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Transcript of David Nicholson's CropWorld 2012 presentation
November 2012 | London
Investing in the planet’s futurethrough innovation in agriculture
David Nicholson, Head of R&D, Bayer CropScience
• CropWorld • November 2012Page 1
• CropWorld • November 2012
The crop protection industry is seeing a decline of active ingredients in development
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Source: Phillips McDougall Oct 2012
• CropWorld • November 2012
R&D investments in Seeds and Traits are superseding small molecules
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Source: Phillips McDougall Oct 2012
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• CropWorld • November 2012
At Bayer CropScience, our strategyinvolves refocusing innovation approaches
• We’re raising overall R&D spending
to more than €850 million by 2015
• We’re increasing our Seeds R&D budget
to achieve a 50:50 Seeds/Biologics and
Chemistry ratio
• We’re shifting Crop Protection resources
into growth areas
Reinventing the future of agriculture beyond today’s solutions
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R&D spending by businesses in € million
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• CropWorld • November 2012
To fuel our four-pillar R&D strategy, we’re investing €5 bn in innovation from 2011–2016
World-class
R&D portfolio
Delivering sustainable crop solutions to beat customer expectations
Investing equally in Seeds/ Biologics and Chemistry to create integrated & effective global R&D organization
Expanding network of collaborations to leverage full potential of open innovation
Exploiting expertise in Seeds, Biologics and Small Molecules to build a unique position in plant health
Sustainability
Collaboration
Plant Health
Rebalancing Innovation
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• CropWorld • November 2012
In addition to our R&D investments in Seeds and Small Molecules, Biologics is now our third focus area
Abiotic Stress Resistance
Plant Growth Promotion
Yield Increase
Insect/Disease/Weed Control
BiologicsSmall
MoleculesSeeds
Differentiated integrated solutions
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