In India, the agriculture sector is currently less organized than other industries. The businesses in the sector do not adhere to manufacturing standards, which results in weaker products and a reduction in the expected outcomes for the final consumer. The need of the hour is high-quality products that abide by regulations to improve human and animal healthcare along with agriculture. Agri Biotech will be crucial to sustainable agriculture shortly. India's growth rate is now very slowly but steadily increasing as a result of the Central and State governments' strong support for this idea.
Having been in the industry for a long time now, SK Biobiz (SKBPL) is committed to the goal of providing sustainable development solutions to the industrial sector. SKBPL is involved in developing and transferring technologies to its esteemed clients in various sectors of food, animal feed, poultry, and agriculture. SKBPL is focused on screening and fermentative production of spore-forming bacteria, fungi, metabolites, and their enzymes used in Human, Food, Agriculture, Animal Health Care, Aquaculture, and Wastewater treatment.
SKBPL is constantly looking for isolation of new microbial strains with unique properties. “Quality manufacturing with innovative technology is our prime focus and introduction of at least 1-2 new products every year is our strategy to penetrate the market”, states Abhay Maske,Managing Director, SK Biobiz.
The founder's 31 years of extensive expertise in the Agri input business allowed him to establish solid relationships and gain market share. He credits this success to his channel partners who made it possible to tailor new technological goods to the end user, the farmer. The farmers openly praised the outcomes on social media, and this word-of-mouth advertising helped SKBPL maintain its position in this market.
In addition, SKBPL has established a state-of-art R&D and manufacturing facility for the production of microbial strains having applications in the Human Health, Agriculture, and Animal health industry. The facility is ISO 9001:2015, ISO 22000:2018, HACCP, HALAL, and GMP certified and assures the highest quality supply of microbial concentrates. The said facility is involved in manufacturing high quality, scientifically proven, environmentally friendly, economically viable, and sustainable biological products (Microbial concentrates/Probiotics) for farmers to achieve better quality and higher yields of end product.
All the products are developed in-house and undergo rigorous performance trials in India and Abroad (US & Europe). With the quality of products supplied SKBPL also supports contract manufacturing of probiotics to its niche clients in the US and Europe. To date, the company has a rich library of more than 5000 potent strains having applications in different sectors. This rich library also helps them to customize products for their clients.
SKBAPL will continue to develop & manufacture innovative microbial inputs for the betterment of the ecosystem & sustainable agriculture
The company’s latest introduction in the Agri market is SKB-CaMB (Calcium Mobilizing Bacteria) which will be used to rectify the Calcium deficiency in the crops. They are shortly undertaking a CSR project in association with the Department of Agriculture, Maharashtra State to rectify the Calcareous soils and bring some light to the life of the farmers of the worst affected areas. In February 2020, the company rolled out SK Biobiz Agro with selected cream manpower and started operations in Western Maharashtra. The result-oriented technology is fetching excellent responses from traders and farmers.
Currently, the company is catering its services across Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh. Shortly, it will be entering Karnataka, Gujarat, and Chhattisgarh markets. The company is continuously engaged in Team building and steady expansion of business on a PAN India basis in near future. SKBAPL will work for sustainable agriculture by introducing very innovative microbial products by graduating the farmers and trade community with the ultimate aim of improving soil health.