Health & Nutrition

How can we supply a growing global population with healthy food?

Modern agriculturists are expected to deliver top quality harvests while at the same time addressing sustainable development issues.

 

Here, BASF puts the focus on plant biotechnology: We develop plants for healthier nutrition as well as for use as renewable resources. We cooperate with the plant biotechnology company Monsanto to make important crops such as corn (maize) or soybean, higher-yielding and more stress tolerant.

 

Photo: Edson Cagnin, farmer, Maruque Farm, Brazil

“It’s important to me to have good yields of high-quality crops.”

Photo: Food on an African market. (Source: Friederike Eversheim)
 

Food fortification

Using vitamins to fight malnutrition.

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Photo: Prof. Dr. Yang Do Choi

Healthy food

Prof. Yang Do Choi, University of Seoul, on plant biotechnology.

Photo: Stress-tolerant plants

Stress-tolerant plants

Better harvests in spite of difficult conditions.

Higher yields and better quality

How can farmers deliver top quality harvests while at the same time operating sustainably?
Our crop protection products are strong against fungi and insects and have a positive effect on crops.

Photo: Corncobs

Picture gallery

See the latest developments in agricultural protection.

Photo: A woman explains, how the mosquito net Interceptor is to be applied.

Mosquito nets save lives

With Interceptor® we support the fight against malaria.

Image of a electron microscopy: Fungicides

Plant Health

Healthy plants – Fit with fungicides

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