BASF Agricultural Solutions and Adama, a leading global crop protection company, have signed a strategic co-development and commercialisation agreement centred on Adama’s proprietary fungicide active ingredient, Gilboa (flumetylsulforim).
This partnership will accelerate the delivery of new, pioneering disease management solutions, helping farmers combat resistance and maintain healthy yields.
Under the agreement, BASF will develop and commercialise new formulations based on Adama’s Gilboa molecule, alongside Adama’s own Gilboa-based products.
The collaboration combines Adama’s innovation expertise with BASF’s strong development capabilities and market access, ensuring farmers benefit from faster access to next-generation solutions.
Each Adama and BASF will independently decide on its own concepts, pricing, sales and go to market strategies.
As agriculture faces increasing regulatory pressure and the phase-out of existing active ingredients, farmers are urgently seeking new, effective, and reliable tools to protect crop health and productivity.
The development partners agree Gilboa offers a novel mode of action for cereals and belongs to the Fungicide Resistance Action Committee (FRAC) Group 32, nucleic acid metabolism, recognised around 12 months ago.
It also represents a versatile platform for the development of broad-spectrum, long-lasting disease control solutions, enabling growers to secure both yield and quality.
Adama executive vice president portfolio and innovation Florian Wagner says farmers have been clear about their need for reliable, resilient protection against a broad range of diseases.
“With Gilboa, cereal growers gain a powerful new tool to better protect their crops,” Florian says.
“We chose to collaborate with BASF because they share our commitment to innovation, quality, and sustainability,” he says.
“This alignment makes them the ideal partner to ensure we can rapidly deliver this important innovation to growers.”
BASF Agricultural Solutions senior vice president global strategic marketing, Marko Grozdanovic, says in the past decade, BASF and ADAMA have successfully worked together on multiple projects.
“Now, we are combining BASF’s broad portfolio of fungicides and market expertise alongside ADAMA’s innovative active ingredient and product expertise,” Marko explains.
“This collaboration brings together the unique strengths of both companies, ensuring farmers benefit from faster access to cutting-edge solutions,” he says.
Pending product registration, the two companies plan to launch Gilboa-based formulations for wheat in the UK next year and then roll our wider launches from there.
