RASHVEE-INTERNATIONAL PHYTOSANITARY RESEARCH AND SERVICES Pvt. ltd.

Rashvee-International Phytosanitary Research & Services Pvt Ltd (R-IPRS) is an agri–startup that aims to give cutting-edge, climate resilient, and ecologically and economically viable plant protection technologies. It primarily focusses on marginal farmers with multi-crop systems, who constitute 80% of Indian agrarian system, thus with an expansive market presence in India, Africa and much of Asia. The first task at hand is to develop a ecologically and economically viable plant health products for fruits and vegetables. These will be safe to humans, bees and non-target organisms. R-IPRS is also developing herbal products using semio-chemical and olfaction behavior-based technologies. Our target insects are  especially thrips, whiteflies, aphids, mites, etc. 

Besides we offer Phytosanitary Service for Inspection of Consignments of Plants/ Plant Products & other Regulated Articles in Export and consultancy to farmers in GAP. 

R-IPRS will publish journals & books related to plant protection, and other aspects of agriculture relevant to extension, farmers and  students. We lend editorial and  web management support to Insect Environment. 

R-IPRS is founded by Dr. Rashmi MA a women entrepreneur & Entomologist from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru working under the chairmanship of Dr. Abraham Verghese Former Director, ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources (NBAIR), Bengalore with about 40 years of vast experience and several patents in this field. 

Our products are non-insecticidal and augur well with natural farming. R-IPRS has received funding under Department of Biotechnology, Government of India's Biotechnology Ignition Grant Scheme (BIG), from Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC), Grant via SINE, IIT Mumbai. 

We are incubated with  BESST HORT  under ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bengaluru