Contract Farming

Farmer First Mission

Agriculture is the bedrock of our farm to factory model – the very foundation of our commitment to consistent quality and safety in both farm produce and process. Bahuvida Limited, a noteworthy brand in offering Macadamia Contract Farming services in India. With an experienced agricultural professionals and in-house agronomists who have strong expertise in the plantation of Macadamia we become pioneers in the Indian Macadamia market.
We render the best in class contract farming services to our farmers who buy Macadamia plants from our nursery(s). This service carried out according to an agreement between a farm owner and Bahuvida Limited.
The best growing areas for Macadamia have been identified based on years of experience. In India we mainly grow Macadamia in the southern states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, all together spread 4,66,000+ square kilometers (which is almost 14% of the India’s total geographical area) between east and western ghats where it is quite suitable for the Macadamia plantation.
Our contract farming operations have a positive socio-economic footprint impacting tens of farmers (the count is rapidly growing) at present in key growing districts of these three states. Our operations positively impact rural economy and stakeholders such as farmers, farm workers and staff for contract farming operations. Women contribute significantly to our activities.
The process of contract farming begins with pre-season contracts with farmers, thereby enabling a commitment to minimum price guaranty on buyback basis.
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We develop and provide farmers the highest quality grafted Macadamia plants that are suitable for growing in particular climatic conditions to produce high yielding that adhere to quality standards that meet our consumer requirements. In order to achieve this, we work with internationally renowned Macadamia consultants and associations to select the best quality seeds determined through research and development trials.

The farmers we work with are supported in growing Macadamia through the technical guidance by qualified field personnel involving farmer training programmes. Communication on appropriate inter-crop rotation practices and field sanitation is provided and field visits are monitored. In order to nurture the relationship with our contract farming farmers, fields, nurseries and institutional trips are held to educate them about good agriculture practices and recognize the best farmers.

Our good agriculture practices enable differentiation in product quality and farmer yields. In order to enable least time lag between harvesting and post-harvest process, we also provide last mile pick-ups at farms. Sustainable agriculture practices result in environmental protection and safe products for our multinational customers and end consumers.

By promoting Macadamia contract farming in such a professional way, we are improving farmer income and creating rural agripreneurship among unemployed rural youth. The company develops protocols for efficient farming of Macadamia, oversees contract farming among small and medium farmers, processes the produce using innovative stacking methods and sells across India and exports to overseas markets.

We believe that the farmer is the only entrepreneur who takes the maximum amount of risk amongst all of us. To be a highly rewarding and socially impacting enterprise in agribusiness and its value chain; we at Bahuvida Limited intend to take mitigate some of this risk by providing them assured income through our Macadamia plantation where we aimed for 1 lakh acres of Macadamia nuts cultivation by 2047 across the country. Bahuvida Limited is renowned for its fair-trade of contract farming and farm produces as a processor and exporter; it’s a first of its kind in India.