In an interview with Nobuaki Mito (水戸 信彰), president of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., the company’s strategy of positioning crop protection as a growth business and its efforts to help solve the global food problem were discussed. Crop protection was described as a solution for improving productivity.
The interview with Nobuaki Mito (水戸 信彰), president of Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., highlighted the company’s positioning of crop protection at the core of its growth strategy. It presented the policy of making crop protection one of the company’s growth businesses and placing it at the center of its future operations.
Crop protection was described as one solution to the global food problem. The view was expressed that the world’s population is expected to exceed 1 billion in the future, making improvements in agricultural productivity important.
The article referred to specific examples, including 33 new products sold worldwide between 2020 and 2024. This indicates that the company’s activities in crop protection are linked to the development of specific products.