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AGROW MAGAZINE • ISSUE 20 •  
January 2008
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Issue 20 – January 2008
Editor 
Seeds in the
21st century
Nessa Keogh
+44 (0)20 7017 6789
Movers and shakers
in generics
nessa.keogh@informa.com
Generics guide for 2008
Contributing Editor 
Jon Evans
jon.evans@absw.org.uk
Designer 
Lee Spencer
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Publisher 
Phil Jarvis
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Commercial Director 
Tim Budgen
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Fergus Gregory
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Robin Baker
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Dr Martin Battersby of Syngenta reviews
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the progress being made in developing
seeds to meet the needs of agriculture 8 NEWS
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in future. Technologies such as genomics,
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editions of ‘Agrow’s Complete Guide to
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subscription to Agrow World Crop Protection News.
Generic Pesticides’ reveals that a lot can
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happen in two years. Particularly striking
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has been the rise of generics companies in
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the developing world, says Jon Evans.
Sometimes a little knowledge is
more dangerous than none at all
Using an independent, objective source, like SIGMA
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europe • asia • americas
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