Welcome to
Shoots by Syngenta™
Help us accelerate innovation through collaboration
Shoots by Syngenta™ is a global platform designed to help tackle agriculture's most complex challenges, increase innovation and advance sustainable agriculture which is good for nature, farmers and society.
Through science-based innovation challenges, the platform will connect scientific discovery and creativity bringing together academics, research institutes, startups, and cross-industry sectors to collaborate with our global network of 6,000+ scientists.
Shoots by Syngenta™ is built upon the values of openness and transparency and a belief that scientific investigation and collaboration go hand in hand.
“We've launched Shoots by Syngenta™ with the vision of bringing together a diversity of academia, start ups and organizations to navigate our shared journey: to solve the complex challenges needed to feed the world while protecting the planet.”
Kendra Gittus, Global Open Innovation Lead, Syngenta
Live challenges
View all our live challenges which have specific goals and criteria, where we are seeking brilliant minds to help us solve.
Unlocking By-Product Streams: Novel Bioactives for Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance
Biological solutions to enhance crop performance under drought stress
Long-duration electrodes for stable plant electrophysiology
Ion-selective electrodes for enhanced signal differentiation
Soil restoration solutions
Research focus areas
Other initiatives
Open source
We support the Open Source community through our project contributions where anyone can find work to use, share, and build on.
Research licenses
View, explore, and purchase licenses for your project. You'll gain access to a wide range of licences to support your software, technology, and data.