Nuziveedu Seeds conferred ‘BioAgri Company of the Year 2013’ Award

CONNAUGHT PLACE, India - Dec. 27, 2013 - PRLog -- New Delhi, 27^th December, 2013 – Nuziveedu Seeds Limited, the largest Indian Seeds company has been conferred with BioAgri Company of the year Award 2013 at the 11^th Annual Biospectrum-ABLE Awards. Mr. Venkat Rao, Sr. Vice President, Nuziveedu Seeds received the award on behalf of the Company at a glittering ceremony held in Bengaluru. This is the fifth time Nuziveedu Seeds has won this prestigious award and consecutively won it for the fourth time.

The Biospectrum-ABLE Awards, being among the most credible recognition platforms for Indian biotech and agriculture industry were conferred on the basis of Industry Survey conducted by BioSpectrum along with Association of Biotechnology Led Enterprises - ABLE in June-July 2013.

Speaking about the prestigious award, Mr. M Prabhakar Rao, Chairman & Managing Director, Nuziveedu Seeds said “we are humbled to have received BioAgri-ABLE Company of the Year Award for 2013. This award, for the fourth consecutive year, acknowledges our team’s commitment towards providing the farmers with the best quality seeds time and again. In pursuit of this task, we have introduced a new generation cotton hybrid ‘Bhakti BG II’ last year, which has given the best results to the farmers this season. Nuziveedu Seeds has been constantly focusing on producing the seeds which yield higher output to the farmers.”

Nuziveedu Seeds offers more than 340 hybrid seeds and varieties of 30 field crops and vegetables and its modern technologies to Indian farmers through its extensive sales and distribution network in 17 states across India. With strong R&D capabilities and one of the largest germplasms in the country, company produces and markets other field crops like Maize, Paddy Sunflower, Sorghum, Pearmillet and vegetable crops. Nuziveedu Seeds’ marketing team conducts farmer education programs on new agronomic practices to increase productivity.

About Nuziveedu Seeds Limited:

Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd is the Largest Bt cotton seed company in India (in terms of volumes of seed packets sold in 2011-12)* which develops, produces, and markets hybrid and varietal seed products. It is the flagship company of the NSL Group which is a multimillion (in INR) conglomerate with interests in power, textiles, retailing, sugar and infrastructure. The company intends to maintain and strengthen its market leading position in cotton seeds to farmers. Today, the company is India’s leading supplier of quality seeds and lays strong emphasis on R&D, Production and Marketing of various kinds of cotton hybrid seeds and other field crops like Maize, Paddy, Sunflower, Sorghum, Pear millet and a number of vegetable crops. As of March 2013, over 5.5 million farmers are using the seeds produced by Nuziveedu Seeds across the country.