Sugarcane Breeding Institute issues licences to two firms to use seven of its technologies

COIMBATORE: City-based ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute has issued licenses to two firms for seven of its

technologies

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This gives private companies a non-exclusive licence to manufacture products based on the technologies for a period of five to 10 years depending on the technology. This helps the institute developed technology be mass produced and reach as many farmers as possible.

The institute signed over licences for six technologies including soil moisture indicator, cane jam production from sugarcane juice, technology for production of cane dietary fibre food products, liquid jaggery, sugarcane de-trashing tool and sugarcane rind removing equipment to Nashik-based Celebrating Farmers Edge International and license for the Motorized double headed sugarcane single bud cutting machine to Singanallur-based Sri Balaji Industries.

SBI director Bakshmi Ram signed over the licences to representatives of the two firms. Speaking on the occasion, the director mentioned that “Soil Moisture Indicator technology, which won the First Prize in the National Water Awards-2021, has so far been licensed to 19 firms across the country, while liquid jaggery production technology has been licensed to seven firms in the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.”

The sugarcane de-trashing tool is being licensed for the second time while the rest of the technologies are being licensed for the first time, he added.