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Barwale Foundation

‘A better world is the responsibility of all’

The driving force behind Mahyco, its Founder-Chairman, Padma Bhushan Dr.B.R.Barwale. is a visionary and a philanthropist. Dr. Barwale has pioneered various institutions that cater to the socio-economic needs of the society, under the Barwale Foundation. The effort from the Barwale Foundation clearly indicates that education and health are not just the privilege of the rich. A school, a college and a hospital in a region which is yet to keep pace with breakneck metropolitan advancements are major landmarks from the Barwale Foundation.

The Barwale Foundation strives to bring out the overall well-being and development of humanity through various focused activities including food security, healthcare and human resource development. For attaining sustainable and enhanced crop productivity, Barwale Foundation takes up multidisciplinary research on the improvement of the major crops, which include strategic and applied research projects for crop improvement, production, protection and quality seed production through biotechnological techniques. The Barwale Foundation's programmes are categorized in the following areas:
Food Security: The focus is on the development and/or deployment of molecular markers for traits that confer enhanced yield potential, hybrid seed production efficiency etc. apart from MAS breeding for
improvement of major biotic and abiotic stress resistance/tolerance in varieties and hybrid parental lines.
Healthcare and Education: In the area of Healthcare and Education, the focus is on improving healthcare facilities, ophthalmology, and patients' care, extending educational facilities and helping in knowledge promotion.

The foundation's major contributions have been to support research and facilities, patient's care at Ganapati Netralaya, Jalna. In addition, we also support Shankar Netralaya, Chennai as well as L.V. Prasad Eye Hospital, Hyderabad.

Capacity Building and Human Resource Development :
In this category, the focus is to work for the capacity building of the human resource, development of amenities and facilities as well as institutional developments though research collaboration, grants, fellowships, through training and workshops etc. Mahyco also awards travel grants to the students/young scientists to present their research in National/International conferences/workshops in India.

  
     

What We Do?

'We strengthen the hands that plough the field'

It all started with a vision to change the agricultural face of India and to make India self- sufficient.
Founded in 1964, Mahyco is the pioneer of high quality hybrid / open pollinated seeds. Equipped with the best of technology and driven by an intensive research unit, Mahyco has revolutionized the Agrarian face of the country.

Vision

'Feed the world with Indian agriculture'

To bring the best of science into the Indian fields, it is the socio-economic vision of the company to empower the farmers with the best of seeds and to enhance the agricultural productivity of our country.

Mission

'Enhance cultivation with the art of science'

Protect the present agricultural face of India from the challenges of the future by strengthening our farmers with the best of technology and innovation. We believe in being static in values but dynamic in learning and adapting the best of the world to create a green India.

About Mahyco

'Making agriculture strong and healthy'
Mahyco was started in 1964 by Mr. Badrinarayan Barwale, as an attempt to relieve the early Independent India from the misery of food problem. Mahyco strives to bring the best of science into agriculture through detailed R&D to bring about a holistic approach in analysis and innovation.

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