Agri biotech companies in India

What is agricultural biotechnology and how does it help agriculture?

For ages, humans have always made an improvement in each and every field. Agriculture remains to be one of the most important practices as food is every human’s necessity and is required for every living being’s survival. To improve the quality of food crops, biotechnology was introduced to not only plants but also animals and micro-organisms by manipulating the genes. Therefore, the practice which includes application of biotechnology to agriculture for greater yields by increasing the productivity along with enhancement of their value is known as agricultural biotechnology.

Crops produced using this technology have more nutritional value and have more resistance to diseases. The need for fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals is also reduced as they become resistant to pests thereby developing resistance to diseases. They also acclimatize themselves to stressful and odd environmental conditions. They also contribute to the shelf life by keeping them fresh for long and preventing spoilage, decay or damage without any compromise in the nutrition of the crop. The enzymatic activity of the plants is altered which in turn enhances the flavour of certain crops such as melons, peppers, etc. They are also cost effective.

 However, many questions were raised regarding the safety with the use of genetically modified crops and its effects on the environment, impact on the economy and ethics by the opponents. After a good research, it has been proven that these food materials are definitely safe for consumption and poses no threat to human health.

India: A giant exporter of Agriculture and Forestry Equipment

India is widely dependent on agriculture and most part of the population in the countryside has farming as their livelihood. Peddy, cotton, maze, potatoes, fruits and plenty other agriculture and farming products are cultivated in India and then the best quality crop and food items, both processed as well as unprocessed are exported to various countries across the globe. As per the recent report a whopping $ 540 million worth farm equipment has been exported to various parts of the world.

Agriculture and forestry are two inexplicable parts of the day to day life, indirectly, due to the massive need of products and goods manufactured and yielded from the sectors. Tractors, power tillers, mowing and farm truck, harvester, round balers, back hoe loader and tree trimmers are the machines that are used to plant saplings, seeds and reap the fruit or trim the trees. Tractors of leading manufacturers like John Deere and Mahindra have their significant presence in the market. Haryana and Punjab reason is having the highest numbers of tractors with farmers, where it is considered a status symbol to own a tractor.

Machinery and equipment such as cotton pickers, rice hullers, potato diggers and manual machines to plant seeds or pick the end products are done in agriculture and forestry. Aquaculture is also comes under the farming segment, as most of the time agricultural ponds are used for fish farming, to save the water and get some benefit out of it. So equipment like fish feeders and disinfectants are utilized here.

India is developing and apart from IT, agriculture is the second most significant contributor for the breakthrough.