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Syngeta to end biotech crop research in Britain
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Syngeta to end biotech crop research in Britain
Syngenta will close its genetically modified crop research operation in Britain and move the work to the United States, where the business climate is more favourable, the Swiss chemicals giant said yesterday.
The company will shift biotech crop research from Jealott’s Hill, west of London, to North Carolina, with the loss of 130 jobs. Jealott’s Hill, which employs a total of 900 people, will in future concentrate on research into agrochemicals. “We need to have the research and development work done in the marketplace where we can most effectively do business,” said spokesman Andrew Coker.
Europe has resisted the introduction of genetically modified crops, in contrast to the United States where strains of grain, soybeans and other crops modified with foreign genes are now widely cultivated. Syngenta was the last company to have a significant biotech capability in Britain.
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