Portrait Zaida Andres Gonzalez

“We are looking to collaborate with R&D partners beyond agriculture to access microalgae strains and explore their potential to help farmers protect their crops from cold stress during germination and seedling establishment.”

Zaida Andres Gonzalez, Global Head of Chemistry and Formulation Science, Syngenta Biologicals



Portrait Alessandro Biasone

"We are looking to collaborate with R&D partners beyond agriculture to access seaweed samples and extracts, because believe their unique properties could help farmers improve plant and soil health."

Alessandro Biasone, Global Head of Chemistry and Formulation Science, Syngenta Biologicals



Portrait Monika Trehan

“With this approach, we can bring better compounds to market faster, which will directly benefit growers. Society also benefits from our ability to reduce waste and find the most sustainable compounds.”

Monika Trehan, Digital Collaboration Lead, Syngenta



Portrait Teodoro Laino

“Everyone now knows about language models but, back in 2019, this was very far-sighted of Syngenta”

Teodoro Laino, Distinguished Research Scientist and Manager, IBM Research



Portrait Yuta Okayama

"生産者の皆さまにとって鳥による種子の食害や作物への被害は長い間完全に解決されていない課題です。従来から威嚇などによる対策はありますが、鳥はすぐに慣れてしまいます。私たちは特に水稲直播栽培における生産者の皆さまの安定した生産に貢献するために、鳥害を解決するソリューションを求めております。水稲に限らず、その他の作物にも展開できるものであれば更に理想的なソリューションとなることを期待しています。"

シンジェンタジャパン(株), 研究開発本部長 岡山 雄太



Portrait Yuta Okayama

“Birds quickly adapt to traditional scare tactics, so to help our rice farmers produce more sustainable crops, we are seeking innovative bird repellent solutions that are effective in paddy fields, but can, ideally be applied to other crops too."

Yuta Okayama, Head Crop Protection Development, Japan



Portrait Cai Wen

"Being able to diagnose and discard poor performing seed varieties early in our development cycle will enable us to focus resources on accelerating the introduction of essential crop traits to help farmers produce better and more productive crops sustainably."

Cai Wen, Senior Scientist Trait Biology