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DuPont Inc has launched its newest multi-crop research centre (MCRC) in Hyderabad today.
The plant breeding and research facility enables the DuPont Pioneer seed business to bring innovation to multiple crops that are grown locally and help improve the productivity of Indian farmers.
Over the last few years, DuPont Pioneer has expanded its global research capacity and competencies by building similar research centres in the United States, Brazil and China.
"Our investment in this Centre demonstrates our commitment to harness DuPont global science to create local solutions for Indian farmers and help address food security challenges," said Balvinder Singh Kalsi, president - DuPont South Asia & ASEAN, in a press release.
Spread across a land area of about more than 100 acres, the construction of the MCRC began in May 2012. It will accommodate up to 120 researchers engaged in corn, rice, millet, mustard and cotton hybrid seeds development catering to the farmers in the Indian subcontinent. DuPont already has its Knowledge Centre in Hyderabad.
The facility will enable the deployment breeding technologies such as molecular breeding, doubled haploids for development of high quality hybrids adapted to local and regional growing conditions.
Sharad Khurana, country manager - DuPont Pioneer India said "Working closely with the farmers across India, we know, they expect us to develop novel products that are widely adaptable to different soil types and weather conditions and are able to offer higher yields consistently with better tolerance towards pests and diseases. This facility will help us bring them the required crop solutions for the future."
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