1. New Horizon in Potato Breeding
IMAGINE:
30% higher yield
60% reduction in pesticide use
30 gram true seed vs. 2500kilo seed-tubers
Speed to market in 3 yrs instead of 20 yrs
Significant better use of scarce land and fresh
water resources to feed the world than eg rice
corn and wheat
Solynta | Hein Kruyt

2. People
The world population is expected to grow by on average 100 million people a year. We need
higher yields.
Solynta will improve yield in potato, world 3rd largest crop with at least 30% contributing
significantly in fighting hunger
1 in 8 people around the world are chronically hungry
Potato can seriously help but deteriorated starting material is main cause of poor crop
results. Solynta’s True Seed solution will deliver excellent starting material resulting in far
richer crops.
The world does not need only more food but also better food.
Solynta’s technology will improve the already very healthy and nutrient rich Potato and
Solynta’s True Seeds will enable far bigger world wide availability. Contributing significantly
to reduce malnutrition.
Security Crop
Potato is unlike major cereals, not a globally traded commodity and therefore highly
recommended security crop (FAO). Solynta’s True Seeds solution ensures continuous
availability of seeds which can easily be stored and transported instead of tubers which are
hard to store and transport.
Millennium Goal: Eradicate extreme poverty (united nations)
Solynta’s significantly cheaper and better starting material will enable escape from
“poverty trap”

3. Planet
Agriculture is using 55% of world arable land
Solynta’s technology will deliver 30% higher yielding potato’s and so contribute
significant to create more food with lower inputs.
Agriculture is using 66% of worlds fresh water resources (FAO).
Potato is already the most water efficient crop compared to rice, corn and wheat,
Solynta will enable significantly higher yields by improved varieties with specific traits
(eg drought tolerance) and excellent starting material (True Seeds)
Potato growing uses high amounts of hazardous pesticides or faces significant yield losses
because until now stacked resistance traits are impossible
Solynta will deliver resistant varieties against major pests and diseases which
significantly lowers the use of hazardous chemicals. So, Solynta’s technology has a
great environmental impact.
Agriculture is causing 13.5% of the global greenhouse emissions
Solynta’s 30grams True Seeds compares to 2500kilo seed tubers resulting in
significant savings in transportation and its emissions.
Solynta’s resistant varieties need far less pesticides which if not produced also don’t
contribute any longer to emissions.