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2008-09-22 | permalink
BASF Plant Science and Monsanto announce cooperation on new GE crops
While the worldwide demand for food, feed and fuel is booming, farmers around the world face losses due to extreme environmental conditions, such as drought. Given this dilemma, increasing and securing yield is the most important challenge in agriculture and also its primary value driver. BASF Plant Science and Monsanto started to jointly address this challenge 18 months ago as the companies announced a research and development collaboration in biotechnology aimed at delivering higher-yielding seed products to farmers.
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2008-09-22 | permalink
BASF Plant Science and Monsanto announce cooperation on new GE crops
While the worldwide demand for food, feed and fuel is booming, farmers around the world face losses due to extreme environmental conditions, such as drought. Given this dilemma, increasing and securing yield is the most important challenge in agriculture and also its primary value driver. BASF Plant Science and Monsanto started to jointly address this challenge 18 months ago as the companies announced a research and development collaboration in biotechnology aimed at delivering higher-yielding seed products to farmers.
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