EIB: €300m granted to Groupe Limagrain to support its seed R&D activities

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a €300m loan to the French seeds group Limagrain, under the TechEU programme, "to accelerate the group's research and development activities in the field of seeds", the partners announced in Paris on 28/05/2026.

The EIB points out that this financing benefits from the European Commission's InvestEU guarantee, aimed at "mobilising large-scale private public investment in support of Europe's strategic priorities, in particular the ecological transition, innovation and competitiveness".

Research work will focus in particular on:
• improving the agronomic performance of crops (yield, resistance to disease and pests, adaptation to climates and territories, drought tolerance, optimising the use of nutrients);
• their nutritional and environmental qualities.

For Ambroise Fayolle, Vice-President of the EIB, "innovation in plant breeding means giving farmers the means to meet the challenges of climate change by giving them access to more resistant seeds".

For his part, Sébastien Vidal, Chairman of Limagrain, said that this was a "strong political and…