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220 growers from four southern states visited the demo early November at the field station of Rijk Zwaan India Seeds. This research and development facility is located at Garakahalli Village, not far from Bangalore in the Indian state Karnataka. Rijk Zwaan India Seeds conducted the demo/field days during three days to display different traits of new varieties.

Rijk Zwaan officially opened their new breeding station in Garakahlli on February 20, 2017. By developing new varieties under local circumstances, Rijk Zwaan aims to improve food security in India and provide the growing population with high quality vegetables.

Rijk Zwaan has launched its first three commercial squash varieties. The breeding company offers a complete market solution under its own identity, with outstanding fruit quality.

Rijk Zwaan will be able to expand its research activities as one of the partners of the Crops of the Future Collaborative. This new public-private consortium is convened by the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR, located in the USA) and has research on leafy vegetables as one of its points of attention.

Rijk Zwaan has today officially opened its Retail Center in Berlin, Germany. The Retail Center is Rijk Zwaan’s latest step in further improving its service to retailers and identifying the right priorities for the company’s breeding programmes.

On Friday 10 February 2017, the Fruit Logistica Innovation Award was presented for the eleventh time. Over 70,000 visitors to the trade fair were invited to vote for their favourite out of the ten nominees, and Rijk Zwaan is extremely honoured and proud to announce that Knox™ emerged as the winner.

Bejo and Rijk Zwaan have signed an agreement for the exchange of non-exclusive licenses for patented traits in vegetables. This exchange will enable the two vegetable breeding companies to strengthen their innovative capacities and introduce improved varieties more quickly.