Sustainability Over The Long Term, Organically: Pune, Maharashtra
Sustainability Over The Long Term, Organically: Pune, Maharashtra
Sustainability Over The Long Term, Organically: Pune, Maharashtra
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NEEM is proven to be one of the most potent dual-purpose bio-agents (due to the
Address : Khaladkar Vasti,
presence of active ingredients – Azadirachtin, Limonoids and Nimbin) – which show Pimpari Dumala,
broad-spectrum activity and affect hundreds of insect-pest species and maintain soil ( Near
Rangangaon
health. Identifying these potential benefits of Azadirachtin, Limonoids and Nimbin
Ganpati),
of Neem, Mauli AgroTech was founded in 2015 with an aim to provide neem-based Tal, Shirur,
natural products, especially bio-manure, oil and bio-pesticide, by Ramesh Khaladkar Dist, Pune,
(25) and Dnyaneshwar Pingale (26), agricultural graduates and residents of the same Maharashtra,
412209-India
village: Khaladkar Vasti, Pimpari Dumal, Tal. Shirur, Pune, Maharashtra. A common
Qualification : B.Sc. Forestry
friend briefed them about the Agri-Clinics and Agri-Business Centres scheme; keeping
all benefits in view they both joined the training at Shashwat Sheti Vikas Pratishthan Age : 25 Year
(SSVP) Pune. During training, especially during hands-on-experience, both the friends Nodal : SSVP-Pune
Training
decided to get technical know-how on neem seed cake manufacturing unit. They
Institute
located Chetan Agro-Tech in Gujarat and Maharashtra-based Cheminova Agrotech,
Name of : Mauli Agro-tech
companies where they got trained in all aspects of neem seed cake manufacturing Venture
scientifically and technically. Financially supported by the family, they invested their Nature of : Manufacturing
own capital of Rs. 48 lakhs and Services of Neem based
started a Neem Seed Cake and organic product,
Consultancy
Neem Oil Manufacturing Unit.
No. of : 450
Primarily, they advertised locally
Farmers
and got wholesale orders from Covered
three organic farming companies No. of : 20
and a few tons of demand from Villages
the local farmers. In the first lot, Covered
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