Syngenta's Tropical Sugar Beet Receives World Business and Development Award

The Wall Street Journal - MarketWatch
Last update: 1:00 a.m. EDT Sept. 25, 2008

BASEL, Switzerland, Sept 25, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Syngenta announced that yesterday it received the 2008 World Business and Development Award (WBDA) for the development and successful introduction of a new sugar beet that can be grown under tropical climate conditions and brings significant advantages to farmers, the environment, the sugar and ethanol industries and the economy.

The WBDA, presented by the United Nations Development Program, the International Chamber of Commerce and the International Business Leaders Forum, acknowledge the contribution of the private sector to help achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals. The award recognized Syngenta's tropical sugar beet as "an example of technological innovation that helps increase sustainable agricultural productivity to meet the world's growing demand for food, feed and fuel."

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