Research & Innovation

Anticipate, adapt, and innovate sustainably

Attentive to and aware of developments in the agricultural sector, we place research and innovation at the core of our approach. Each year, we allocate over 30% of our revenue to R&D, convinced that by combining human intelligence with new technologies, we can offer increasingly efficient and sustainable varieties.

Anticipate changes

In light of climate change, disease pressure, evolving production methods, and consumer expectations, we must do more than simply observe: we must anticipate. Through our international testing network and active scientific monitoring, we identify trends, test new cultivation conditions, and proactively integrate forthcoming regulatory and agronomic challenges.

 

Adapt to field reality

Our teams collaborate closely with producers, technicians, and distributors to design varieties tailored to your needs. Whether you are producing in open fields, under cover, in hydroponics, or vertical farming, in conventional or organic agriculture, we develop precise, resilient, stable, and easy-to-grow solutions. Each variety is tested in conditions similar to yours, ensuring a reliable and directly applicable response on the ground.

Sustainable innovation

Our innovation isn’t just about creating something new; it’s about creating something better. We focus on disease and pest resistance, adaptability to abiotic stresses (heat, salinity, drought), post-harvest endurance, and — most importantly — taste. We believe that taste quality drives sustainable consumption. That’s why we blend genetics, sensory selection, and detailed analyses (GC-MS, tasting panels, predictive AI) to ensure healthy, delicious products with added value.

 

Preserve to innovate: Biodiversity serving research

The preservation of agricultural genetic resources is essential to support advancements in vegetable varietal development. It enriches breeding programs with key traits — disease resistance, stress tolerance, taste quality — to create durable, high-performance varieties.
Our involvement in conservation networks, in collaboration with technical and scientific institutes, helps preserve local vegetable varieties while enhancing the genetic foundation needed for innovation. This work supports a virtuous cycle: understanding and preserving better to create better.

Human expertise at the service of plants

Our research relies on the synergy of multidisciplinary skills. Breeders, geneticists, biotechnology specialists, pathologists, and sensory analysts… our teams bring together complementary talents, capable of innovating with accuracy and precision. We combine scientific rigor and a passion for plants to develop concrete, useful, and responsible solutions. Because we believe in the power of digital tools, we integrate artificial intelligence into our selection processes. It helps us analyze our data more precisely, cross-reference our trial results, and accelerate the development of increasingly relevant varieties for your crops.