"There is an urgent need to increase food productivity whilst reducing the environmental impacts of agriculture. Many new technologies and innovations have the potential for use in sustainable food production. If you have a good idea that might help improve the food system, let us know!”

“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.”

“Biology is incredibly complex.  Through collaboration, Syngenta is expanding the sphere of possibilities in Agriculture.  Complementing internal strengths with those of effective collaborators is critical to our shared success.”

"Syngenta is seeking partners to help accelerate agriculture innovation and solve some of agriculture’s biggest problems. We want to identify mutually beneficial opportunities, from helping to translate scientific breakthroughs, to bringing innovative technologies to market.“

"At Syngenta we continually challenge ourselves to bring better innovation to growers. We collaborate with the best in the world to inspire our scientists with technologies and digital approaches, and bring scientific breakthrough to reality."

"Our ambition is to equip the discovery scientists of tomorrow with the right tools to design high-performance agrochemicals that are less reliant on fluorinated substituents, no matter what the requirements of the future will be."

“Innovation in our traditional areas is becoming more challenging. We need to look at new ways to develop the optimum solutions for farmers, and deliver them faster and more cost effectively.”

"This is an amazing challenge… help us unlock the potential of biomass waste to create a sustainable alternative to traditional fossil fuel, something we're truly passionate about. We know we can’t do this alone which is why we’re reaching out to discover new collaborations and opportunities."