Limagrain - Revision history

Claire Robinson at 21:56, 17 March 2009

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Claire Robinson at 21:55, 17 March 2009

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Mary Spowart at 21:46, 19 August 2007

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David at 19:37, 26 May 2007

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Michael at 13:45, 1 December 2005

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See [[Pierre Pagesse]]

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	[[Limagrain]] also owns the United States-based company [[Biotechnica Agriculture]]. Limagrain Canada is owned by Monsanto. ([http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4239 Monsanto Acquires Limagrain Canada])		[[Limagrain]] also owns the United States-based company [[Biotechnica Agriculture]]. Limagrain Canada is owned by Monsanto. ([http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4239 Monsanto Acquires Limagrain Canada])
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	[[Category: Food and Agriculture Industry]][[Category:GM]]		[[Category: Food and Agriculture Industry]][[Category:GM]]

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-[[Pierre Pagesse]] is the president of [[Limagrain]]. Limagrain is a farmers' cooperative with farmers as both shareholders and stakeholders, but by 2000 Limagrain had also become the world's 4th biggest seed company, with only [[Sourcewatch:DuPont|DuPont]] (Pioneer), [[Sourcewatch:Monsanto|Monsanto]] and [[Sourcewatch:Syngenta|Syngenta]] outselling it. Like those agrochemical giants, [[Limagrain]] has invested heavily in GM crop R&D and has undertaken GM field trials.
+'''Limagrain''' is a farmers' cooperative with farmers as both shareholders and stakeholders, but by 2000 Limagrain had also become the world's 4th biggest seed company, with only [[Sourcewatch:DuPont|DuPont]] (Pioneer), [[Sourcewatch:Monsanto|Monsanto]] and [[Sourcewatch:Syngenta|Syngenta]] outselling it. Like those agrochemical giants, [[Limagrain]] has invested heavily in GM crop R&D and has undertaken GM field trials.
 In 1994 [[Limagrain]] took over the seed production assets of the French agrochemical giant [[Rhone-Poulenc]], through an exchange of shares, which led to the creation of [[Limagrain Genetics International]] - 83% owned by Limagrain and 17% by Rhone-Poulenc. The two companies also developed common research programmes for developing GM crops within a joint venture.
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 [[Limagrain]] also owns the United States-based company [[Biotechnica Agriculture]]. Limagrain Canada is owned by Monsanto. ([http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4239 Monsanto Acquires Limagrain Canada])
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	[[Limagrain]] also owns the United States-based company [[Biotechnica Agriculture]]. Limagrain Canada is owned by Monsanto. ([http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4239 Monsanto Acquires Limagrain Canada])		[[Limagrain]] also owns the United States-based company [[Biotechnica Agriculture]]. Limagrain Canada is owned by Monsanto. ([http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4239 Monsanto Acquires Limagrain Canada])
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−	~~See~~ [[Pierre Pagesse]]	+	[[Pierre Pagesse]] is the president of [[Limagrain]]. Limagrain is a farmers' cooperative with farmers as both shareholders and stakeholders, but by 2000 Limagrain had also become the world's 4th biggest seed company, with only [[Sourcewatch:DuPont\|DuPont]] (Pioneer), [[Sourcewatch:Monsanto\|Monsanto]] and [[Sourcewatch:Syngenta\|Syngenta]] outselling it. Like those agrochemical giants, [[Limagrain]] has invested heavily in GM crop R&D and has undertaken GM field trials.
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		+	In 1994 [[Limagrain]] took over the seed production assets of the French agrochemical giant [[Rhone-Poulenc]], through an exchange of shares, which led to the creation of [[Limagrain Genetics International]] - 83% owned by Limagrain and 17% by Rhone-Poulenc. The two companies also developed common research programmes for developing GM crops within a joint venture.
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		+	Pagesse is also the managing director of the French firm [[Biogemma]], the biotechnology research arm of Limagrain. It was created in July 1997. In April 1998 [[RhoBio]], a subsidiary common to [[Biogemma]] and [[Rhone-Poulenc]] was formed. [[RhoBio]] went on to become a joint venture with [[Aventis]] Crop Science and then [[Bayer Crop Science]].
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		+	According to a [http://www.agbioforum.org/v4n1/v4n1a09-joly.htm report] on Limagrain's innovation strategy, 'At the same time that it created [[Biogemma]], [[Limagrain]] also made the strategic decision to concentrate on biotechnology and agro-industrial activities, and to dedicate '''all its resources''' towards this goal.' (emphasis added)
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		+	The [http://www.agbioforum.org/v4n1/v4n1a09-joly.htm report] also notes:
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		+	'biotechnology is one of the central themes for the company; and mastering biotechnology is seen as necessary if the group is to keep its identity and independence... resources, such as the company's capacity for research and development, are [therefore] earmarked for biotechnology.'
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		+	The [http://www.agbioforum.org/v4n1/v4n1a09-joly.htm report] identifies as a key challenge to this strategy: 'the acceptability of GMOs'. It also notes that 'ironically' investment in genomics 'may provide a way to avoid transgenic methods altogether delivering it from the current controversy'. Under the leadership of Pierre Pagesse, however, rather than controversy being sidestepped, it has been embraced.
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		+	[[Limagrain]] also owns the United States-based company [[Biotechnica Agriculture]]. Limagrain Canada is owned by Monsanto. ([http://www.gmwatch.org/archive2.asp?arcid=4239 Monsanto Acquires Limagrain Canada])