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In 1956, he started farming in [[Phaltan]], a taluka in [[Satara district]] in western [[Maharashtra]], and is reported to have started a seed business and processing plant called Nimbkar Seeds, with financial assistance from [[Rockefeller Foundation]]. In 1968, he founded the [[Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute]] (NARI), a non-profit, [[non-governmental organization]], for advanced research in agriculture.<ref name="Research Institutions Policy Research Journal – Energy Alternatives India">{{cite web | url=http://www.eai.in/dir/ren/bio/eth/res/ | title=Research Institutions Policy Research Journal – Energy Alternatives India | publisher=Energy Alternatives India | date=2015 | access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref> The organization has since grown to include activities in renewable energy, animal husbandry and sustainable development. His company Nimbkar Seeds is credited with the introduction of pure-bred [[Boer goats]] for the first time in India.<ref name="Company Profile" /> He remained the president of NARI till 1990 and the organization, as of 2021, is headed by his daughter [[Nandini Nimbkar]], assisted by Chanda Nimbkar and Nandini's husband, [[Anil K. Rajvanshi]].<ref name="Indian NGO awarded for its innovative lantern-cum-stove">{{cite journal | url=http://southasia.oneworld.net/news/indian-ngo-awarded-for-its-innovative-lantern-cum-stove#.VmPw2fmGSko | title=Indian NGO awarded for its innovative lantern-cum-stove | journal=Owsa | publisher=One World South Asia | date=15 July 2009 | access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="Nature of Human Thought">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=__YlBAAAQBAJ&q=B+V+Nimbkar&pg=PA14 | title=Nature of Human Thought | publisher=Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute | author=Anil K Rajvanshi | year=2010 | pages=180 | isbn=9788190578127}}</ref> | In 1956, he started farming in [[Phaltan]], a taluka in [[Satara district]] in western [[Maharashtra]], and is reported to have started a seed business and processing plant called Nimbkar Seeds, with financial assistance from [[Rockefeller Foundation]]. In 1968, he founded the [[Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute]] (NARI), a non-profit, [[non-governmental organization]], for advanced research in agriculture.<ref name="Research Institutions Policy Research Journal – Energy Alternatives India">{{cite web | url=http://www.eai.in/dir/ren/bio/eth/res/ | title=Research Institutions Policy Research Journal – Energy Alternatives India | publisher=Energy Alternatives India | date=2015 | access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref> The organization has since grown to include activities in renewable energy, animal husbandry and sustainable development. His company Nimbkar Seeds is credited with the introduction of pure-bred [[Boer goats]] for the first time in India.<ref name="Company Profile" /> He remained the president of NARI till 1990 and the organization, as of 2021, is headed by his daughter [[Nandini Nimbkar]], assisted by Chanda Nimbkar and Nandini's husband, [[Anil K. Rajvanshi]].<ref name="Indian NGO awarded for its innovative lantern-cum-stove">{{cite journal | url=http://southasia.oneworld.net/news/indian-ngo-awarded-for-its-innovative-lantern-cum-stove#.VmPw2fmGSko | title=Indian NGO awarded for its innovative lantern-cum-stove | journal=Owsa | publisher=One World South Asia | date=15 July 2009 | access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="Nature of Human Thought">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=__YlBAAAQBAJ&q=B+V+Nimbkar&pg=PA14 | title=Nature of Human Thought | publisher=Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute | author=Anil K Rajvanshi | year=2010 | pages=180 | isbn=9788190578127}}</ref><ref>[https://www.news18.com/news/education-career/director-of-nimbkar-agricultural-research-institute-dr-anil-rajvanshi-selected-for-padma-shri-4699769.html Director of Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute Dr. Anil Rajvanshi Selected for Padma Shri]</ref> | ||
Some of Nimbkar's research areas included studying the causes for [[desertification]] particularly in the Western Maharashtra region and the lasting impact of [[Hybrid plant|hybrid plants]] and [[High-yielding variety|high-yielding varieties]] of crops on the underlying soil.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singer|first=Carol A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-cTAAAAYAAJ&q=B.V.+Nimbkar&pg=PA12|title=Desertification: January 1985-September 1992|date=1992|publisher=National Agricultural Library|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=5 June 2015|title=A Word of Warning on Hybrids|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/1967/47/agriculture-specials/word-warning-hybrids.html|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|language=en|volume=2|issue=47|pages=7–8}}</ref> His research work and articles were published in national and international journals.<ref name="EPW profile">{{cite journal | url=http://www.epw.in/author/b-v-nimbkar | title=EPW profile | journal=Economic and Political Weekly | date=2015 | pages=7–8 | access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="Potential introgression pathways and strategies for wider use of the FecB gene in Maharashtra state and other parts of India">{{cite journal | url=https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20103013858 | title=Potential introgression pathways and strategies for wider use of the FecB gene in Maharashtra state and other parts of India | author=Nimbkar C., J.H.J. van der Werf, P.M. Ghalsasi1, B.V. Nimbkar, and S.W. Walkden-Brown | journal=ACIAR, Australia}}</ref><ref name="Desertification of Western Maharashtra: Causes and possible solutions. I. Comparative growth of eight tree species">{{cite journal | url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-1127%2886%2990024-1 | title=Desertification of Western Maharashtra: Causes and possible solutions. I. Comparative growth of eight tree species |author1=B. V. Nimbkar |author2=Nandini Nimbkar |author3=N. Zende | journal= Forest Ecology and Management| volume=16 | issue=1–4 | pages=243–251 | year=1986 | doi=10.1016/0378-1127(86)90024-1}}</ref> | Some of Nimbkar's research areas included studying the causes for [[desertification]] particularly in the Western Maharashtra region and the lasting impact of [[Hybrid plant|hybrid plants]] and [[High-yielding variety|high-yielding varieties]] of crops on the underlying soil.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Singer|first=Carol A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c-cTAAAAYAAJ&q=B.V.+Nimbkar&pg=PA12|title=Desertification: January 1985-September 1992|date=1992|publisher=National Agricultural Library|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|date=5 June 2015|title=A Word of Warning on Hybrids|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/1967/47/agriculture-specials/word-warning-hybrids.html|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|language=en|volume=2|issue=47|pages=7–8}}</ref> His research work and articles were published in national and international journals.<ref name="EPW profile">{{cite journal | url=http://www.epw.in/author/b-v-nimbkar | title=EPW profile | journal=Economic and Political Weekly | date=2015 | pages=7–8 | access-date=6 December 2015}}</ref><ref name="Potential introgression pathways and strategies for wider use of the FecB gene in Maharashtra state and other parts of India">{{cite journal | url=https://www.cabdirect.org/cabdirect/abstract/20103013858 | title=Potential introgression pathways and strategies for wider use of the FecB gene in Maharashtra state and other parts of India | author=Nimbkar C., J.H.J. van der Werf, P.M. Ghalsasi1, B.V. Nimbkar, and S.W. Walkden-Brown | journal=ACIAR, Australia}}</ref><ref name="Desertification of Western Maharashtra: Causes and possible solutions. I. Comparative growth of eight tree species">{{cite journal | url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0378-1127%2886%2990024-1 | title=Desertification of Western Maharashtra: Causes and possible solutions. I. Comparative growth of eight tree species |author1=B. V. Nimbkar |author2=Nandini Nimbkar |author3=N. Zende | journal= Forest Ecology and Management| volume=16 | issue=1–4 | pages=243–251 | year=1986 | doi=10.1016/0378-1127(86)90024-1}}</ref> | ||