Agriculture

Pertanian. Pekerjaan terbesar di bumi

For the love of farming, the biggest job on earth

Farming is the biggest job on earth – and it’s getting bigger and more complex. Throughout the world, society has a view on how land should be used, what foods should be produced and how much space for nature should be provided on farms. Added to this, dietary choices, food price and food security all add to the complexity of what a farmer’s roles and responsibilities are.

As one of the leading agricultural companies, we’ve spent over 110 years gaining a deep understanding of crops produced to combine transformative innovation with practical action in the field. We connect innovative, highly regulated products and digital tools with a farmer’s land and their know-how.

And we’ve developed a broad portfolio in Malaysia that comprises fungicides, herbicides, and insecticides for Fruits and Vegetables, Paddy, and Oil Palm. We conduct Stewardship training to educate farmers on the safe use of agricultural equipment and the correct methods for applying chemicals. We also provide innovative solutions for public health, professional pest control, ornamentals, turf and landscape management.

We know we can’t meet all of agriculture’s challenges alone. So we are working still more closely with our customers, the agricultural community, academia, peers and partners to better address the needs of people, the environment and the planet. Helping to feed the world and create a lasting legacy. We do everything in our power to build a sustainable future for agriculture by connecting innovation, customers and society.

Close-up picture of crops

Crop Protection

To ensure crops can grow to their full potential, farmers count on products and services to help them produce crops in higher quantities but also make them tastier and more nutritious.  
Pest Control
Pests create hygiene problems, damage to buildings and the transmission of disease. BASF delivers solutions to keep homes, food establishments, and businesses clean and pest-free.  
2006
Prof. Frank Hadley Collins, Dir., Cntr. for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, Univ. of Notre Dame

This 2006 photograph depicted a female <i>Aedes aegypti</i> mosquito while she was in the process of acquiring a blood meal from her human host, who in this instance, was actually the biomedical photographer, James Gathany, here at the Centers for Disease Control.  You’ll note the feeding apparatus consisting of a sharp, orange-colored “fascicle”, which while not feeding, is covered in a soft, pliant sheath called the "labellum”, which retracts as the sharp stylets contained within pierce the host's skin surface, as the insect obtains its blood meal. The orange color of the fascicle is due to the red color of the blood as it migrates up the thin, sharp translucent tube.

The first reported epidemics of Dengue (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) occurred in 1779-1780 in Asia, Africa, and North America.  The near simultaneous occurrence of outbreaks on three continents indicates that these viruses and their mosquito vector have had a worldwide distribution in the tropics for more than 200 years. During most of this time, DF was considered a mild, nonfatal disease of visitors to the tropics. Generally, there were long intervals (10-40 years) between major epidemics, mainly because the introduction of a new serotype in a susceptible population occurred only if viruses and their mosquito vector, primarily the <i>Aedes aegypti</i> mosquito, could survive the slow transport between population centers by sailing vessels.
Public Health
BASF provides innovative vector control products and programs to public health, governmental and humanitarian organizations to prevent the spread of disease.
E-Learning
Safe And Responsible Use Of Crop Protection Products Is Very Important.
Two farmers spraying a field
E-Learning
Safe And Responsible Use Of Crop Protection Products Is Very Important.
The biggest job on Earth is getting bigger
We’re going to travel with you with our #BiggestJobOnEarth roadshow around the world.