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Evogene CEO on Crop Gene Science

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    Evogene CEO Ofer Haviv on helping crops fight drought conditions.

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The innovate invest Israel event sponsored by our parent company News Corp.

is under -- highlighting investment opportunities in the region.

Our Adam Shapiro is alive from.

Right here in New York City Adam.

And when you think about the Israeli economy some people think about high tech but something else you should think about is.

Genetic engineering of crops to create greater yields make drought resistant crops in they're partnering with.

People in the United States to help feed -- hungry world.

I don't companies focusing on type and then I -- the fact that's an article one and that's actually responsible.

On name seeing improving equipment performance such as you that such as drought ordinances.

And then look at things that we like symposiums vote partners and they sort of an additional color jeans.

In the -- books so when he talked about validation of the genes we should point out to potential investors have -- a ten year old company.

You are working with partners like Monsanto -- that need to validate what you're doing.

And they put that -- ride in the United States and validate our team's performance.

Corporate tool with the aid to simplify without authorities and backed -- people may be unaware but right now -- the United States there actually testing among -- the testing -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- And we already announced that some -- some colleges are today at least going okay feel -- -- so yes.

-- there was a great article on National Geographic roughly three years ago that talked about the miracle in modern agriculture we've actually doubled yields.

Crop yields in the last twenty years and yet going forward with a growing population worldwide.

We have to double crop yields again is that possible that something we've really can do presidents and if we have any other choice we have to achieve -- targets because there -- -- -- the demands for brain.

And created pressure on on this supply.

So I believe the TS was new technology new approach and looked.

They're going to company that you would do is doing -- -- listed company I think that we can achieve these targets so what's going on.

As far as your development have been greater yielding rice crops and Travis to -- Russell -- we consequent question with an Indian company focusing on rise and we also have a and ongoing relationship was by -- and this is it that's what trying to -- identified genes the -- that we could use them into the global used to -- other ways.

To improve your performance on the same.

Days came on the same land on the same acres I'm an investor in the United States and manages to -- traded on the Tel Aviv stock exchange is that where I would investor would I go through your partners.

Well if our for the could be successful one and -- lower expectation don't know though that -- to bring that the body blow populous but can you imagine what could be the but the militant.

Because you get paid a guy commission -- just a success it proves to be successfully get Cablevision also -- that followed available to revenue is -- royalty.

From Dan product -- successful -- that's music and looks -- it he would have a huge impact on evident performance.

And the CEO from have a -- Oprah have he was telling us that the not only partnering with seed companies in the United States but as you heard.

They're partnering with SE companies India as well as China.

And they see a future in which they're gonna be paid royalties from those -- partners is the crops come to market back to you are atoms to pay out a bit after after after an -- thank you very.

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