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07/08/2025 | News

DROUGHT AND WATER STRESS: HOW CAN PLANT BREEDING HELP COMBAT THESE NEW CHALLENGES?....

Creating varieties that are tolerant to drought and water stress is currently a high priority for breeders, including the wheat and beet breeders at Florimond Desprez. Combating drought is part of an on-going agro-ecological approach. So, how can plant breeding provide solutions to this problem? What are the different types of drought? ‘Drought’ defines […]

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28/11/2018 | Group

Florimond Desprez opens a new research station in Argentina....

Florimond Desprez opens a new research station in Argentina for the development of new wheat varieties for its South American markets Florimond Desprez first became interested in the South American cereals market in the early 2000s and, since then, has carried out regular tests, through the company AGRAR DEL SUR based in Balcarce, on some [...]...

04/09/2018 | News

Turkish : acquisition of the company ENDOTAR....

FLORIMOND DESPREZ Group pursues international growth, strengthening its position on the Turkish market through the acquisition of the company ENDOTAR. FLORIMOND DESPREZ has signed the acquisition of 100% of ENDOTAR, which becomes a subsidiary company of the Group as of 4 September 2018. Located in Amasya in Turkey, ENDOTAR has been […]

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08/11/2017 | Group

Florimond Desprez acquires SPB to strengthen their position in the potato plant market.....

On 23 October 2017 Florimond Desprez signed 100% acquisition of the Société des Producteurs Bretons (SPB) and its subsidiaries: Gopex Distribution and Bret Seeds. The companies, based in Brest in France, are specialized in the production and trade of potato plants. Gopex Distribution and Bret Seeds have 12 employees. In 2016-17, the two companies distributed 30,000T of [...]...

18/10/2017 | News

Germicopa, a new season with new horizons!....

Germicopa launches its 2017-18 campaign with renewal and ambition. At the beginning of July, Florimond Desprez replaced Eric Bargy as Managing Director of the French potato breeding company. He has taken over this position, with the ambition to grow Germicopa varieties’ market share, in France and abroad, and the objective of reaching 80,000 tonnes of [...]...

06/07/2017 | News

Florimond Desprez: Germicopa’s new General Manager....

Florimond Desprez follows in the footsteps of Eric Bargy as General Manager of Germicopa. Germicopa, French specialist in the creation of potato varieties and plant production, distributes their products in 70 countries throughout the world. They are most renowned for their long-standing position in the firm flesh potato market. Aged 29, Florimond Desprez, an INAPG [...]...

24/04/2017 | Group

Jens Holstborg will be the new Managing Director in Danespo....

Jens Holstborg will be the new Managing Director in Danespo The name of the new Managing Director in Danespo is Jens Holstborg, currently employed as Managing Director for DSV Seed Denmark, a part of the Deutsche Saatveredelung (DSV) -Group. Jens Holstborg is the successor of Steen Bitsch, who is taking up a new position as [...]...

18/12/2016 | Group

Happy new Year....

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13/12/2016 | Group

Florimond Desprez hosts BreedWheat....

This year Florimond Desprez hosts the annual meeting of the BreedWheat investment for the future project. Around one hundred researchers meet over three days in Cappelle-en-Pévèle to take stock of the progress of this ambitious project for competitive, sustainable and high quality agriculture. BreedWheat’s ambition is to support the competitiveness of France’s wheat breeding sector […]

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08/12/2016 | Group

New film: “AKER, mid-term”....

A new film on the AKER programme was presented to the General Assembly of France’s General Confederation of Beet Producers (CGB) on 6th December, 2016. The film provides updates on progress of the works mid-term, reviews the insights of the programme and outlines its perspectives for the 2020 horizon. Watch the film on YouTube >> […]

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