Dhaanya’s focus on field and vegetable crops is based on the synergies between crop breeding technology and trait development research at Metahelix Life Sciences. The research and development efforts concentrate on improving the yield petential, protection against diseases, pests and stress conditions. Metahelix has strong research programs with well-equipped facilities for breeding, trait development using molecular biology and plant genomics.

At present, Dhaanya markets farmer driven hybrids in major food crops such as rice, maize, pearl millet, sorghum, oil seeds (sunflower), fibre crop (cotton). In vegetables, the focused crops are tomato, hot pepper (chilli), bhendi, brinjal, gourds and water melon. A large number of new hybrids in these crops are also under test in actual farming conditions for evaluation that would be ready for commercial launch in the next 1-2 years. In addition to hybrid seeds, Dhaanya also markets superior quality seeds of popular varieties in wheat, rice, mustard, bhendi, peas, tomato and other crops.

Dhaanyas established production processes and vigorous quality procedures both in the field as well as in the laboratory ensure quality seeds to the farmers. Seed growers in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Kamataka, Tamilnadu, Gujarat and Rajasthan are engaged in large scale seed production of a wide range of products in several crops.

Dhaanya’s seeds are grown by farmers around the country and are well supported by a marketing team that imparts product knowledge and offers solutions to enhance product performance and benefits.

Dhaanya Seeds is a wholly owned subsidiary of Metahelix Life Sciences, Bangalore. Metahelix is a sciences based company focused on improving the productivity and quality of major food crops using advanced tools of crop breeding and plant biotechnology. Dhaanya serves as a production and marketing organization for technologies developed by Metahelix Life Sciences.

Progress through technology

Progress through technology