Mahyco

{{Infobox company

| name = Mahyco Private Limited

| industry = Seeds

| founded = 1964

| founder = B.R. Barwale

| hq_location = Badnapur

| hq_location_city = Maharashtra

| hq_location_country = India

| area_served = International

| website = https://www.mahyco.com/index.html

}}

Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co. (Mahyco) is an agricultural company based in India and a major producer of seeds. As of 2015, the company also operates in Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines and Bangladesh, with plans for expansion into Africa.{{cite news|title=Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Company to expand in Africa, South East Asia|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-03-15/news/60137589_1_bt-brinjal-mahyco-maharashtra-hybrid|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018215359/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-03-15/news/60137589_1_bt-brinjal-mahyco-maharashtra-hybrid|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 18, 2015|accessdate=8 June 2016|work=The Economic Times|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.|date=15 March 2015}}

The company produces seeds for cotton, wheat, rice, sorghum, pearl millet, maize oilseeds and vegetables crops.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/Mahyco-pins-hopes-on-new-Government-to-speed-up-regulatory-approvals/article20844931.ece|title=Mahyco pins hopes on new Government to speed up regulatory approvals|first=Nalinakanthi|last=V|website=@businessline}}

Through a joint venture with Monsanto named Mahyco Monsanto Biotech, Mahyco sublicenses Bt cotton technology in India.{{cite news|last1=Vyas|first1=Maulik|title=CCI finds Mahyco-Monsanto Biotech practice monopolistic: Orders Investigation|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/chem-/-fertilisers/cci-finds-mahyco-monsanto-biotech-practice-monopolistic-orders-investigation/articleshow/51028233.cms|accessdate=8 June 2016|publisher=Economic Times|date=17 February 2016}} The Indian government has maintained price controls on Bt cotton seeds since at least 2011.{{cite news|last1=Kazmin|first1=Amy|title=Monsanto faces growing troubles in India|url=http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/7197ffa8-7551-11e5-a95a-27d368e1ddf7.html#axzz4AxpAIGWG|accessdate=8 June 2016|publisher=Financial Times|date=18 October 2015}}

Mahyco has 21 notified research varieties[http://archivepharma.financialexpress.com/20110930/research01.shtml]{{dead link|date=April 2021}} and production of 115

products across 30 crop species.{{Cite web |url=http://www.agricultureinformation.com/postings/maharashtra-hybrid-seeds/ |title=Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds - AgricultureInformation.com |access-date=2016-08-29 |archive-date=2016-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911141220/http://www.agricultureinformation.com/postings/maharashtra-hybrid-seeds/ |url-status=dead }} Mahyco has six research centres in India focusing on molecular breeding, applied genomics, crop transformation, plant virus interaction, molecular microbiology, abiotic stress tolerance and molecular entomology.{{Cite web |url=http://www.biospectrumindia.com/biospecindia/news/156286/mahyco |title=Mahyco | website=BioSpectrumIndia |access-date=2016-08-29 |archive-date=2016-09-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160911021555/http://www.biospectrumindia.com/biospecindia/news/156286/mahyco |url-status=dead }}

The company has a research and development center at Dawalwadi near Jalna in Maharashtra, with an ongoing hybrid breeding program in over 30 crop species. Apart from the main R&D centre in Jalna, Mahyco has 3 research centres and 18 other location offices distributed across the country with over 150 scientists engaged in the research programs.{{Cite web |url=http://www.dealcurry.com/20141125-Mahyco-Buys-Majority-Stake-In-Zimbabwe-s-Seed-Firm-Quton.htm |title=DealCurry.com : Mahyco Buys Majority Stake in Zimbabwe's Seed Firm Quton |access-date=2016-11-11 |archive-date=2016-11-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161112014139/http://www.dealcurry.com/20141125-Mahyco-Buys-Majority-Stake-In-Zimbabwe-s-Seed-Firm-Quton.htm |url-status=dead }} As of 2014 Mahyco is present in over 20 countries, with offices in Singapore, Vietnam and recently acquired a controlling stake in Quton, the largest Cotton seeds company in Africa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/mahyco-acquires-60-stake-in-zimbabwean-seed-co-quton-114112400433_1.html|title=Mahyco acquires 60% stake in Zimbabwean seed co Quton|first=B. S.|last=Reporter|date=November 24, 2014|via=Business Standard}}