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For farmers, a year's work is measured in crops. Every season follows a practiced rhythm, aimed at delivering the most successful harvest possible. From planning and planting to monitoring and crop management, each action builds towards producing the best yield on harvest day. But in agriculture, there are elements that even the most skilled farmers cannot control. For many, planting is the more straightforward part. The real challenge lies in protecting growing crops against pests and disease, and safeguarding the harvests they have worked so hard to achieve. 

By working with what the earth has to offer, we can help growers farm more sustainably and reduce the need for chemical interventions. Biologicals are naturally occurring agricultural solutions that help farmers grow healthier, more resilient crops. For Indra's farm, this meant using pheromone-based technology to disrupt the mating behaviour of rice stem borers, which reduced their numbers across his fields. 

By utilizing this practice on his farm, Indra can protect his land and legacy for future generations. Despite some initial skepticism from his family, the results have been overwhelmingly positive: “The fields look healthier, fresher, and our overheads aren’t as high. There’s no spraying. It’s a really exciting technology space right now.”

Scientific breakthroughs like this are helping to preserve tradition, heritage, and family businesses globally. This is just one of many success stories that demonstrate how Syngenta’s contributions are making a real difference in fields around the world.  

It’s this difference that led Haoyang Duo to join Syngenta as a junior breeder right after graduating from university.  

“We truly make a difference in the food business in a way that people can see in their daily lives,” said Haoyang, who’s currently the ​Senior Breeding Project Lead – AGH Tomato. Based in the Netherlands, Haoyang joined Syngenta almost five years ago and has steadily progressed from junior breeder to breeder and now to Senior Breeding Project Lead.  

Her team’s work specializes in creating tomatoes that are resistant to a common and extremely harmful disease.  

“We are currently focused on developing tomato varieties with resistance to ToBRFV (Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus),” says Haoyang.  

“ToBRFV has spread rapidly around the world in the past few years and caused severe yield losses for growers. To address this, we have been identifying resistance from different genetic resources and introducing it into our germplasm quickly and efficiently, using modern breeding technologies like gene sequencing and molecular markers applications.”  

She continues: “As a breeder, I’m responsible for developing and selecting new varieties for the market. When a variety that I was involved in is promoted and sold to growers, and I later see it growing in greenhouses or being sold in supermarkets, that is when I feel especially proud and rewarded.”  

Melissa Lord, Product Lead at Syngenta, echoes this sentiment:  

“Insect damage can diminish or fully destroy a grower’s ability to produce a profitable crop. I’m focused on getting tools to growers that protect a wide range of food, fiber and feed crops so they can ultimately have a profitable harvest.”

Purpose-driven businesses are nothing new, but finding a role that won't leave you buried under a mountain of red tape can be a challenge. If you want a role that creates meaningful change beyond the boardroom, then Syngenta is the place for you. 

Farmers face the daunting prospect of feeding a global population of up to 10 billion by 2050. It’s our role to ensure that they can achieve this while safeguarding the Earth’s natural resources.

We’re committed to protecting sustainable food production, and we’ve embedded our sustainable principles in everything we do. In fact, Syngenta Group was one of the first companies in ​​​​the agri-tech industry to launch a plan that served as its sustainability compass.  

Syngenta is guided by three core business imperatives that underpin our sustainability operations:

• Industry-leading products that deliver higher yields with lower impact  
• Farmer outreach and support to ensure the full potential of land is realized  
• Sustainable operations with robust targets to reduce the effects of our operations and supply chain on the environment, while protecting the health and safety of our people

As preserving nature is at the heart of everything we do at Syngenta, our sustainability goals are a guiding force. Backed by clear commitments and measurable targets, they hold us accountable and drive us to continue to do good work that creates positive and lasting change for farmers around the world.  

​​​If you want a career that will count for something, you’ll find a home at Syngenta. We need problem solvers who are ready to address complex challenges at a global scale. Your skills could help create and protect the future of global food security.