Elite Seeds provide a very crucial service known as Contract farming. This particular process includes an agreement between the buyer and the farmer where the farmer agrees to deliver to the buyer at a tentative date in the future.
We help the farmers by providing the farmers with technical support so that they are able to meet the desired requirements of the consumers. These seeds are suitable to grow in different climatic conditions of India like sustenance in drought-prone areas. Contract farming starts with contracts that are made with the farmers much before the prime season and this helps both the buyer and the consumer to agree on a fair price.
The various features of the Contract farming services put forward by Elite Seeds include:
Elite Seeds is trying to improve the conditions of the farmers in India by trying to use the foreign farming technologies in the agricultural practices of the country. This would, in a way, increase the productivity of the crops and improve the conditions of the farming lands. As India is an over populated country, this endeavor can act as a probable solution to feed the country’s diverse population, without depleting the natural resources that are present. We offer local cooperatives, a wide range of agricultural supplies, business services, and technological assistance to the farmers across the country.
Sustainable agriculture is a way of farming that is being adopted to conserve our ecosystem. It is the farming of crops after taking into consideration the relationship among various natural resources and organisms. Its main aim is to meet the food requirements of the world without exhausting the natural resources for future use. To out it more simply, to have adequate amount of natural resources for our future generations. Several agricultural practices are being adopted to conserve our environment and the services that are provided by the Elite Seeds function on the lines of sustainable agriculture.
Agriculture forms the very basis of our model where the focus is on delivering high quality products and processes. We use different methods of contract farming for agricultural purposes. Our plans on crops sowing depends on the orders that come from various customers. This helps in the production of quality agricultural products without posing a threat to the natural resources of the environment. Therefore, all the ethical standards are maintained while carrying out the production processes.
In India, the following states have been considered as the best possible regions for the cultivation of a diverse range of crops:
Similar experiments are being carried out in other states as well and each of the states specializes in the growing of certain types of crops.
Our production processes support the poor women of India we well. Several rural women have joined hands with Elite Seeds and help us carry out the activities. This also acts as a source of income for them. They are familiar with the climatic conditions of their area and know what kind of weather conditions act as a catalyst for better production. Therefore, our endeavor has both social as well as economic significance. These act in a positive way on the lives of the rural people in India, both men and women. The staff who are responsible for the agricultural operations economically benefit from our venture besides the rural farmers.
The Research and Development Department of Elite Seeds come up with different techniques of farming that support sustainable agriculture. The farmers who are associated with us get 24X7 technical assistance from our experts. These qualified specialists arrange training programs from which the farmers benefit. As the name contract farming suggest, contracts exist between the farmers and the company so that both the parties agree on a fair price that beneficial for them. The researchers select seeds of high yielding capabilities after a lot of experiments. Thus, the farmers get high quality seeds keeping in mind the climatic conditions of that particular region.
Assistance is also provided on the following sustainable agricultural practices:
If only pictures could do justice...some of our hybrid varieties from our field testing at display.
