Syngenta Signs MoU to Be Strategic Partner in India’s First Open-Data Agricultural Ecosystem Annam.AI
Agricultural innovation leader to contribute with agronomic expertise in building accurate crop health, pest forecasting and heat stress models
India’s agriculture sector is a global powerhouse, uniquely characterized by its massive scale, vast arable land, diverse agro-climatic zones and rich biodiversity. These strengths have propelled the country to become one of the world’s leading producers of crops such as rice and wheat. However, farmers in the country face significant challenges – from erratic monsoons, severe droughts and unseasonal rains compounded by El Nino, to pests and diseases that destroy an estimated 30 percent of crops annually. More than 80 percent of India’s estimated 150 million farming households are composed of smallholder farmers who operate on less than two hectares of land. This limits economies of scale, sets obstacles to the wider adoption of advanced technologies and could widen a systemic gap between large commercial agricultural operations and the bulk of its farming population.
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260615154481/en/ Syngenta Country Head for France Anne Azam (2nd from right) with India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal (3rd from left) and Annam Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government of India Dr. Ajay Sood (3rd from right) at the signing ceremony.
