Potatoes⦠- Bayer CropScience
Potatoes⦠- Bayer CropScience
Potatoes⦠- Bayer CropScience
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virus-free seed potatoes will also be encouraged.<br />
In terms of usage, processing into<br />
potato chips, French fries and fast-frozen<br />
food will have increased strongly by 2010.<br />
Modern solutions<br />
<strong>Bayer</strong> <strong>CropScience</strong> first entered the potato<br />
market in China in 2007. The company<br />
is able to provide a product portfolio<br />
(Gaucho ® for seed treatment, Antracol ®<br />
for Alternaria control and Infinito ® for<br />
Phytophthora control) that is well-suited<br />
to China’s potato production conditions.<br />
<strong>Bayer</strong> <strong>CropScience</strong> is actively cooperating<br />
with the relevant government organizations<br />
towards the introduction of state-ofthe-art<br />
crop protection solutions. In 2007,<br />
large scale demonstrations of Infinito and<br />
Antracol were organised in several key<br />
provinces. In addition, many field seminars<br />
were held, during which <strong>Bayer</strong> <strong>CropScience</strong><br />
sales personnel trained farmers how to<br />
grow healthy potatoes and demonstrated<br />
the efficacy of <strong>Bayer</strong> <strong>CropScience</strong> product<br />
solutions. “We intend to offer advanced<br />
technical solutions to potato growers and<br />
to help them to increase yield and improve<br />
quality, so that they can meet customers’<br />
demand for healthy potatoes,” says Eric<br />
Tesson, Head of Business Development at<br />
<strong>Bayer</strong> <strong>CropScience</strong> in China.<br />
With the rapid development of China’s<br />
potato market, some big international food<br />
companies have begun actively operating<br />
in China, with some success. They have<br />
their own potato supply chains as well as<br />
their own potato farms, where high-quality<br />
potatoes can be produced using modern<br />
farm management and pest and disease<br />
control technologies. <strong>Bayer</strong> <strong>CropScience</strong><br />
has established good business relationships<br />
with these companies and is providing<br />
the necessary support by offering training<br />
and sharing knowledge of good practice<br />
in potato farming and management<br />
gained abroad. <strong>Bayer</strong> <strong>CropScience</strong> is sharing<br />
its wide-ranging expertise in plant<br />
health to enable growers to produce highquality<br />
potatoes.<br />
<strong>Bayer</strong> <strong>CropScience</strong> is already an active<br />
player in China’s potato market. We will<br />
continue to do our best to support the<br />
development of China’s potato industry<br />
by providing a comprehensive, practical<br />
package of technologies – to ensure that<br />
Chinese consumers enjoy high-quality,<br />
healthy potatoes. ■<br />
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