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HARDtalk: Mike Mack

06/01/2014 GMT

BBC World News - HARDtalk, Mike Mack

Stephen Sackur speaks to Mike Mack, CEO of Syngenta - one of the biggest agribusinesses.

How will we feed a future population set to rise above nine billion? CEO of Syngenta, Mike Mack, sees potential in farming driven by bioscience. Why does he face so much mistrust?

One of the great global challenges of the next half a century will be feeding a human population set to rise beyond nine billion. Farmers worldwide face an enormous productivity challenge. Mike Mack is the CEO of Syngenta - one of the world's biggest agribusinesses. He sees farming's future driven by bioscience and genetic manipulation. But why does he face so much mistrust and suspicion?

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