Press releases
Germicopa, market leader in potato seed, joins the Florimond Desprez Group....
Florimond Desprez, an independent family-owned company, has acquired Germicopa, the leading French potato seed company and world leader in firm flesh potato varieties Germicopa, whose head office is located in Quimper (Finistère), employs 65 people and generates annual sales of EUR 38 million. Each year the company produces 80,000 tonnes of seeds, on a contractual […]
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Florimond Desprez is establishing itself internationally and developing transversal research....
Florimond Desprez is establishing itself internationally and developing transversal research Florimond Desprez has a new visual identity, reflecting the plans of the seed company that was founded in Cappelle-en-Pévèle, in France’s Nord region, in 1830. Florimond Desprez, which breeds plant varieties and produces seeds, aims to maintain its position as a world leader for sugar […]
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Florimond Desprez and Bioceres created the TRIGALL Genetics company....
Florimond Desprez and Bioceres join eorts to develop and commercialize wheat varieties with next generation biotechnologies, for the Latin-American region. BUENOS AIRES, MAY 7th. 2013. Under the Trigall Genetics name, the venture is targeting a 2016 launch for high yielding wheat varieties with HB4® technology, a trait shown to increase yield particularly in conditions of […]
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Launching of the AKER programme....
AKER aims to improve the competitiveness of sugar beet by 2020 by doubling the annual increase in sugar yield / hectare (4% vs 2%). On Wednesday, September 26, 2012, Christian Huyghe, INRA Agriculture Deputy Scientific Director, Project Coordinator, officially launched the AKER programme at the headquarters of Florimond Desprez at Cappelle-en-Pévèle (Nord), in the presence […]
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