I'm new to investing and still don't fully understand how to read fundamentals or use indicators to develop trading strategies. What I am good at is plant science, so I wanted to run this idea by this subreddit to see if you guys think this is something worth looking into.
I'm working on my Masters at the Australian National University (No, I'm American) I came here to study and research photosynthesis. The reason I'm saying all of this is to give you background on a stock that I think has great potential simply because I understand their research: Corteva Agriscience CTVA.
I know most of you have slept since your last advanced molecular genetics course so I'm just going to dumb everything down. If you want specifics, I can answer your questions later. To begin, Multiple papers and studies have shown that humanity will need to increase its food production from 70-100% by 2050 to meet the projected population growth (Simkin et al 2019). Crop productivity (yield/area of land) has plateaued meaning Hoomanity would be shit out of luck if there wasn't a way to solve this but luckily there is, improving the efficiency of photosynthesis. To do this, it requires plant scientists to genetically engineer plants to increase the efficiency of certain biochemcial pathways. This means creating GMOs. I know this is a hot topic in developed countries, but it isn't as big of an issue in developing nations. Also, current crop breeding technologies that aren't considered GMO are extremely slow at developing new crop breeds and are incapabile of increasing photosynthesis. This means that GMOs are the only way we can reach those projected targets.
It is also important to note that the technology for genetic engineering is exploding now. Let me give you an example. I work in the Furbank Lab at ANU. His project is the C4 rice project which aims to introduce the C4 CCM into rice (It makes plants better at abosrbing CO2 and accumulate more biomass. More biomass = higher yield, Just go with it for now) They started nearly 7 years ago. With previous tech, it took them 7 years to insert 6 genes into rice. This can now be done in 2 years. With Corteva's new method it could be done even sooner.
One of Corteva's new methods drastically reduces the time to create a GMOs, shaving 1 year or more off R&D time. This method quickly regenerate plant tissue and increase the insertion rate of CRISPR. So what is this method and how are they able to do this? Well, I'
... keep reading on reddit ➡Hey all you long-term investors... what's everyone's opinion on CTVA long?
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"Take an immersive virtual tour with Corteva Agriscience and explore our Seed and Crop Protection platforms. Step into laboratories across our Global Business Centers, including propagation facilities, greenhouses, an insectary and much more — all from the comforts of home. You’ll hear from Corteva employees as they lead you through interactive experiences and answer your questions live."
Follow this link to register for free: https://corteva.recsolu.com/external/events/FPbtalv_VmNr0GwL5zImdA
I know they said 24-48 hours but I'm slightly concerned they didn't get my correct contact info and it's making me nervous. EDIT: If you've got your results back I'd suggest double checking them a couple of times. Mine changed between last night and this morning (I printed off the reports both times so I have evidence haha).
