From Pune to the World: Syngenta showcases how its engineering and AI are shaping the future of agriculture at DevCon 20...

Pune: More than 500 developers, data scientists, engineers, agronomists, product champions and digital experts came together from September 2-3, in Pune at Syngenta’s DevCon 2026 to showcase cutting-edge innovations, share best practices and explore how artificial intelligence can transform agriculture globally. The annual event, themed ‘Sharper Together’ highlighted the power of teams collaborating to build digital solutions that help farmers make better decisions, improve productivity and advance sustainable agriculture around the world. Hengde Qin, Syngenta Group’s Global CEO and Feroz Sheikh, Chief Information Digital Officer, launched the event virtually, sharing their perspectives on the growing impact of digital on Syngenta’s business and how AI and agentic development is critical for us to innovate, operate and deliver value in the future. Syngenta continues to strengthen its digital agriculture capabilities as an Agtech company. The importance of engineering excellence, AI augmentation and knowledge sharing in developing the next generation of AgTech solutions was clearly reinforced at DevCon 2026. "Agriculture faces increasingly complex challenges, and technology has a critical role to play in helping farmers navigate them. DevCon is more than a technology conference. It is a platform where our global engineering community comes together to learn, collaborate and innovate. By combining strong...