Syngenta and Grain SA, in partnership with the University of the Free State Business School in South Africa (SA), offers the Grain Academy, a tailored leadership programme to equip young SA farmers with the necessary tools to grow. The academy launched in 2013 and is a platform where commercial grain…
Many countries concerned, disappointed with merger The merger of the international companies Dow and DuPont, providing input products to the South African agricultural market, has been approved. This comes after similar approvals in places like the USA, China, Brazil and Europe were met with disappointment. Like in other countries, South…
Zambian smallholder farmers might soon have better access to high-quality, disease-free horticultural seedlings easier after a seed company - Syngenta - partnered with a powerful USAID-funded programme and a US consulting company, to build a sustainable distribution programme for hybrid seedlings. The programme will also aim to provide farmers with access to…
