Published: 10:03am, 18 Feb, 2019 Updated: 8:17pm, 18 Feb, 2019
Swiss-based Syngenta wants to quadruple its market share in mainland China just 20 months after it was acquired by state-run ChemChina (China National Chemical Corporation) for $43bn. The crop protection and seed company aims to meet its growth goal within five years through partnerships with both domestic and foreign companies. Since it was acquired in 2017, it has been working with large state-owned farms and plantation to adopt its advanced crop-growing technology and has been cooperating with Israeli-based Adama Agricultural Solutions. It also seeks to consolidate China's disintegrated seed industry with has 15,000 firms.