Global demand for most of the world’s food crops—including rice—is growing rapidly. To achieve food security, each hectare of land needs to produce more.DuPont’s seed business, Pioneer, is committed to improving the productivity of farmers around the globe. Pioneer has a long and successful history of developing improved crops through plant breeding, with years of product research and development resulting in an extensive germplasm collection. Pioneer applies the latest molecular genetics technologies, and uses biotechnology tools to deliver products with traits that will help farmers increase yields, protect crops, safeguard the environment, and produce grains that improve the quality of the foods we eat. Pioneer has a global network of scientists that work together to develop traits, technologies, and germplasm that ultimately result in products with improved productivity and quality that the world is demanding. Examples of improved traits, enabling technologies, and products are presented. Special emphasis is given to Pioneer’s hybrid rice research program.
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