About Us
BIOWIN AGRO RESEARCH , MANANTHAVADY
Self reliant & vibrant farming community living in a sustainable and healthy environment with cherishing human values of love, justice, solidarity and human dignity as well as their equity in the social capital ascertained..
About Us
Biowin Agro Research is a Non-Profitable company established under Section 8 (previously Sn. 25C) of the Companies Act, 1956 with an intention to take over and upgrade the Organic Certification programme and allied agricultural activities of Wayanad Social Service Society (WSSS), with the motto of sustainable development and ensure the rightful share of the small scale farmers by responsible marketing of organically grown Indian Coffee, Spices and Fruits collecting from the misty historic hill folds of Wayanad - land of plantations and spices. Biowin Agro Research is an initiative of the Catholic Diocese of Manananthavady to support and facilitate its small scale farmers
MISSION
Organizing and empowering the farming community to develop an unbeatable supply chain with ample standard of quality products to meet the satisfaction of customers through participatory development process coupled with innovative technologies and value addition without neglecting the rightful market share of the small scale farmers.
Our History
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1974
Establishment of WSSS as the official organisation of Catholic Diocese of Mananthavady for social action.
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1999
WSSS started its organic certification programme with 90 small scale farmers
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2002
Spices Board assistance to setup a spices processing unit with 15 KW where pepper grading and powdering machineries installed
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2008
Establishment of Farmer Producer Organisation named WOFFA with 414 farmers. WOFFA got Fairtrade accreditation on the same year
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2009
NABARD funded by KfW (Germany) under UPNRM project sanctioned a loan to setup a food processing centre and reach out the organic certification programme into 10000 farmers
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2010
MoC, Govt. of India through KINFRA and Coffee Board under ASIDE supported to establish a modern food processing centre with 750KVA power and foundation stone for Bioland Agro Processing Centre was laid down on 09.01.2010
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2013
Registration of Biowin Agro Research as a non-profitable company under Sn.8 of Indian Companies Act on 07/08/2013
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2014
Inauguration of Bioland Agro Processing Centre on 10.10.2014. DEG (Germany) with Ecoland GmbH supported to upgrade the facilities in Bioland Agro Processing Centre.
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2015
Biowin Agro Research took over the Organic Certification programme of WSSS and its all agricultural allied activities. Establishment of Farmer Producer Organisation named KAFFE with 4357 farmers.
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2019
Inaugurated the new coffee pulping unit at Palakkuli with drying and storage facility on 26/01/2019 and the total number of farmers registered with our organic certification programme reached 18000.
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2021
Foundation stone for the new facility is laid down by Protosyncellus Msgr. Paul Mundolical on 30/04/2021 in the extended premise of Biowin