Development and support of the development of products in the field of agrotechnology or fermentation, as well as processes and facilities in this field; to the extent that the company's activities take place abroad, it may also engage in trade with the aforementioned products; real estate transactions, including financing, acquisition, management, rental and sale of real estate, construction of buildings, participation in real estate transactions, assumption and execution of fiduciary functions; the company may, to the extent that its activities take place abroad, engage in trade with the aforementioned products, participate in other companies with the same or similar business area in Switzerland and abroad, acquire, exploit, manage and sell patents, licenses, etc., and grant loans.