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Meeting Background● Our objective:

- Build trust ; convey openness to dialogue

- Establish the foundation that: a.) we all have been adapting to meet the demands for food production; b.) we all will need to continue to do so; c.) technology is essential to meet the demands d.) new technology will require us working together and managing things differently; e.) recognize that new technology will bring challenges. F.) How we handle the challenges must be a collaborative process

● Presentation flow

- Short background on Syngenta

- The need for innovation; the opportunity it presents

- Biotechnology in the industry pipeline; our own products

- Cereal Focus

- Commitment to stewardship

- Wrap up, new challenges and ways to work together

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Canadian Grains Council Annual Meeting

Dave SippellPresident , Syngenta Seeds Canada

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Our role in agriculture

● Syngenta is one of the world’s leading companies with more than 24,000 employees in over 90 countries dedicated to our purpose:

● Our Crop Protection and Seeds products help growers increase crop yields and productivity

● We contribute to meeting the growing global demand for food, feed, fuel and fiber

● We are committed to protecting the environment, promoting health, and improving the quality of life

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We have a deep commitment to Research and Development

Approximately 4000 Syngenta employees

work in Research and Development

Syngenta spent around $1 billion on

Research and Development in 2008

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Challenges for global agriculture

● Huge rise in demand

● Limited farmland

● Limited water supplies

● Need to continue raising yields

Only sustainable approach is to unlock the potential of plants

through innovation

We must grow more

from less

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Increase in yield growth required to meet demand

Annual required yield growth* to return to a stock-to-use ratio of 20% by 2013

* Based on 2% demand growth scenario 2007 – 2013 (corn, soybeans, wheat, rice)Source: Syngenta

1%

2%

3.3 mha acreagegrowth per

annum

No acreagegrowth

Yield growth

3.3 mha acreagegrowth per

annum

1997 - 2007

3%

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Productivity critical: historically and in the future

● Productivity has played significant role historically

● 40% of world’s food would not exist without crop protection

● Technology advances in seeds: hybridisation, enhanced breeding, GM

Source: WBC for Sustainable Agriculture, Crop Losses to Pests (E-C Oerke); Journal of Agricultural Science (2006)

Total agricultural production

Total arable and permanent cropland

Index numbers 1961=100

1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995

250

225

200

175

150

125

100

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Significant GM contribution to sustainable productivity

Productivity

● Economic gains from GM crops

- $4.8bn in 2004; $19bn 1996-2004

Sustainability

● Reduction in environmental footprint

- reduced soil tillage and fewer chemical sprays

Source: ISAAA

0

40

80

120

1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

GM penetrationmillion hectare

US Argentina Brazil Canada

China OthersIndia

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● Lower production costs

● Increased yields

● Promote no / low-till practices

Grower Processor Retailer ConsumerAgribusiness

Quality TraitsAgronomic Traits

Making farmers more efficient

● Food/feed/fuel processing benefits

● Healthy, high quality foods

● Nutritionally enhanced feed

● Improved bioprocessing benefits

Biotechnology: demand for agronomic and quality traits

New sources of value

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NitrogenUtilization

(Monsanto/BASF)

Agronomic Trait

Quality Trait

Industry Corn Portfolio*A Steady Pipeline of Events

*Estimated commercialization pipeline of corn biotech events prepared by the U.S. Grains CouncilCommercialization dependent on many factors, including successful conclusion of regulatory process

DroughtTolerance

(Monsanto/BASF) Higher

Yield(Monsanto/

BASF)

Broad Lep- MIR 162(Syngenta)

Corn Amylase

(Syngenta)

IncreasedEthanol

(Syngenta)

RW dualMode of

action(Syngenta)

Novel Insect Traits

(Syngenta)

“Optimum”Herb. Tol.(Pioneer/DuPont)

Triple-modeHerb. Tol.(Pioneer/DuPont)

DroughtTolerance(Pioneer/DuPont)

Increased Yield

(Pioneer/DuPont)“SmartStax

(Monsanto/Dow)

HerbicideTol.

(Dow)

ImprovedFeed

(BASF)

Improved Feed(Pioneer/DuPont)VT Triple Pro

(Monsanto)

2009 2010 201X

NitrogenUtilization

(Pioneer/DuPont)

NitrogenUtilization

(Syngenta)

IncreasedEthanol

(Pioneer/DuPont)

DroughtTolerance(Syngenta)

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Bt/RR2Y(Monsanto)

Low Sat(Monsanto)

Omega-3(Monsanto;

Steandonic Acid)

HighStearate(Monsanto;

Pioneer/DuPont)

High Beta- Conglycinin

(Monsanto; Pioneer/DuPont)

Industry Soybean Portfolio*A Steady Pipeline of New Biotech Events Nearly Every Year

Processing: High Oil Soy

(Monsanto)

High Oleic(Pioneer/DuPont)

Liberty Link (Bayer)

□ Agronomic

□ Quality/Food

RR2Y(Monsanto)

201X2009

Modified 7S Protein FF

(Pioneer/DuPont)

High Oleic, Stearate (Pioneer/DuPont)

Glyphosate & isoxazole tol.

(Bayer)*

Low-Phytate

Pioneer/DuPont)

Dicamba Tolerant(Monsanto)

Omega-3(EPA/DHA)Pioneer/DuPont

Feed: High Protein Soybean(Monsanto;

Pioneer/DuPont)

Yield(Monsanto;

Pioneer/DuPont)

Rust(Monsanto;

Pioneer/DuPont

Antibody -containing(against E.

coli 0157:H)

Herbicide tol.: 2,4-D (Dow) and aryloxyphenoxy

propionate herbicides

Disease(Monsanto;

Pioneer/DuPont)

Soybean Cyst Nematode

Monsanto; Pioneer/DuPont

GAT/Glyphosate-ALS (Pioneer/DuPont)

*Estimated commercialization pipeline of soybean biotech events prepared by the American Soybean Association, November 2007. Updated March 2009.

HPPD Tolerant

(Syngenta)

Nematode Resistance (Syngenta)

Disease Resistance

(Syngenta)

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Canadian Canola Production

1313

Canola Production% of acres

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The Syngenta commitment to cereals!

● Largest private cereals breeding program in the world

- Only private company fully invested in wheat breeding in Canada

● Focus on breeding improved varieties, with significant investment in marker technology and biotechnology

● Development projects between Crop Protection, Seed Care and Seeds is creating new value for the Value Chain

● Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agricyulture launches Syngenta and CIMMYT wheat UG 99 stem rust resistance research partnership

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Our global focus in cereals - EU, Canada, U.S. and Australia

C.C. C.C. BENOISTBENOIST

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In the News – the Wheat Value Chain is engaged

● Canada: May 14, 2009 – The Grain Growers of Canada, Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association and the Alberta Winter Wheat Producers Commission announce that they have reached an accord with Australian and US wheat producers on the need for the synchronized introduction of biotech wheat.

- “Prairie farmers and consumers around the globe have benefitted tremendously from the development of biotech traits in canola,” (Kevin Bender, President , WCWGA)

● North America: NAMA is fully engaged in the Wheat Working Group and has also signed on to the accord.

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Where are we today?

● Is there support for biotech wheat from the wheat value chain?

- Syngenta is encouraged by strong grower support and the efforts being made by the wheat industry.

● Are there potential wheat products that could have benefits for growers and the entire wheat industry?

- Syngenta has a very effective product awaiting a change in market dynamics. 

● Is the entire wheat value chain engaged?

- Syngenta will continue work with the entire wheat value chain.

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Our business is part of the solution

● Corporate Responsibility is inherent in what we do every day

● We concentrate on those areas where we can be most effective:

- promoting sustainable agriculture

- researching and developing innovative products

- helping rural communities to build capacity

- motivating our people to give their best

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Product Stewardship is..

the responsible management of a product from its inception through to its ultimate use and discontinuation.

Plant Product Life Cycle

Gene Discovery

Plant Development

Seed Marketing & Distribution

Crop Production

Crop Utilization

ProductDiscontinuation

Seed Production

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● New technologies are required

● Creating new challenges / complexities

● Requiring ways of working together to bring new technologies to growers without disrupting trade

Looking to the future

Our common ground is to produce enough food, feed, fuel and fiber to meet the increased global demand!

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