City-based institute shares seven technologies

Coimbatore: City-based ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute (SBI) licensed seven of its technologies to two private firms on Tuesday.
The institute signed over licenses for six technologies, including soil moisture indicator, cane jam production from sugarcane juice, technology for production of cane dietary fibre food products, liquid jaggery, sugarcane de-trashing tool and sugarcane rind removing equipment to Nashik-based Celebrating Farmers Edge International and license for the motorized double-headed sugarcane single bud cutting machine to Singanallur-based Sri Balaji Industries.
SBI director Bakshmi Ram signed over the licenses to representatives of the firms. “Soil Moisture Indicator technology, which won the first prize in the National Water Awards-2021, has so far been licensed to 19 firms across the country, while liquid jaggery production technology has been licensed to seven firms in Kerala and Tamil Nadu,” said the director. “The sugarcane de-trashing tool is being licensed for the second time while the rest of the technologies are being licensed for the first time.”
This gives the companies a non-exclusive license to manufacture products based on the technologies for a period of five to 10 years. This helps institute-developed technologies be mass produced and reach as many farmers as possible.