Includes bibliographical references.KWS, a German seed company, is a world market leader in sugar beet seed. The
company is looking for expansion into other crops—maize and cereals—and into other
regions of the world—Eastern Europe and North America. As KWS expects biotechnology to bring major benefits to its customers, it continues investing in biotechnology research and development (R&D), although it does not expect changes in public acceptance in Europe in the short term