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MEET THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE

In March this year, Syngenta launched its eighth annual business leadership programme in partnership with the North-West University Business School and Grain SA. The programme, initially limited to participants in the grains industry, was rebranded the Leadership Academy and now serves all industries in commercial agriculture. Over the past seven years, it has hosted a total of about 150 young people, and this year’s programme has drawn candidates from the sugar, feedlot, forestry, livestock, agrochemical and seed, equipment, horticulture and agronomy industries, amongst others.

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