Syngenta's Tropical Sugar Beet Receives World Business and Development Award
25 9월 2008 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
BASEL, Switzerland, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Syngenta
announced that yesterday it received the 2008 World Business and
Development Award (WBDA) for the development and successful
introduction of a new sugar beet that can be grown under tropical
climate conditions and brings significant advantages to farmers,
the environment, the sugar and ethanol industries and the economy.
The WBDA, presented by the United Nations Development Program, the
International Chamber of Commerce and the International Business
Leaders Forum, acknowledge the contribution of the private sector
to help achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals. The award
recognized Syngenta's tropical sugar beet as "an example of
technological innovation that helps increase sustainable
agricultural productivity to meet the world's growing demand for
food, feed and fuel." "We are very proud of this achievement. It is
a reminder of the importance of the work we do in addressing the
challenges of feeding a growing population and finding alternative
energy sources," said Martin Taylor, Chairman of Syngenta.
"Tropical sugar beet is also a good example of sustainable
agriculture, since it improves land use and helps water management.
It also illustrates how Syngenta works in partnership with
agriculture in developing countries around the world." About
tropical sugar beet Tropical sugar beet can be grown in relatively
dry areas as it requires substantially less water than sugar cane.
The beets are also faster growing, allowing farmers to grow a
second crop on their land in the same period as sugarcane crops
take to mature. This increases farmers' productivity and income,
bringing significant benefits also to the agricultural sector of
developing markets. Tropical sugar beet delivers similar output
yields to sugar cane and can be used both for processing sugar for
food and conversion to bio-ethanol. An alternative to cane, it
supports biodiversity when used in areas with extensive sugar cane
monocultures. It took Syngenta 11 years to develop tropicalized
sugar beet. In 2007, the beet was successfully introduced in India.
In the State of Maharashtra, for example, Syngenta helped a
cooperation of more than 12,000 smallhold farmers to build and
operate a bio-ethanol production plant that runs on Syngenta
tropical beet. In Colombia, the building has started of two
beet-to-ethanol plants, which are expected to start processing
tropical sugar beet in 2009. Syngenta is currently conducting
adaptation trials in many other tropical countries such as China,
Australia, Thailand, Vietnam, Kenya, South Africa, Ethiopia,
Brazil, Peru, Mexico and in the USA. For further information and
pictures:
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approximately $9.2 billion. Syngenta employs over 21,000 people in
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