"Overall, the company expects to access more than 100 billion euros in these adjacent markets annually, in effect doubling the division's potential market which today stands at more than 100 billion euro for the core portfolio alone," it said in a statement.

It cited new commercial areas such as crop fertility, microbial products, biofuels, helping farmers get paid for reducing carbon dioxide emissions, digital marketplaces, and precision farming.

(Reporting by Ludwig Burger; Editing by Madeline Chambers)