Investing in Plant Technologies
Alpha Agriculture Technologies is a Swiss company that supports the international transformation of crop sectors by exploiting the latest technologies in biotechnology, precision agriculture and artificial intelligence as part of a strategy of sustainable growth and continental sovereignty.
Our ambition is to become a major international player in the development, production and processing of the most critical plant niches in terms of supply and price volatility.
Mission
Our ambition is to play an active part in creating market leaders on a global scale, using all our skills:
- R&D (biotechnologies, precision agriculture, agronomy)
- artificial intelligence and Big Data model management;
- Business model transformation (M&A, strategy, financing, organisation, distribution, communication)
We develop and implement innovative plant technologies, thanks to our disruptive and unique data models, based on a holistic and sustainable approach.
In this way, we are responding to the issues of European sovereignty, price instability and product traceability.
Genesis and Vision
Alpha Agriculture Technologies was born out of the conviction that only a holistic approach combining a strategy of verticalising sectors with the structural contribution of all the new plant technologies will make it possible to provide a concrete, sustainable and profitable response for all the players in the value chains potentially concerned: agri-food, flavours and fragrances, construction, energy and health.
We aim at addressing all of the following issues:
High price volatility
Climatic, political and logistical hazards disrupt yields and the availability of agricultural raw materials, affecting price stability.
Structural under-investment in critical plants.
Five cereals (wheat, corn, rapeseed, rice and soya) have accounted for the bulk of R&D investment in plants over the last 30 years, at the de facto expense of a large number of species that are strategic for our producers and processors.
Demographic constraints
World population growth and changing diets are having an impact on production needs. At the same time, difficulties in recruiting and retaining skilled labour are forcing changes in production methods.
Increasingly difficult access to water.
The availability of quality water at an affordable cost is becoming increasingly critical, depending on the region.
The scarcity of arable lands.
The scarcity of fertile land for agricultural production is leading to food security concerns and international competition for access to resources.
The proliferation of bio-aggressors
The globalization of trade encourages the spread of bio-aggressors (pathogens, pests, parasitic plants) from one continent to another.
Structural Issues
Today, innovations in plant technologies produce a vast amount of high-quality data, which is unfortunately all too often analysed independently of one another. Producers and processors are left to their own devices, often unable to develop the holistic approach needed to identify the best way to meet their needs in an increasingly competitive international environment.
Sovereignty
New plant technologies are enabling us to produce strategic crops from other continents, independently and under our own latitudes, with a view to securing supplies (quality, quantity, traceability, risk management) and controlling prices.