9% and 80% in 2002–2003, and agriculture remains the Ethiopian economy's most important sector. [7]