The International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (Icrisat) and Corteva Agriscience, Agriculture Division of DowDuPont, have signed a Master Alliance Agreement (MAA) for crop improvement.
“It is aimed at strengthening food security by improving crops that feed millions through sharing of high-tech and modern breeding technologies,” an Icrisat statement has said on Thursday.
The pact calls for sharing of gene editing tools and adapting transformation techniques to new crops.
“DuPont Pioneer, now part of Corteva Agriscience, will provide access to intellectual property, material and know-how,” it said.
“With Corteva Agriscience and Icrisat scientists working together, we will see rapid improvement in technologies towards developing more productive crops,” Pooja Bhatnagar-Mathur, Principal Investigator at Icrisat, said.