LDC and INTA Renew Ten-Year Agreement for the Development and Commercialization of Bread Wheat Varieties in Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 29, 2024 – Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) and the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) announced today the renewal, for another ten years, of their technical cooperation partnership for the exclusive development and commercialization of bread wheat seed varieties in Argentina through LDC’s commercial channels. These varieties will continue to be marketed under LDC’s seed brand, Macro Seed, and in this new phase, the focus will be on product health and yield potential, highly valued by wheat growers.
“The Group is proud to renew its partnership with INTA, allowing us to continue offering our clients wheat varieties with excellent germplasm and the necessary variability to adapt to the challenges currently facing agricultural producers in Argentina’s different wheat-growing areas,” says Pepe Autilio, LDC’s Head of Seeds. “This collaboration enables a significant contribution to Argentine agriculture, as an important step forward to further strengthen the sector’s competitiveness in the region.”
Thanks to this partnership, more than 500,000 hectares have been planted since 2014, with 22 seed varieties obtained from INTA’s National Bread Wheat Improvement Plan and commercialized by LDC.
“The renewal of this agreement demonstrates our mutual trust and commitment to amplify the impact of our research in the field, and emphasizes the importance of public-private sector synergies to continue facilitating access to cutting-edge technological innovation in wheat for producers,” says María Beatriz Giraudo, vice president of INTA.
This public-private initiative seeks not only to offer bread wheat varieties that are adapted to all production environments, but to promote these products on the occasion of technical workshops and field days.
Macro Seed’s bread wheat varieties developed with INTA technology are distributed in Argentina and Uruguay, with plans underway to enter the Paraguayan market starting in 2025.
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Louis Dreyfus Company is a leading merchant and processor of agricultural goods, founded in 1851. We leverage our global reach and extensive asset network to serve our customers and consumers around the world, delivering the right products to the right location, at the right time – safely, reliably and responsibly. Our activities span the entire value chain, from farm to fork, across a broad range of business lines (platforms): Carbon Solutions, Coffee, Cotton, Food & Feed Solutions, Freight, Global Markets, Grains & Oilseeds, Juice, Rice and Sugar. We help feed and clothe some 500 million people every year by originating, processing and transporting approximately 80 million tons of products. Louis Dreyfus Company is active in over 100 countries across six geographical regions, and employs approximately 18,000 people globally.
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About the National Institute of Agricultural Technology
For 67 years, the National Institute of Agricultural Technology (INTA) has been a leader in research, development and innovation for the Argentine agricultural sector. As a key player in the transformation of the Argentine countryside, it provides technological solutions that increase the productivity, quality and sustainability of production systems. With its 380 units throughout the country, it adds knowledge to the strategic development of the agrobioindustry, an ongoing process that seeks to expand production capacities in the regions. Its objective is to strengthen public-private links to promote the development of specific solutions for the benefit of producers, and to provide contributions to productive intensification, technical assistance and technology transfer, in order to increase the competitiveness of agricultural companies and the country’s participation in world trade.
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