Regulation must be revolutionized

Genetic engineering, however, has massive potential to also address food-security problems - to increase yield by protecting subsistence food crops from pests and diseases, to strengthen crops' competition with weeds and to improve plants' nutritional value. Without Syngenta we could not, for example, have reduced the number of patents involved, secured free licences, established managerial and marketing structures or developed plants that are optimized to meet regulatory requirements and to express high levels of desired traits1.