Clean Seed Capital Group Ltd. from Canada goes into a technology license and manufacturing agreement with Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd from India. In collaboration with Clean Seed, Mahindra will manufacture and distribute the SMART Seeder Mini-MAX.
Clean Seed and Mahindra have engaged in a collaborative process to develop and finalize this comprehensive, worldwide, licensing, manufacturing and global supply agreement for the new SMART Seeder Mini-MAX.
Overarching goal of this agreement is to significantly influence the agricultural sector, starting with a commitment to India. The companies together aspire to establish economic and environmental performance benchmarks in agriculture, by enhancing yields to tackle global food security challenges, reducing input costs, prioritizing water conservation, safeguarding agricultural soils from further degradation, and enhancing key environmental outcomes by eliminating extreme tilling and long entrenched stubble burning practices.
CEO Graeme Lempriere of Clean Seed states: “The collaborative efforts with Mahindra and all stakeholders have been genuinely inspiring. The commitment from both parties to conclude this agreement has charted a course that promises to make a profound impact on the agricultural landscape both in India and globally.
We are honored to be part of this transformative journey alongside Mahindra. We extend our thanks to all the individuals involved on the ground in India and to our dedicated team at home, who have invested an extraordinary amount of time and effort to bring this agreement to a definitive conclusion.”
Kairas Vakharia, Senior Vice President and business head farm machinery of Mahindra said: “At Mahindra we are delighted to partner with Clean Seed in our farm machinery portfolio. Jointly developed and tested, the SMART Seeder MINI-MAX is expected to drive input reduction and sustainable farming.”
Prior to the public unveiling of SMART Seeder MAX in North America, Clean Seed has been working on pathways to progress their technology in compact purpose-built seeding equipment for international markets.
On that journey the SMART Seeder technology was specifically designed from the ground up, to be a modular and scalable system. Eventually the company managed to leverage their field-tested SMART Seeder MAX technology to develop the SMART Seeder MINI-MAX for initial launch in India. The result is a machine with a working width that now ranges from 5 – 60 ft. (1,50 – 18 meter).
