AWL Agri Business Limited has backed the expansion of the Solvent Extractors' Association of India's Regenerative Mustard Model Farm Programme after first-phase demonstration farms recorded mustard yield improvements of up to 30 per cent across Rajasthan, Haryana and Madhya Pradesh during the 2025-26 Rabi season.
The first phase covered 3,000 demonstration plots across 14 districts in the three states. AWL participated as lead sponsor in partnership with Bunge India, Louis Dreyfus India, Godrej Agrovet, VVF India, JR Agro Industries and Arihant Solvex. Solidaridad Network Asia served as the implementation partner.
In Rajasthan, 1,320 plots recorded a 30 per cent increase in yields to 2,409 kilograms per hectare from 1,853 kilograms per hectare, with the benefit-cost ratio improving to 4.0 from 2.6. In Haryana, 100 plots saw a 30 per cent yield increase to 2,470 kilograms per hectare from 1,900 kilograms per hectare, with the benefit-cost ratio moving to 4.8 from 3.5. In Madhya Pradesh, 1,580 plots registered a 20.5 per cent yield increase to 2,295 kilograms per hectare from 1,900 kilograms per hectare, with the benefit-cost ratio at 3.1 against 2.5.
The next phase during the 2026-27 crop cycle will establish over 400 regenerative groundnut and soybean model farms during the Kharif season and more than 3,000 regenerative rape-mustard model farms during the Rabi season across the three states. The expansion supports the Government of India's National Mission on Edible Oils-Oilseeds, which targets higher domestic oilseed production and reduced dependence on edible oil imports.
Shrikant Kanhere, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of AWL Agri Business Limited, said India's path to edible oil self-reliance begins with improving productivity at the farm level. Regenerative agriculture can help farmers produce more while improving soil health and using inputs efficiently. India currently imports nearly 55 to 60 per cent of its edible oil requirements.
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