Cosme Biotech intends exporting bio fertiliser
HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, DEC 28
Goa’s Cosme Biotech private limited intends to export the bio fertiliser, patented from The Energy and Research Institute (TERI), abroad in the European, South African and Asian countries.
“We have sent the samples to the countries like Brazil, Australia, UK, Turkey, South Africa, Sri Lanka and England where field trials on this bio fertiliser are being taken,” Wilfred Dias, Manager, Cosme Farma Laboratories Limited, told reporters.
He said that the patent which was procured from TERI is already successfully implemented in the farms of Karnataka, Goa and some parts of Maharashtra for last two years.
“This will not write off the chemical fertilisers completely but it will be complimentary for the farmers who can largely do away with the fertilisers,” Dias said.
Cosme Bio Tech’s Goa plant manufactures 2,000 tonnes per year of Shubhodaya Vam bio fertiliser, which is the biggest facility in India.
TERI official Deepak Kumar said that the Shubhodaya is the result of 15 years of research at the institute.
He said that the product is geneticallly modified and is very effective in the water scarcity areas.
He claimed that the use of this bio fertiliser will increase the yield between 25 to 50 per cent and decreses cost upto 50 per cent.
“Its non toxic, non hazardous and eco friendly,” Kumar said adding that it has a shelf life of two years at room temperature.
