CEO, Syngenta - Mike Mack
Does the future of farming lie in bioscience and genetic manipulation?
The Interview · BBC World Service
January 6, 201423m 21s
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Show Notes
One of the great global challenges of the next half a century will be feeding a human population set to rise beyond nine billion. Farmers worldwide face an enormous productivity challenge. Mike Mack is the CEO of Syngenta – one of the world’s biggest agribusinesses. He sees farming's future driven by bioscience and genetic manipulation. But why does he face so much mistrust and suspicion?
(Photo: Mike Mack, CEO of Syngenta)