Syngenta Soybean Breeding Program Honored

Daniel Jacobs Posted by Dan Jacobs|15 April 2015
Syngenta’s soybean breeding program “Good Growth through Advanced Analytics” earned the 2015 INFORMS Franz Edelman Award for Achievement in Operations Research and the Management Sciences. The Franz Edelman competition recognizes contributions of analytics and operations research in the profit and non-profit sectors.
The “Good Growth through Advanced Analytics” program is a Syngenta soybean breeding team initiative using advanced mathematics and new technologies to develop higher yielding soybean varieties. Through increased genetic gain, the program is improving soybean variety accuracy, selection intensity, genetic variation and generation time without using more land, water or inputs.
“Syngenta is committed to addressing the global food security challenge,” said Joseph Byrum, Syngenta Global Head Soybean R&D. “Agricultural productivity must increase in order to feed a global population. It’s an honor for our team to be recognized with this award for our efforts to make crops more efficient.”
Read more about the award here.

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