Sygenta Company has compensated farmers for the loss of NK 6654 corn variety to Linh Son commune (Anh Son).

(Baonghean) - As reported in Nghe An Newspaper (August 10, 2011) about: Corn without seeds in Anh Son - Responsibility of the seed supplier? On the afternoon of August 11, Mr. Nguyen An Hoang, representative of Sygenta Company (seed production company), Mr. Nguyen Trung Duong (Bac Giang Agricultural Materials Company - seed distributor) and the District Agriculture Department, Commune People's Committee, Commune Agriculture Board and households of Linh Son commune discussed and agreed that Sygenta Company must compensate for damages to 40 households producing NK 6654 corn seed in the spring crop of 2011. The compensation level agreed upon by the parties is 500,000 VND/sao, a total of 30,000,000 VND/3 ha. The Company has handed over cash to the people of Linh Son commune on the afternoon of August 11, 2011.

Ngoc Anh