CropLife International is an international federation of agricultural biotechnology companies. It was previously known as Global Crop Protection Federation and International Group of National Associations of Manufacturers of Agrochemical Products.
CropLife International is mainly driven by BASF

BASF

BASF SE is the largest chemical company in the world and is headquartered in Germany. BASF originally stood for Badische Anilin- und Soda-Fabrik . Today, the four letters are a registered trademark and the company is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, London Stock Exchange, and Zurich Stock...

, Bayer CropScience, Dow AgroSciences

Dow AgroSciences

Dow AgroSciences LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dow Chemical Company specializing in not only agricultural chemicals such as pesticides, but also seeds and biotechnology solutions. The company is based in Indianapolis, Indiana, in the United States...

, DuPont

DuPont

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization and ninth based on revenue in 2009...

, FMC Corp.

FMC Corp.

FMC Corporation is a chemical manufacturing company headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. FMC employs over 4,800 people world wide, and had gross revenues of US$3.115 billion in 2008.-The Bean Spray Pump Company:...

, Monsanto

Monsanto

The Monsanto Company is a US-based multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation. It is the world's leading producer of the herbicide glyphosate, marketed in the "Roundup" brand of herbicides, and in other brands...

, Sumitomo and Syngenta

Syngenta

Syngenta AG is a large global Swiss agribusiness company which notably markets seeds and pesticides. Syngenta is involved in biotechnology and genomic research. The company is a leader in crop protection, and ranks third in total sales in the commercial agricultural seeds market. Sales in 2010 were...

. These companies are sometimes referred to as Big Ag.

History

In 1967, the International Group of National Associations of Manufacturers of Agrochemical Products (from French

French language

French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

: Groupement International des Associations Nationales de Fabricants de Produits Agrochimiques, GIFAP) was founded.

In November 1996, GIFAP was renamed to Global Crop Protection Federation (GCPF).

On 7 November 2001, GCPF was renamed to CropLife International.

Structure

CropLife International has 8 regional associations focusing in different areas of the world. These are CropLife Africa Middle East, CropLife America, CropLife Asia, CropLife Latin America, European Crop Protection Association, Japan Crop Protection Association, CropLife Canada and Israel Crop Protection Association.

There are also the following biotech associations in CropLife: AfricaBio, AgroBIO Mexico, AgroBio Brazil, ArgenBio, BIOTECanada, BIO Production Agriculture Association, Conselho de Informações sobre Biotecnologia (CIB), CBI Japan and EuropaBio

EuropaBio

EuropaBio is Europe's largest and most influential biotech industry group, whose members include Monsanto, Bayer and other biotechnology companies...

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