2022

Nunhem, 26 September 2022 - On 16 November 2021, the first high-wire cucumber crop was planted in the data-driven greenhouse of BASF's vegetable seed business in 's Gravenzande. The greenhouse was equipped with about 340 umol LED lights from Signify. The second and third crops were planted on 2 March 2022 and 15 June 2022, respectively.

Cross license agreement to speed up the development of improved vegetable varieties

BASF and Syngenta joined hands in a multistakeholder collaboration called Wage Improvements in Seed Hybrids (WISH). During the next four years, the companies will collaborate with Arisa, an independent non-governmental organization focused on defending human rights in South Asia. The project’s scope targets 28 villages and around 500 suppliers in the states of Maharashtra and Karnataka.