About Us
Established
in 1964 by Dr. Badrinarayan R. Barwale, Mahyco Seeds Ltd. is a
pioneer and leader in the Indian Seeds Industry. The company strives
to provide quality hybrid seeds. Since its inception, it has been
engaged in plant genetic research and production of quality hybrid
seeds for the farming community of India. Currently, we are engaged as
a manufacturer, exporter, importer and supplier of cereal seeds, oil seeds,
fibres and vegetable seeds. We are also developing genetically enhanced
crops with the use of gene transfer technology. We have achieved
national presence with our network across the country. We are the
first private enterprise in India
to produce and market hybrids of Cotton, Sorghum, Pearl Millet,
Sunflower and Wheat and we also took the initiative to commercially
grow and market transgenic Bollgard Cotton, India's first transgenic
crop in 2002.
Product
Range
We
are the manufacturer, exporter, importer and supplier of the
following product range: - Cotton Seeds
- Bollgard Cotton Seeds
- Indian Cotton Seeds
- Field Crop Seeds
- Paddy Seeds
- Wheat Seeds
- Bajra Seeds
- Maize Seeds
- Jowar Seeds
- Oil Seeds
- Sun Flower Seeds
- Castor Seeds
- Soyabean Seeds
- Mustard/Rape Seeds
- Vegetable Crop Seeds
- Brinjal Seeds
- Okra Seeds
- Tomato Seeds
- Cucurbit Seeds
- Cabbage Seeds
- Radish Seeds
- Beetroot Seeds.
Infrastructure
Following is a brief description of our infrastructural strength:
- A strong R&D infrastructure developed near Jalna (Maharashtra)
- An ISO 9001-2000 company with large multi-locational ISO
certification
- Network of more than 100,000 farmers in 30
production centres of India
- State-of-the-art processing unit
with in-house quality assurance facilities
- All India
marketing network–more than 5000 sales outlets.
R&D
We are one of Asia’s most advanced
seed industries and our Research and Development department is well
equipped with laboratories for seed health, molecular
biology, cytogenetics, pathology, entomology, molecular virology and
plant transformation. Substantial investment in R&D have
empowered us to produce superior products to meet the customers' needs.
Quality
Our products are known for their excellent quality. The
production, processing and packaging of seeds are done as per
stringent quality assurance norms. The ISO 9001-2000 certification
awarded to Mahyco is the largest multilocation certification in India
covering 59 locations. Mahyco's Quality Assurance laboratory at
Dawalwadi (INML-06) has been granted the status of Member Laboratory
of the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA), Zurich,
Switzerland, since 1999 and the status of ISTA accredited Laboratory
since April 2005.
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