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Bayer-Monsanto: Are they coming for our seeds?

Monsanto and Bayer have merged to form the world's—and India's—largest seed and chemicals company. No one here can challenge their research prowess. No one's trying

07/08/18

Gayathri Vaidyanathan

On 22 May, the CCI conditionally approved Bayer’s acquisition of controversial agri-biotech company Monsanto

With this acquisition, 61% of the global seed and pesticide market will be in the hands of three companies

Indian seed companies are not worried, but should they be?

MNCs are the drivers of innovation at a time global agriculture is undergoing a major disruption

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Big Ag just became humongous. On 4 July, Bayer AG, the German multinational pharma company, bought the world’s most controversial agriculture company, Monsanto, in a $66-billion deal that gave Bayer control over a whopping 30% of the global seed market and a quarter of the pesticide market. The merger, two years in the making, is…

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