August 13, 2003
Source: The Economic Times
Avesthagen enters into JV with Icrisat

Bangalore-based biotech firm Avesthagen has tied-up with state government of Andhra Pradesh and the international Crop Research Institute for Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) to provide technological support to the emerging food, water and seed-testing sectors. The tie-up will focus on providing testing services based on gene technologies. The tie-up with Icrisat is also aimed at developing improved crop varieties and to translate into definite intellectual property rights (IPRs) for both the parties.