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Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. (JISL) is the first company in the world to have successfully developed a Tissue Culture protocol for coffee varieties. JISL has signed a landmark MoU with the Coffee Board of India for the commercial release of the advanced high quality, disease-resistant coffee plants to growers. This collaboration is set to transform the coffee industry.
Jain Irrigation has been a pioneer in crop enhancement solutions, having successfully created highly productive tissue culture banana, pomegranate and sweet orange plants. This has led to better quality produce, higher assured income for farmers, and better-quality exports from India to the world. Today, we announce the labour of a decade of hard - seven high yielding tissue culture varieties of Robustas and Arabicas coffee – developed with a commitment to quality and innovation by our scientists in the Biotech department. These varieties have been licensed to JISL by the Coffee Board of India, now approved for commercial production and sale.
The Indian coffee sector has been grappling with challenges such as aging plantations and lack of quality planting material. Tissue-cultured coffee plants offer several advantages that have the potential to reshape the large and growing coffee industry in India and beyond. About the innovation, Mr. Ajit Jain, Managing Director, Jain Irrigation, said, "We are extremely proud to introduce to the world an elite coffee- a disease free, genetically uniform and high yielding variety – bringing prosperity to Indian coffee farmers and putting Indian coffee on the global map."
Coffee Board of India has signed a memorandum of understanding with Jain Irrigation. On the occasion, Coffee Board Secretary and CEO KG Jagadeesha said, "For the first time in the world, we have standardised the tissue culture technology for coffee in India. The coffee plants multiplied using the tissue culture protocols have been evaluated on the fields for the past few years. They are performing much better than the regular varieties. As part of the MoU, Jain Irrigation will multiply and sell the identified coffee plants to growers directly while paying a royalty to the Board."
Jain Tissue cultured coffee plants are Elite Mother Plants, meticulously developed for their high yield, excellent cup quality, and well-balanced canopy architecture. They are true to type, disease-free, robust, and genetically uniform. These Coffee plants perform optimally when integrated into Jain Precision Farming Packages, ensuring efficient and sustainable coffee cultivation. We welcome contract propagation in bulk quantities from institutions, planter associations, and individual coffee estate owners, further expanding the reach of our innovative coffee farming solutions.
Agriculture is still inefficient at many levels and new technology is needed to revolutionise how things have been done for ages. Jain has always vowed to serve farmers, a commitment seen through every venture we undertake. A clear goal has defined all we do: to make this world a better place than we found it- for farmers, for our earth and for the future of food. In India, farmers have been neglected for centuries and Tissue Culture Coffee is another transformational solution created by Jain to deliver prosperity to farmers.
