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32 SEEDWORLD.COM DECEMBER 2015 Amount of the worlds agricultural reserve is estimated to belong to Africa. With nearly 500 million acres of arable land uncultivated its potential remains unexploited. With one of the fastest growth rates of gross domestic product an increasing life expectancy and infrastructural projects changing the social and economical landscape the outlook is impressive. Any company that has a global ambition as we do has to be pre- sent in Africa says Kamel Beliazi regional head of Bayer EMEA for Seeds. Giant Numbers Time it takes to deliver a biological seed treatment to the market. In seeking to help protect seeds and improve their yield potential companies turn their focus to bio- logical products. In less than a year we can have a product ready for field testing says Marcus Meadows-Smith CEO of BioConsortia. Then theres two years for proof of concept. If it goes through the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency theres another 18 months he explains. This four-year timeline to get a product to market costs anywhere from 10 million to 20 million from research and development through to the products launch. The shorter timeline and reduced costs allow us to develop very specific products for different purposes in a cost-effective way. 4YEARS 2BILLION Number of people around the world that will join the middle class. Not only is the worlds population expected to grow from todays 7.2 billion people to 9.5 or 10 billion by 2050 but also more people will be joining the middle class. The combination of more people and more personal wealth will create the need for doubling the food supply says Robb Fraley Monsanto executive vice president and chief technology officer. We have to double the food supply in the next 35 years. Its an incredible challenge but given the tools I have no doubt that we can meet the food security needs of the future. Number of 5 kilogram about 11 pounds bags of rice seed distributed to the most vulnerable farmers following the earthquakes in Nepal earlier this year. The seed was distributed in advance of the monsoon-planting season. Additionally the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations distributed 30000 durable grain and seed storage bags with 40000 more to follow as of Oct. 25 and the vegetable seed packet distribution recently reached 50000 households. The earthquakes struck April 25 and May 12 during wheat harvest and maize planting with rice sowing expected to start in late May. Agriculture is the main source of livelihood for about two- thirds of Nepalese including many subsistence farmers. 42000 Year Stephen Baenziger entered the plant breeding profession. I remember when I worked with a computer that had a 4k thats kilobyte RAM and we had to use cards says Baenziger a University of Nebraska Lincoln plant breeder and professor. I remember when there were manual calculators and you could do 9x9 lattices. Now your smart phone can do more than all of that. Today every tractor I have has GPS and every planter trips by a satellite. We now sequence 2000 lines a year. When we do a diversity study we have 16000 markers out of many many more markers those are just the ones that look good. You know the highest tech jobs in many parts of the world are now agricultural jobs. 1976 Number of states where Mustang Seeds distributes corn soybean alfalfa cover crop grass and small grain seed. With more than 200 dealers the family-owned company works with farmers in South Dakota northwest Iowa northeast Nebraska western Minnesota and North Dakota. Right now the independent seed sector has seen wonderful growth says Terry Schultz president of Mustang Seeds. Weve put up three locations of bulk sites to help our growers get better access to our seed products and also our dealer system. 545PERCENT 10987654321 12345678910 10987654321 12345678910