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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.
In partnership with Syngenta, who donated £1 million over five years three PACN Centres of Excellence in Analytical Chemistry were established in Kenya, Ghana and Ethiopia. [ 4 ] Since December 2011, Procter & Gamble have been working with the PACN and leading scientists and students to exchange knowledge, enhance skills and generate ...
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]
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]
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]
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]