Biotech firm Gencrest drives innovation in agri sector with sustainable solutions

Being in a consumer economy is quite challenging as rising output without consideration for the environment is paving the way for a perilous future. ″Sustainability is everyone’s responsibility,″ states Ravi Agrawal, chairman, Gencrest, which is part of the Samta group of companies.
 
Gencrest is a fully integrated, research and innovation-driven biotech company. With its headquarters and research and development (R&D) centre in Mumbai, the company has a manufacturing unit in Bhusawal, Maharashtra. The company’s main focus is to create agro-value chain by up-cycling the agriculture waste and creating economic value for the farmer community. ‘The company is on a mission to create sustainable solutions for everyday life.  From sustainable fibres to bioethanol, Gencrest believes in developing green solutions for a better tomorrow,’ says Mr. Vinay Gupta, CEO – Gencrest.
 
Mr. Gupta further adds that, ″To walk the vision, Gencrest has been driving path-breaking product innovations through enzymatic solutions. These are undertaken at the in-house R&D centre at Mumbai and Bangalore in India and at Philadelphia in the US. These research centres work in synergy with different leading institutes for designing and developing multiple novel, sustainable products.″
 
The extensive research has enabled the development of multiple products including but not limited to bio-nutrients, bio-fibre, bio-plastic, bio-gas, and many other bio-agri products with zero wastage. Key among them is the ‘green solution for farmers’ the biostimulant, Agrosatva, containing N, P, K, micro-nutrients, and growth hormones. ″Agrosatva has been successfully tested on farmlands with principal benefits that include soil nourishment, increased bacterial growth, increased immunity, enhanced root development, growth and flowering/ fruiting leading to significant improvement in yield with reduced farmer input costs. The most sustainable advantage being the core raw material agri-biomass.″ maintains Mr. Vinay Gupta.
 
Excessive use of chemicals would make it difficult to cultivate crops in the near future. Although we cannot completely eradicate chemicals from our lives, we may surely lessen their impact by modifying processes through incorporation of enzymatic technology. The environment-friendly brands—Vybrana, the conscious fibre and Agrosatva, the biostimulant—were developed with this goal in mind.
 
Today, trash really is a treasure. This reality has been recognised by scientists, academicians, sustainability experts, and intellectuals, who are now working hard to establish that agri-biomass is the new currency. ″These innovations are capable of bringing about a revolution,″ concludes Agrawal.