INERA launches NAVODAYA 2026 in Bengaluru, bringing new crop solutions to Karnataka’s farmers
INERA, the agricultural biotechnology arm of Absolute, launched NAVODAYA 2026 in Bengaluru, unveiling its new solutions to around 100 dealer partners from across Karnataka. The launch introduced INERA’s patented biostimulant, along with nutrition use efficiency solutions and speciality fertilizers, giving the state’s farmers solutions for the whole crop season.
The new Bio range is led by BioMorphX, INERA’s patented, first-of-its-kind enzyme-driven biostimulant. Applied to the soil or seed at sowing, it activates the root zone from day zero for stronger roots and a more even crop, in crops such as paddy and tomato. Leiro™ Biostamin, a plant-based protein hydrolysate sprayed on the leaves, helps crops hold their flowers and fruit through abiotic stress. XOVIO™ Milvaura, a biological fungicide, protects fruits and vegetables, including grapes, against powdery and downy mildew while helping growers keep residues low.
Alongside the Bio range, INERA launched VYNRO™, a range of 10 speciality water-soluble fertilizer grades for drip irrigation and foliar feeding, suited to the state’s drip-irrigated horticulture, the company claimed in a press release.
“Ensuring farmer profitability and strengthening India’s agri ecosystem has always been our prime goal, and we believe the next leap in Indian farming will come from biology,” said Mr. Prateek Rawat, Chief Operating Officer, Absolute and INERA. “With years of R&D, India’s largest dedicated biological field-trial practice and more than one lakh farm demonstrations behind us, we believe INERA is well poised to lead the way for the well-being of farmers and consumers alike. To see our patented biostimulant now reach Karnataka’s farms is a proud moment for all of us.”
Karnataka is India’s largest coffee producer and grows grapes, mangoes, tomatoes and flowers at scale, sending its mangoes and roses to markets around the world. This year’s southwest monsoon ended 32% below normal across the state, according to India Meteorological Department data, and its growers now face pressure on three fronts: abiotic stress, export markets that enforce strict residue limits, and the challenge of keeping soils productive under intensive farming. INERA, already well established across Karnataka through its network of dealer partners, has built its new Bio range to help farmers meet these challenges.
“INERA’s team has been working on the problem statements in soil health, nutrition use efficiency, crop and climate resilience, and biocontrol,” said Mr. CAS Naidu, Business Head – B2C, INERA.“From its rich innovation pipeline of proprietary new technologies, today in Bengaluru, we are launching two new products, BioMorphX and XOVIO™ Milvaura, enabling farming communities to help effectively manage the challenges encountered in the rhizosphere and powdery mildew disease respectively.”
INERA’s products are built on Absolute’s Nature Intelligence Platform (NIP™), the largest library of agriculture-associated novel microbial strains, peptides and metabolites, including more than 35,000 unique strains sourced from extreme habitats around the globe and through AI-driven discovery. INERA turns these discoveries into products through its own delivery and formulation science. INERA’s proprietary technologies also include STREAC™, which activates biological formulations in response to stress signals in the field.
At the launch, INERA also showcased its future innovation strategies like RNAi-based biocontrols and advanced peptide-based inputs.
Mr. Rawat attended the launch along with INERA’s leadership team. The new products will reach farmers across Karnataka through INERA’s dealer network. NAVODAYA means “new dawn”, and for INERA the launch marks a new chapter in its already strong partnership with Karnataka’s farmers. With former India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the face of its promise, Meri Mitti, Mera Yakeen (My soil, my trust), INERA is committed to helping them grow stronger crops on healthier soil, season after season.
INERA is the agricultural biotechnology arm of Absolute, focused on translating advances in biology and AI into scalable regenerative solutions for farmers. Its portfolio is designed to improve farm productivity and profitability, strengthen soil and crop resilience, and reduce dependence on conventional chemical inputs.
Powered by Absolute’s Nature Intelligence Platform (NIP™) and Nature+™ AI platform, INERA develops technologies spanning microbials, peptides, secondary metabolites, designer proteins and RNAi, which are translated into biostimulants, biocontrols, crop nutrition and seed-coating solutions.
INERA has a field-validation network spanning 100+ acres across 10+ agro-climatic zones, with more than 50,000 field trials and farmer demonstrations conducted to date, and is growing its international presence across the United States, Africa and Southeast Asia.
