"We see India as a huge and important market at Bayer Sciences. Seed companies said the global acquisition could lead to a fresh look at the disputes. "However, the domestic seed industry is hopeful that the merged entity can bring some state-of-the-art technologies to India. In 2015-16, the Indian crop protection market remained flat. "Most companies de-grew over the previous year," Bayer cropsciences said in its 2015-16 annual report while adding that the seeds business has seen a "below average" year.For Monsanto, India has been a challenging market.

Source: Economic Times September 15, 2016 03:45 UTC