Kaveri Seed Company Limited has a huge contribution to the agricultural industry of India. The organization deals with agricultural products, such as seeds and the crops from those seeds. The company not only sells but produces and sometimes processes hybrid seeds and helps to promote the agriculture of India.
Kaveri Seed Company Limited offers field crops like the cotton, paddy, sorghum, bajra, wheat, Sunflower as well as mustard and so on. The company also provides fresh vegetables, as well as hybrid vegetables. Kaveri Seed Company Limited offers vegetables like chillies, watermelon, brinjal, okra, tomatoes and many more. The company possesses a lengthy history of being engaged in the service related to the food industry of the nation in terms of the raw materials.
Kaveri Seed Company Limited also distributes the agricultural products all over India, through a well-organized chain of dealers. The organization was set up in 1986. The organization is headquartered a Secundrabad, India.
About Company Information:
During the year of 1986-1987, Kaveri Seed Company Limited commissioned its business operations, being promoted by several businessmen, namely Gundavaram Venkata Bhaskar Rao, Ragini Venu Manohar Rao, and Gundavaram Vanaja Devi. Under the Company Act of 1956, the company got its registration in 1986, with registration no. 6728. In the same year, the firm started its seed production, along with packaging and marketing. The company initiated its processing plant at Karnataka also in 1986. In the following year, the company established its first office of marketing at Davangere in Karnataka.
In 1996, the Kaveri Seed Company Limited established its R&D facility in Hyderabad. This helped the company to make the products much advanced and helpful for the farmers of India. In the same year, the company established another of its research and development facility in the Bollaram that was later proven beneficial for the company. The company started to process and produce new kinds of hybrid seeds as well as vegetables, through this facility. New researches and corresponding experimentations and implementations started to show fruitful results bringing up an increase in productivity and profitability of the company.
In 1997, Kaveri Seed Company Limited increased its expansion concerning their new plants in India. The company established a new seed processing plant at Biramulgada. This new plant provides many new seeds and processed seeds with much fertility to the customers, especially the farmers of the Indian agricultural circuit. In this year the company launched their new hybrid seeds of Sunflower, following the commissioning of a new facility.
In 1999, Kaveri Seed Company Limited had increased their conditioning capacity of the seeds in the Kandlakoi plant, which was situated near the city of Hyderabad. This activity was carried because of the demands of the seeds and the products were growing for their quality. The plant had also engaged in processing the seeds in larger amounts. The production of the hybrid seeds of Sunflower was also increased in this particular year.
In 2002, the promoters of Kaveri Seed Company Limited started to manufacture micronutrients and Bio-products, following the formation of a new company, namely Kaveri Agritek. The company did not constrain itself in manufacturing the products only, but also took a planned and therefore set of policies regarding marketing and selling of the products. The business operations were accomplished under the new brand name of Microtech.
In 2004, collaboration took place between Kaveri Seed Company Limited and Mahyco Monsanto Biotech Limited, for manufacturing an improved kind of cotton. The sub-licensing technology had been introduced because of the collaboration, which had helped the company to get benefits for this cotton business.
From 2012 to 2016 Kaveri Seed Company Limited walked along the path of development and growth. In 2012, the company suggested acquiring the surplus of the 40% share of the company. In 2014, the company also recommended a surplus of 80% of the equity share of this company. In 2016 the company set up their new facilities at the Molangpur village, situated in Telangana.
How Kaveri Seed Company Ltd is categorized as Agriculture/Horticulture/Lives sector and Seeds/Tissue Culture/Bio-Technology Industry:
Agriculture is the principal source of livelihood for around 58 per cent of India’s population. Production of horticulture crops has been increased rapidly. The Indian food industry is foreseen to have tremendous growth, increasing its benefaction to world food trade every year by its enormous potential for value addition, especially within the food processing industry. India is the second-largest fruit producer in the world. When it comes to the food and grocery market, India is the world’s sixth-largest, with retail contributing about 70 per cent of the sales.
Kaveri Seed Company Ltd is categorized as an Agriculture/Horticulture/Lives sector and Seeds/Tissue Culture/Bio-Technology Industry. Bio-Technology industry is a booming industry and due to its promising results, the market is anticipated to testify a phenomenal demand among emerging nations.
Kaveri Seed Company Ltd, Competitors and Sector Peers:
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Indo Us Bio-Tech Ltd. INDUSB
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Mangalam Seeds Ltd. MANSEE
Monsanto India Ltd. MONSIN
Nath Bio-Genes (India) Ltd. NATHBI
Omega Ag-Seeds (Punjab) Ltd. OMEAG
Proseed India Ltd. NORTEC
Shree Ganesh Bio-Tech (India) Ltd. SHRGAB
Shreeoswal Seeds and Chemicals Ltd. SHRSEE
