Pune-based BioPrime AgriSolutions, a pioneer in the biological crop solutions, has entered into a commercial collaboration with The Mosaic Company, a global leader in crop nutrition, to incorporate its biological components into the US-based company’s crop nutrition solutions.
BioPrime co-founder and Chief Executive Officer Renuka Diwan told businessline that the collaboration will support growers with solutions that will tap the plant’s potential, optimise resource use and build long-term agronomic resilience.
The partnership will directly benefit farmers by delivering improved productivity from the same quantity of fertiliser input. The collaboration with The Mosaic Company will facilitate easier integration of BioPrime’s biological additives into fertiliser sachets and formulations.
7 grades validated
The bio additives are developed as powders compatible with existing fertilizer production infrastructure, allowing easy coating without altering regulatory nutrient profiles, said the company’s co-founder and CEO.
Diwan said seven fertilizer grades have been validated for integration, covering plant growth stages from vegetative to reproductive phases.
The collaboration will be under a commercial agreement where Bioprime will supply ready-to-integrate bio additives, blended by Mosaic during fertilizer packaging. The crop performance system will simultaneously operate across multiple biological levers.
“We aim to improve fertiliser efficiency without increasing the farmer’s overall fertiliser costs. The core objective is to help farmers achieve higher productivity, better nutrient absorption and improved outcomes from existing fertiliser usage,” she said, adding they need not pay anything additional for this.
Maximising output
The goal will not be to encourage increased fertiliser dosage, but to maximise output from current input levels. BioPrime and The Mosaic Company had carried out trials on farmers for two years before deciding to go ahead and launch the joint initiative, said Diwan.
The collaboration comes at a time when demand for sustainable agriculture is increasing amid disruptions to fertiliser supply. It will focus on farmer education, she said.
Diwan said the initiative aims to reflect the government’s growing focus on biologicals amid fertilizer import and supply issues. It benefits beyond generic fertilizer use, focusing on nutrient use efficiency and plant health.
“The current fertiliser use efficiency in the country is estimated at approximately 20 per cent. Globally, it is 30 per cent, highlighting significant scope for optimisation,” said the company’s co-founder and CEO.
Coming when costs are rising
BioPrime, powered by its proprietary SNIPRTM discovery platform, has been working on improving Nutrient Use Efficiency (NUE) to ensure farmers derive greater benefits from fertiliser application. The collaboration with The Mosaic Company has strengthened this effort and accelerated commercialisation.
Diwan said the collaboration comes at a time when farmers are facing increasing cost pressures and supply volatility across key agricultural inputs. “Integrated solutions that improve efficiency and productivity are essential to support sustainable and profitable farming,” she said.
The BioPrime- Mosaic partnership is designed to advance a more ambitious thesis that fertilizers, integrated with advanced biological intelligence, can do far more than feed the plant, said the company’s co-founder and CEO.
Elevating fertilizers
It aims to create a new category of solution, one that nourishes, activates and strengthens crops across their entire growth cycle. “By embedding biological intelligence into proven nutrition platforms, we are not replacing the fertilizer; we are elevating it. The result is a system that activates the plant, optimises the input and strengthens the farm,” she said.
By layering BioPrime’s biological innovations derived from its SNIPRTM platform directly into Mosaic’s proven crop nutrition frameworks, this collaboration aims to create a new category of solution, one that nourishes, activates and strengthens crops across their entire growth cycle.
The company’s biologicals activate key plant metabolic pathways, enabling crops to convert available nutrients into yield more effectively, reducing waste and improving return. It integrates biological components of crops against abiotic stress, drought, heat and salinity, thereby sustaining performance in the increasingly volatile climate conditions facing farmers worldwide.
Seeking patents abroad
Robin Edwin, Director, The Mosaic Company, said, “Our collaboration with BioPrime® is another step in building integrated solutions that help growers improve productivity, nutrient efficiency and overall farm performance.”
Diwan said BioPrime has sought patents in India and 16 other countries, supporting confidence in global commercialisation efforts.
She said the current geopolitical crisis has come as a positive one for the biologicals sector. It is now getting due recognition; there is farmer interest and the required push from the government.
“The long-term vision is to gradually reduce dependency on conventional fertilizers through biological solutions that improve efficiency and soil health,” said the Bioprime co-founder and CEO.
Published on May 25, 2026