Introduction to agrochemicals and modern agronomy

169 Pages·2017·6.14 MB·English

by  Kenneth Ling

Discovery of Agrochemicals
Taught Course
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Contact: [email protected]
Syngenta at a glance
$1.4 billion
$15.1bn
R&D investment in 2014 and
Over
5000 sales in 2014
28000
more than
R&D staff
employees
90
in some
countries
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Syngenta R&D locations
Jealott’s Hill, UK Major R&D sites
Herbicide Chemistry located on
Biological Sciences three continents
Formulation
Process Studies
Greensboro,
Product Safety
USA
Formulation Beijing,
China
Environmental
Science Biotechnology
Natural
Products
Chemistry at
various
Chinese
Universities
SBI,
Goa, India
Research
Triangle Research
Park, USA Chemistry
Biotechnology Stein, Switzerland Kilo Lab
R&D Process Research
Chemistry and Biology:
Fungicides, Insecticides
& Seed Care
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Introduction to agrochemicals and
modern agronomy
Taught Course
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Our Fundamental Challenge
2050
By , global population will rise by about
9 billion
a third to people
but
Global calorie demand will increase by
50%
Oxford
Population ~150k
A city the size of
Oxford every 16 hours
Source: Food and Agriculture Organisation (UN), World Bank statistics, Syngenta
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Demand for food is driven by population growth
World population World demand for grains*
(as per FAO)
>80% of growth happens
in emerging markets Food
2050 Feed
9 billion
Developed
bn tonnes
Emerging 4
+50%
2011
7 billion
3
2
1950
2.5 billion
1
0
1970 1990 2010 2030 2050
Source: FAO, Syngenta analysis * Includes cereals, rice, corn, excluding oilseeds
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Changing diets impacts on grain demand
Increased wealth in developing countries leads to higher protein content and higher
calorie diets
This impacts demand for agricultural feed:
Per kg of meat, production requires this much grain:
2kg 4kg 7kg
Source: International Food Policy Research Institute and FAO
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Demand
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Limited land for agriculture
About a third of global land surface is agricultural, but only 12% is for crops
Little land for further expansion and limited resources (water, soil nutrients)
How do we meet growing demand?
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Geographical distribution of agricultural land
Source: National Geographic
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