BASF : AgBio Fast Follower

dc.contributor.author	Wield, David	eng
dc.date.issued	2001	eng
dc.description.abstract	BASF has been a latecomer to agrobiotechnology. Until mid-1998, BASF continued its longstanding focus on chemicals production with massive economies of scale, in particular, but also of scope. In 2000, it announced the acquisition of the Cyanamid (crop protection) part of American Home Products, roughly doubling its agrochemicals business to join the "big four" (with Syngenta, Aventis, and Monsanto). BASF moved into plant biotechnology in 1998, describing itself as a "fast follower," with a commitment to focus on second and third generation products. Investment in biotechnology research and development (R&D) has increased rapidly, now totaling around 20% of life sciences' R&D.	eng
dc.description.bibref	Includes bibliographical references	eng
dc.identifier.citation	AgBioForum, 4(1) 2001: 58-62.	eng
dc.identifier.issn	1522-936X	eng
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10355/351
dc.language	English	eng
dc.publisher	AgBioForum	eng
dc.relation.ispartofcollection	AgBioForum, vol. 4, no. 1 (2001)	eng
dc.rights	OpenAccess.	eng
dc.rights.license	This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License.
dc.source.uri	http://www.agbioforum.missouri.edu/v4n1/v4n1a10-wield.htm	eng
dc.subject	agrochemicals	eng
dc.subject	Cyanamid	eng
dc.subject	BASF	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik	eng
dc.subject.lcsh	Agricultural chemicals	eng
dc.title	BASF : AgBio Fast Follower	eng
dc.type	Article	eng