The Indian economy’s backbone, the agricultural sector ensures food security for all. However, critical challenges posed by unstable climatic conditions hamper crop yield, putting the impetus on the seed industry to find solutions. The sector’s focus is now on developing resilient seed varieties against drought, floods, heat stress, and other climatic challenges and use of biotechnological tools for developing high-resilience crops.
Simultaneously, regulatory and policy changes to facilitate smooth exchange, ensure quality and safety, and offer subsidies are in play. Farmer education, and a combined effect of these efforts is leading to the development of a more resilient agricultural system.
Within this domain, Bengal Seeds & Agro Industries holds a key position, adapting to climate change impacts by breeding climate-resilient and high-yield crop varieties through extensive research and development. Developing seed varieties resilient to increased temperatures, drought, and changing rainfall patterns, while offering high yield, the company leverages innovative technologies to provide quality-centric products.
A dynamic organization in a fiercely competitive industry, Bengal Seeds & Agro Industries prioritizes strengthening market linkages, investing in R&D, and ensuring sustainable practices.
High Productivity Products
With a holistic approach to developing resilient seeds, Bengal Seeds & Agro Industries develops varieties with traits like heat and drought tolerance, disease resistance, and improved water-use efficiency. A combination of data analysis and participatory approaches underline the company’s methodology, which relies on farmer requirements, impact assessment, and environmental factors to drive variety productivity.
Seed quality consistency across diverse climatic conditions is a speciality of Bengal Seeds & Agro Industries, which caters to the entire Eastern part of India. Focusing on localized production, targeted research, and robust quality control measures, the company adopts a decentralized seed production model, conducting specific research on variety adaptability, and implementing stringent quality checks throughout the supply chain. The firm also invests in breeder and nucleus seed production, maintaining genetic purity through the implementation of diverse strategic measures that prevent contamination Maintaining genetic purity in seed production is vital for preserving the desired traits of a variety and ensuring consistent performance. This involves implementing various measures to prevent contamination and genetic shifts during the seed production process.
“We are driven to ensure prosperity for farmers through seed development and post-sale practices, a robust feedback mechanism. This involves actively soliciting feedback during seed selection, cultivation, and after harvest, then using this information to improve seed varieties, support materials, and overall farming practices”, shares Kuldip Maity, Director
Leveraging a multi-channel approach encompassing direct farmer interactions, field days, surveys, and digital platforms, the company creates a wide range of seeds from paddy to vegetables, catering to the diverse needs of farmers. To balance innovation with regional practicality in agriculture, the team emphasizes the development and adoption of solutions that address specific local challenges. Its robust infrastructure featuring germplasm plots and seed beds, acts as the foundation for rapid adaptation to market and environmental changes.
Future Goals
Committed to farmer growth, Bengal Seeds & Agro Industries aims to lead sustainable and climate-smart agriculture. Aligned with this vision, its future goals include developing next-generation seed varieties, expanding its geographic footprint, digitization operations, strengthening farmer relationships, scaling R&D infrastructure, and promoting sustainability.
Achieving these goals requires strategic measures, and Bengal Seeds & Agro Industries has charted comprehensive measures such as investing in advanced biotechnology and precision breeding tools, collaborating with agricultural institutions and organizations, leveraging public-private partnerships for capacity building, developing a strong, tech-enabled distribution network, and investing in continuous workforce training to offer value added services. With a robust combination of these measures and strategies, Bengal Seeds & Agro Industries aims to offer farmers resilient solutions that help them achieve high productivity.
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