The View From

Bayer
National Press Foundation:
What’s Next in Food & Agriculture?
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24 September 2018
Brett Begemann, Bayer Crop Science COO
 Food security is a huge challenge
Rising Population Changing Economies and Diet
10B
7.5B
4.4B
50 %
More food, feed
70 % 1/3
of all food
More meat in developing gets lost
& biofuel needed* nations needed*
Global Population 1980 Today 2050
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Source: UN FAO, The Future of Food and Agriculture (2017) *By 2050

Changing Climate Limited Farmland

Acres per Person Acres per Person

1 <1/3

Water Increasingly Plant health

availability unpredictable (with pressures from
issues weather disease and insects) 1961 2050

Source: US Third National Climate Assessment (2013) Source: The World Bank, Food and Agriculture Organization
of the United Nations (FAO-STAT) Monsanto Internal Calculations
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 Our approach: Tailored solutions to address farmers’
individual needs and challenges

Seeds & A combination of

We know growers… Traits products, technologies

and services to constitute
an individualized solution
with unique value for
…make approximately 40 big our customers.
decisions every season
Tailored
…want to grow the best seed varieties, Solutions
and minimize pests, diseases & weeds

…want to balance societal, economic Digital

Crop Protection Technologies
& environmental needs incl. Biologics & Services

Our aim: To deliver innovation to farmers across the globe faster than ever before

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 Bayer Crop Science: Shaping agriculture to benefit
farmers, consumers and our planet

Science for
a better life
WHY

Innovation

Tailored
Solutions
Digital
Sustain- Trans-
ability formation

WHAT

Responsibly
HOW

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Thank you!
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