Sugar cane Revolutionizing  cane production Taking a fresh approach Creating future value 26 Syngenta Annual Review 2011 Sugar cane meets 70 percent of global sugar  demand, which has been driven by an increase  of more than 40 percent in human sugar  consumption over the last 20 years. Sugar cane  is also the most environmentally friendly and  cost efficient feedstock for plant-derived  ethanol, and the development of biofuels has  added US$ 8 billion to the value of the crop. Brazil is the leading producer of sugar cane and  has promoted the use of ethanol for transport  fuel. Every year 90 percent of new cars coming  to the market are flex fuel vehicles powered by  gasoline or ethanol, and since 2007 Brazilian  gasoline has been blended with ethanol at  a rate of up to 30 percent. But rapidly expanding  demand has outstripped the growth in  domestic supply, necessitating cuts in the  ethanol blending rate. This has highlighted the  need for productivity improvements in a crop  which, traditionally, has lacked investment. Our broad range of crop protection products for  sugar cane covers the full spectrum of insects,  weeds and disease encountered by sugar cane  growers. In addition we offer products that  increase vigor and aid ripening. Our crop protection portfolio is just one  component of PLENE ® , the first integrated  agronomy system for sugar cane. The system  has been developed in Brazil through  collaboration between the local Syngenta team,  sugar cane growers and sugar mills. Customers  are supplied from our factory, which uses  disease-free sugar cane grown in our nurseries  to produce small sections of cane coated with  seed care to control pests and enhance yield.  Traditionally, planting one hectare takes 18 tons  of cane and 100 workers. Using a machine  developed in partnership with John Deere,  PLENE ®  needs just 1.5 tons of cane and five  people. This helps growers address the growing  challenge of labor cost and scarcity. Overall,  PLENE ®  reduces planting costs by 15 percent  and enables growers to raise yield and quality  by renovating the plantation more frequently.  Over the next five years, we will continue to  expand our crop protection portfolio for sugar  cane, building on growers’ increased propensity  to invest. We plan to expand PLENE ®  to other  markets and to market additional integrated  solutions. Longer term, we are developing the  opportunity for the genetic modification of sugar  cane in terms of both input and output traits. PLENE ®  can help  me a lot, because  of the way you plant it:  there is more economic  use of the land so we  don’t need to rent  extra acreage.  Humberto Titotto Owner, Titotto Group Iacanga, São Paulo, Brazil  More online www.syngenta.com/ar2011 Sugarcanepipelinehighlights Sales in Sugar cane  US$m Crop Protection  170 Seeds  0 2011 sales US$170m Target sales US$m 2015  ~1,000 Post 2015 ~2,000 Abiotic stress solutions PLENE ®  planting and seed care solutions Unique chemical solutions for biotic stress Next generation PLENE ® GM traits for sugar content Plant expression for  second generation biofuels 2011  2015 Post 2015 •  Integrated Solutions Seeds • Crop Protection