Syngenta
Background Syngenta is an agrochemical company that manufactures pesticides and seeds. It is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland. The company invests US$1.3 billion in research and development annually. It is owned by Sinochem, a Chinese state-owned company, along with pesticide company ADAMA and fertilizer company SinoFert.2“Financial […]
Bayer
Background Bayer is a life sciences company headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany. Bayer has three divisions: pharmaceuticals, consumer health and crop science. The Bayer Group comprises 374 consolidated companies in 83 countries. Following a 2018 […]
International Food Information Council
Background The International Food Information Council (IFIC) describes itself as an โeducational organization focused on nutrition, food safety and agriculture.โ The IFIC Foundation, the groupโs nonprofit arm incorporated in 1991, states its mission as โeffectively communicating science-based information on health, nutrition […]
CropLife Europe (formerly European Crop Protection Association)
Background CropLife Europe is a trade association representing the agrichemical industry in Europe. Its corporate members include Adama, BASF, Bayer Crop Science, Corteva Agriscience, FMC, Syngenta, and UPL. The organization was known as the European Crop Protection Association (ECPA) until January 2021, when […]
Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture (GACSA)
Background The Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA) was launched in 2014 by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). GACSA describes itself as an โinclusive, voluntary and action-oriented multi-stakeholder platform on Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA).โ1โGACSA โ Global Alliance on Climate-Smart Agriculture,โ Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. Archived November 10, 2020. Archive.fo URL: […]
CropLife International
Background CropLife International is a trade association for the worldโs main agrochemical and agricultural biotech companies. The group describes itself as โthe voice of the global plant science industryโ, and its members include Bayer, Syngenta, BASF, Corteva Agriscience and FMC. CropLife International has 15 member associations listed on its website, including CropLife America, and the […]
Cornell Alliance for Science
Background Cornell Alliance for Science describes itself as โa global communications effort that promotes evidence-based decision-making in agriculture.โ The organisation is based in the Department of Global Development within Cornell Universityโs College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.2โWho We Are,โ Cornell Alliance for Science. […]
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Background The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) describes itself as an โalliance led by Africans with roots in farming communities across the continent.โ1 โOur Storyโ, AGRA. Archived November 9, 2020, Archive.vn URL: https://archive.vn/C10D2 It says on its website that โwe understand that African farmers need uniquely African solutions designed to meet their […]
COPA-COGECA
Background COPAโCOGECA is the combination of two major European farming lobby groups: COPA (Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations), which represents farmers, and COGECA (General Confederation of Agricultural Cooperatives in the European Union), which represents European agri-cooperatives. The two groups […]
National Farmers’ Union (UK)
Background The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) represents farmers and growers in England and Wales, formed in 1908. The NFU says its purpose is โto champion British agriculture and horticulture, to campaign for a stable and sustainable future for British farmers and to secure the best possible deal for our members.โ The group has more than […]
