Syngenta AG is a Switzerland-based company engaged in production of products for crop productivity. The Company's businesses include herbicides, insecticides and fungicides for crop protection, field crops, vegetables and flower seeds, seed care products and turf, garden, home care and public health products. The Company diversifies its operations into three segments: Crop Protection; Seeds, and Business Development. The Crop Protection segment principally manufactures, distributes and sells herbicides, insecticides and fungicides to both agricultural and non-agricultural customers. The Seeds segments sells seeds for growing corn, soybeans, sunflower, and sugar beet, among others. The Business Development segment comprises the Company's development activities. These activities include development of technology based on research into enzymes and traits related to agronomic, nutritional or biofuel properties of plants.