The Hungarian seed sector has reached a standstill

Domestic seed production has always been of an internationally recognized standard, as we were considered one of the top five seed producers and exporters in the world. However, this is no longer true today. As a result of global warming and the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, domestic production decreased by approximately 60%. At the same time, the current situation of the Hungarian seed industry cannot be separated from the international processes that have taken place in recent decades. The competitors of our domestic seed institutes are multinational companies whose resources rival those of entire countries. These international companies were created as a result of global mergers and integration processes, while these patterns were not observed at all for the domestic actors of the sector. After the regime change, integration, capital accumulation and competitive market-oriented product development were also missing from the sectoral structure affecting domestic companies. It is ...