Who are the lead innovators?
Biotechnology is a growing field that requires the support of generous companies and investors to prosper. With the appropriate funding and support from the general public, genetically engineered crops can feed the hungry, aid farmers, and help combat world hunger. It's crucial for us to support local biotechnologies in order to promote growth in the field. Explore this page to gain information about the leading pioneers and their contributions to the biotechnology field.
Monsanto is a sustainable agriculture company. They deliver agricultural products that support farmers all around the world. They are focused on empowering farmers—large and small—to produce more from their land while conserving more of our world's natural resources such as water and energy. They do this with our leading seed brands in crops like corn, cotton, oilseeds and fruits and vegetables. They also produce leading in-the-seed trait technologies for farmers, which are aimed at protecting their yield, supporting their on-farm efficiency and reducing their on-farm costs. They strive to make their products available to farmers throughout the world by broadly licensing their seed and trait technologies to other companies. In addition to their seeds and traits business, they also manufacture Roundup® and other herbicides used by farmers, consumers and lawn-and-garden professionals. Monsanto could not exist without farmers. They are Monsanto's customers--the lifeblood of their company. More important, they are the support system of the world's economy, working day in and day out to feed, clothe and provide energy for our world.
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THE GOLDEN RICE
PROJECT
According to UNICEF, the estimated number of children deaths precipitated worldwide by vitamin A deficiency (VAD) every year lies at 1.15 million. Alongside this are the innumerable children suffering from loss of sight or disease susceptibility. Backed by the Rockefeller
Foundation, the Golden Rice Project is based on a need to fortify the world's population through nutrient rich crops and foods.
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Arcadia Biosciences was founded in 2002 with the intention of treating human health and the environment through agricultural means. They employ both GM and non GM methods in order to develop their products. Their products include nitrogen use efficient crops, salt tolerant plants, GLA Safflower oil, and produce with an extended shelf life. Arcadia Biosciences' headquarters are in Davis, CA, and is privately owned. Arcadia Biosciences was also rater as one of the fifty smartest companies by MIT Technology.
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Bayer is company that invests heavily in research and development. They tackle challenges on a global level to improve the livelihood of people everywhere. Ten percent of their annual sales are invested back into research and development, equivalant to 850 million Euros in 2012. Their main aim is to invent new techniques involving both hybrid and transgenic seeds. Bayer uses their background in other fields of science to further their understanding of new crop methods.
Bayer's CropScience department has researched and improved the cotton, corn, oilseeds, rice, soybean, wheat, sugar beet, and sugar cane plants.
Bayer's revenues total over 40 billion dollars.
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DuPont Pioneer had been producing, marketing, and selling hybrid seed corn in nearly 70 countries worldwide. The company makes and sells hybrid seed, produced by cross-pollinated plants, and genetically modified seeds, some of which goes onto become genetically modified foods. They also market and sell varieties of other plants such as sorghum, sunflower, soybean, canola, rice, and wheat, as well as forage and grain addictive. Genes engineered into their products help to provide protection against various insects and are herbicide resistant.
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By using their understanding and knowledge of Plant Gene Regulatory Networks (PGRNs), Mendel Biotechnology Inc. is producing enhanced genetic and chemical solutions for plant producers to increase their crops productivity, resource use efficiency, and overall quality. The ambition of this promising company focuses on developing genetic and chemical solutions for agricultural markets around the world. Their new solutions offer to transfer to biofuel feedstock's, yield enhancement, quicker flowering, drought tolerance, freezing tolerance, disease resistance, nutrient use efficiency, and cold germination products. Overall it makes it possible to grow a new era of perfected plants. Mendel Biotechnology Inc. has developed strategic partnerships with Monsanto Corp., BP, and Bayer CropScience. This company was founded in 1997 and is based in Hayward, CA. It also has operations in the U.S., Europe and China.
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Syngenta is a company with an ambition to address one of largest difficulties of our time: how to yield more crops by using fewer resources. They tackle this problem by bringing greater food security in an environmentally sustainable way to a largely populated planet. They are creating a worldwide step-change in farm productivity. They are deploying their world class science to morph HOW the crops are grown and HOW they look beyond the number of crops they get. In order to do this they put the farmer at the center of all they do. Syngenta considers every aspect of a farmer's life in order to cater to his needs. Syngenta’s tremendous amount of advanced technologies, such as Crop Protection and Seeds and Seed Care, will help the farmer accomplish and surpass the challenges of our present times.
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The Dow Chemical company was founded in 1897, and then later created the Dow AgroSciences branch of the company. By 1997 Dow Chemical Company proved to be a large industrial power. Dow provides a wide array of products to match the needs of their customers, and their research with strategic partners is bringing advance and sustainable solutions. Some of Dow's advancements are innovative hybrid seed varieties, healthy oils, turf and ornamental, crop protection products, and crop-enhancing traits. They employ more than 8,000 hardworking people worldwide and in 2013 pulled in $7.1 billion (U.S.) globally.
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BASF is a chemical company that hopes to come more into the world of biotechnology. They believe that in order to operate successfully, farmers need consistent quality and high amounts of yields. The problem that farmers face is that there are weeds, pests, and disease that inhibit healthy crop growth. A key focus of BASF is to combat factors that stop plant growth with efficient and environmentally friendly methods. BASF's goal is to continue to research and develop their technologies in order to one day defeat world hunger completely.
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Neogen is the leader when it comes to genetics laboratories. Their cutting edge technology allows them to perform trait analysis and genetic screening with unmatched accuracy. Neogen also helps to diagnose both foods and animals during safty precautions. Alongside their life science kits, toxicology solutions, and agrigenomic solutions, Neogen is diverse in a very broad area. One main focus is their technology, BeefGen that identifies key traits that improve meat and dairy production.
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