Crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as from droughts, floods, heat and cold.
Syngenta Crop Protection is a world leader in protecting crops, with a complete range of high-quality, sustainable solutions that help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.
Syngenta Crop Protection provides farmers with advanced and sustainable ways to keep their plants healthy
The largest business unit at Syngenta Group, Syngenta Crop Protection provides farmers with advanced and sustainable ways to keep their plants healthy – from sowing to harvest. The business unit develops and produces herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, biological controls and seed treatments that promote strong and healthy plant growth.
With unrivalled research capabilities and the broadest product portfolio of some 200 active ingredients, complemented by digital management and agronomic solutions, Syngenta Crop Protection provides the best possible solutions to farmers, in every corner of the world.
Within the Crop Protection business, we are also building a world-leading Biologicals business to provide farmers with more complementary product and technology choices to effectively and sustainably care for their crops by managing resistance, enhancing soil health, reducing residues in crops, and addressing consumer demands.
Syngenta Crop Protection is also constantly developing new approaches that contribute to increased precision, safety and efficacy. Whether designing a breakthrough ‘blockbuster’ molecule or developing an active ingredient for a specific purpose, product development is driven by scientific insights gained by working closely with farmers in the field.
From the modeling and design of molecules to address specific challenges faced by farmers, such as resistance management or the effects of climate change, through to novel application techniques, the business is striving to provide farmers with the most comprehensive and flexible range of solutions.
Everything we do in Syngenta Crop Protection is focused on underpinning our determination to make agriculture more resilient and sustainable.
The business also collaborates with many partners such as universities, research institutes and sustainable agriculture experts to help further develop and deliver sustainable solutions to growers across the world.
To learn more, visit www.syngenta.com/protecting-crops
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