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{{Infobox company<br />
|name = Nuziveedu Seeds Limited <br />
|logo = Nuziveedu Seeds logo 2013.png<br />
|type = Limited Company <br />
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|foundation = 1973 <br />
|location = [[Hyderabad, India]]<br />
|key_people = M. Prabhakara Rao<br />
|industry = [[Agribusiness]]<br />
|products = [[Seed]]s<br />
|revenue = Rs 1060 crores<br />
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|homepage = [http://www.Nuziveeduseeds.com/ Nuziveeduseed.com]<br />
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'''Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd''' (originally established as a part of the NSL Group) is an Indian [[agribusiness]] company that provides agricultural and [[hybrid seed]] products, specialising in the production and development of:<br />
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* [[Field crop|Field crops]], such as [[cotton]], [[maize]], [[rice]], [[sorghum]], [[pearl millet]] (bajra), [[wheat]], [[Castor bean|castor]], [[Sunflower seed|sunflower]] and [[Mustard seed|mustard]].<br />
* Vegetable crops, such as [[Tomato|tomatoes]], [[okra]], [[Hot pepper|hot peppers]], [[Melon|melons]], [[cabbage]], [[cauliflower]] and [[Gourd|gourds]].<ref name="agricultureinformation_2011-02">{{Cite web |date=2012-05-14 |title=Nuziveedu Seeds {{!}} Agriculture and Industry Survey |url=http://www.agricultureinformation.com/mag/2011/02/nuziveedu-seeds-2/ |access-date=2024-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514043840/http://www.agricultureinformation.com/mag/2011/02/nuziveedu-seeds-2/ |archive-date=14 May 2012 }}</ref><br />
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The company operates in 17 [[Indian states|states]] and markets approximately 350 varieties of seed products to more than 5.5 million farmers across [[India]].<ref name="agricultureinformation_2011-02"/><br />
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The seeds business of the NSL Group was founded by Sri Mandava Venkatramaiah in 1973, who was a farmer in the Nuziveedu town of [[Andhra Pradesh]] with a [[postgraduate degree]] in [[Agricultural science|agricultural sciences]]. He had an interest in cotton seed technology and understood the value in hybrid cotton seeds, which he wanted to make available to cotton cultivators.<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=2011-11-02|title=Nuziveedu Seeds Said to Appoint Goldman, IDFC to Manage IPO|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-02/nuziveedu-seeds-said-to-appoint-goldman-idfc-to-manage-ipo.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130310001834/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-11-02/nuziveedu-seeds-said-to-appoint-goldman-idfc-to-manage-ipo.html|archive-date=10 March 2013|access-date=2020-11-16|website=Bloomberg.com}}</ref> <br />
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However, this was created as a hobby{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}} and was later changed{{How|date=October 2023}} by Sri Venkataramaiah's son, Mr M Prabhakar Rao, who took over the seeds business of the NSL Group in 1982. Under his leadership, Nuziveedu Seeds became the largest hybrid seed company in India (in terms of volumes of [[Bt cotton]] seed packets sold between 2009 and 2010).<br />
<ref>{{cite web<br />
| title=Top Indian Agri Biotech Company in 2011<br />
| work=Biospectrum<br />
| url=http://www.cybermedia.co.in/press/pressrelease180.html<br />
| accessdate=3 December 2011<br />
| archive-date=1 January 2012<br />
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120101103306/http://www.cybermedia.co.in/press/pressrelease180.html<br />
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}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agricultureinformation.com/mag/2011/02/nuziveedu-seeds-2/|title=Nuziveedu Seeds - Agriculture and Industry Survey<!-- Bot generated title -->|publisher=|access-date=3 December 2011|archive-date=14 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120514043840/http://www.agricultureinformation.com/mag/2011/02/nuziveedu-seeds-2/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd - Company Profile and News - Bloomberg Markets|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/7176541Z:IN|access-date=2020-11-17|website=Bloomberg.com}}</ref> M Prabhakar Rao is currently also President of the National Seed Association of India (NSAI)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nsai.co.in/about-us|title=NSAI - about-us|access-date=28 August 2022|archive-date=18 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918100402/https://www.nsai.co.in/about-us|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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==Awards==<br />
*[[Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (India)|Department of Scientific and Industrial Research]] Award<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nuziveeduseeds.com/aw.html |title=Awards |access-date=3 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111107043644/http://www.nuziveeduseeds.com/aw.html |archive-date=7 November 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[Genome Valley]]<br />
*[[Pharmaceutical industry in India]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Agriculture companies of India]]<br />
[[Category:Intensive farming]]<br />
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1973]]<br />
[[Category:Companies based in Hyderabad, India]]<br />
[[Category:Seed companies]]<br />
[[Category:Indian brands]]<br />
[[Category:Agriculture companies established in the 1970s]]<br />
[[Category:1973 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]<br />
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