1. Team NRDC Presentation Series
Board Room, NRDC, New Delhi
Dated 08 July 2009
Business Prospects in
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Agri Biopesticides and
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Biofertilizers dh
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Prabuddh Mishra
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Consultant ( BD II )
National Research Development Corporation
2. Responsibilities
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Commercialization of Agri biotechnologies
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Evaluation of R&D Files from Agriculture
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Feasibility report dh
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Desk research for new technologies
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Proposals and technical reports
3. Methodologies in Business
Development
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Understanding the technology in commercial
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parameters.
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Desk research for new technologies
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Desk research for business prospects for a
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particular technology
Make pre feasibility report
4. Lessons learned
Be patient
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Make and maintain personal contacts with companies –
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large and small
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Set up open communications
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Don’t fall in love with the technology
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Offer solutions not technologies
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Work on multiple projects simultaneously
Keep new projects in the “pipeline” a
5. Agri Biotech era includes
following technologies
Biofertilizers
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Biopesticides
GMOS ( Seeds )
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Plant Tissue Culture
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Plant Based Phyto-chemicals
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Algae Farming
Mushroom Farming
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Animal /Plant ( ELISA KITS) hr
Biofuels a
6. Biofertilizers
The term Biofertilizer is made up of two words .
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“Bio” means living , and “Fertilizer” means a
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product which provides nutrients in usable form
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It contains mainly bacterial or fungal cells ,
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which on application help in fixing or
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solubilizing the nutrients presents in air or in soil
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Biofertilizer and Organic manure are different
things
7. Present and last Nine year
Biofertilizer Production in India
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10000
8000 Capacity
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6000 Production
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92- 93- 94- 95- 96- 97- 98- 01- 03-
93 94 95 96 97 98 99 02 04
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National Biofertilizer Development Centre Ghaziabad .
8. Zone wise Biofertilizer production
and consumption during 2005-06
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Production
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Consumption
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East West North South
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National Biofertilizer Development Centre Ghaziabad .
9. Future Prospects Biofertilizers
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BCIL estimates about 344,800 tones of biofertilizers need in
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India but production capacity is only 18,000 tones
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Product quality should be good as end consumers are farmers
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Organic farming is growing now days , so it’s a good demand in
this field , the present organically produced fruits and vegetables
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are at the global level is valued at $ 27 million .
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Indian biofertilizer companies are exporting 60 % of there
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product and rest of 40 % is consume in India
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Farmers in USA and Europe are well aware of Biofertilizer
10. Biopesticides
Biopesticides are naturally occurring substances that control pests
(biochemical pesticides), microorganisms that control pests
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(microbial pesticides), and pesticidal substances produced by plants
containing added genetic material (plant-incorporated protectants)
also know as PIPs
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Biopesticides, particularly microbial Biopesticides, have virtually all
the health safety and environmental properties that one would desire
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in a pesticide
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fungi, viruses. a
Microbial insecticides are come from naturally-occurring bacteria,
11. Biopesticides and their uses
Biopesticide Source Nature Nature Used against Crops
Type benefited
Natural Plants – Biochemicals Antifeedant, Growth Insect pest Horticultural,
product Neem regulation, oviposition and plantation and
Vitex Garlic mating. disruption plain crops
Microbials Bacteria Bacillus Infection Insect pests
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thuringiensis(
Bt)
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B.sphaericus, ,
Pseudomonas Antibiosis Disease
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Virus Nuclear Infection resulting in Insect pest
Polyhedrosis epizootics
Viruses, GV,
Fungi Beauveria,
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Infection
epizootics
resulting in Insect pests
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Paecilomyces,
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Nomuraea
Trichoderma Antagonism and Antibiosis Fungal disease
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Gliocladium of plants
Protozoa Nosema, Epizootics Insect pests.
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Thelohania,
Vairimorpha
Pheromones Pheromones Biochemicals Mating disruption, lure and kill, or Insect pest
insect monitoring strategies
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Genes or Desired Biochemicals Confer tolerance of herbicide Insect pest and
Plant- genes from a application or resistance to disease
pesticide : known attack by viruses or insects
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12. Agriculture - The Changing facets
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Past : Origin of Agriculture, Pesticides and Chemicalisation
– A History
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Present : It has become customary out of necessity
conceived through individual thoughts to talk about
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hazardous nature of chemical usage in agriculture and
compare it with biologicals as if the later have no ill-effect –
A view
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Future : It was therefore thought fit at this juncture when
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agriculture stands in the cross roads of chemicals and
biologicals to talk about a synergy of both – A concept
13. Availability of Biopesticides
About 680 products of different microbials are
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currently available worldwide
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In India about 16 commercial preparations of Bt (
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Bacillus thuringiensis) , 38 fungal formulations based
on Trichoderma,Metarhizium,Beauveria and about 45
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baculovirus-based formulations of Helicoverpa and
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spodoptera are available
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Microbial biopesticide are likely to replace at least 20 %
of chemical pesticides hr
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14. Future business prospects -
Biopesticides
In India , the annual estimate damage ( 20%-30%)
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caused by pests ,diseases and weeds in various crops in
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the field and stored grains was Rs. 60-70 billion in 1983
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The present price estimates is around 600 billion
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That’s why in 2005 ,pesticides worth Rs 27 billion were
used in India
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Biopesticides are likely have a greater impact on the
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insecticide sector .
Source –DBT ,Delhi
15. Cont.1
Some analyst believe that Biopesticides will account for
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15 % of the total insecticide market by 2010 .
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There is a growing demand for organically cultivated
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fresh and process fruits and vegetables .
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The current consumption of organically produced fruits
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and vegetables at the global level is valued at Rs 27
billion .
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16. Cont.2
The APEDA ( Agricultural Produces Export
Development Agency ) of the Union Commerce
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Ministry had proposed to export organic food at a value
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of Rs 1500 billion annually during eleventh five year
plan
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This would require enormous efforts to produce and
use Biopesticides in the context of Integrated Pest
Management .
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The growth rate of Biopesticides for the next ten years
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has been forecast at 10% to 15 % in contrast to 2.5 %
for chemical pesticides
Source – DBT ,Delhi
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17. GMOs ( Seeds )
Genetic Modified Organism ( GMO) is that in which
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the basic genetic material ( DNA) has been artificially
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altered or modified to improve the attributes or make
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it perform new functions
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Transgenic crops ( GMOs) really plays vital role to
sustain in tough climatic conditions like limited water ,
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poor land condition ,drought ,heat and saline soil
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Bt cotton minimizes the use of chemical pesticides .
18. Potential benefits of Transgenic
Crops
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Potential Benefits Availability of
Pest Resistance more crops
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Herbicide Resistance
Stress (Cold/drought)
Tolerance
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Delayed ripening Improved Cheaper Food Products
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More Food
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Increased Nutrition In Health
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Plant Pharmaceuticals Chemicals & Herbicides
19. Global Transgenic Scenario
After successful implementation of bt gene in cotton ,
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now days Seed companies are ready to launch Bt Brinjal
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,Bt Cabbage and bt cauliflower .
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This is again very helpful in minimizing use of chemical
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pesticides in vegetables.
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They are also involve in molecular marker based
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breeding in crops to achieve traits like salt tolerance
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,draught tolerance , anti allergic etc instead of existing
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methods of field based conventional plant breeding
24. Biofuels
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Fossil fuels are depleting day by day and
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are expected to finish in 2035
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( Global report by NREL)
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Global warming and Climate change.
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India imports about 74% of liquid fuels
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To make India independent in liquid fuels
26. Research Scenario in Biofuel
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Algae based Biodiesel and Jet fuel
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Cellulosic Bioethanol and Biobutanol
Biogas production from Jatropha seed cake
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Other Phytochemicals which are useful in
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pharmaceuticals industry .
27. Biorefinary (Technology Base )
Petroleum Refineries Biorefinary
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a. Distillation a. Biomass fractionation
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b. Thermo chemical b. Industrial
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d. Inorganic catalyst dh c. Fermentation
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d. Enzymes
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(Biocatalysts)
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28. Biorefinary products
Cellulosic bioethanol Biplastics
Biodiesel
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Biogas ab chemicals
Syngas ud Oleo chemicals
Organic manure dh Biowax
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Jet biofuel Glycerin
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30. Cont.
We can also make biofertilizer from Blue Green
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Some companies are involve in making oleo
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chemicals from algae which have pharmaceutical
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value in international market
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As a Nutraceutical product spirulina and
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chlorella are cultivating commercially by big
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31. Plant based Phytochemicals
These are the chemicals derived from plants .
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They have wide applications like bio-pesticides ,
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larvicide's , medicines etc .
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They are decomposable , so very good for environment
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Recently we have a Plant based Mosquito Larvacide
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technology from IARI ,Delhi .
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32. NRDC Role in Agri Biotechnologies
We are promoting these green technologies in
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India for the welfare of society .
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Recently we have given project to NICD,Delhi
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and IARI Pusa to generate bio-efficacy data for
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Neema Gel and Plant Based Larvacide
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We are always looking for new biotechnologies
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to improve agriculture in India .
33. Achievements
Recently we have successfully transfer Mosquito
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proof Desert Cooler Technology to five
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We are in talk with Agro Chemicals Policy group
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to implement Biofertilizer and Biopesticides in
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chemical manufacturing companies .
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Some Biofuels based companies also shown
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their keen interest in green technologies .
34. THANKS …
In case of any queries
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please contact –
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pmishra@nrdc.in dh
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