Origin Agritech Ltd. announced that the Company has entered into a collaboration agreement with Inova Genética Ltda (INOVA), a member of the Wehrmann Group, from Cristalina-GO, Brazil.
The agreement will involve cooperation in field testing of hybrids of both Origin and INOVA in each other’s geographic regions. INOVA will also cooperate with Origin to evaluate corn seed biotechnology traits for application in South American markets. In addition, Origin and INOVA will explore commercial opportunities between the two companies, especially in corn seed breeding, production and distribution in South America.
INOVA is headquartered in Cristalina-GO, Brazil, and focuses on the plant breeding business. INOVA is a member of the Wehrmann Group, which is an active participant of the seed industry and a leading company in vegetable production in Brazil. The company has Anderson Dona as research head and Roberto de Rissi as a special consultant.
“Wehrmann, which also owns Dois Marcos seed company, is an important seed industry player in Brazil and has many years of experience in both the soybean and corn seed businesses in Brazil,” says Gengchen Han, Origin’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, “Our cooperation with INOVA will expand our geographic access for both our breeding technologies and our biotech traits.”
“It’s a great pleasure to visit Origin’s facilities in Beijing, and we are impressed by Origin’s biotech research and their breeding programs. We look forward to an in depth cooperation with Origin both on the biotech front and in conventional corn seed breeding programs,” says Verni Wehrmann, chairman of the Wehrmann Group.
