Archive · 26 May 2025
NIRCA Partners With Hyderabad Firm for Tobacco Curing Test
The National Institute for Research on Commercial Agriculture (NIRCA) is teaming up with Owl Techno, a company from Hyderabad, to test a new machine.
This machine uses hot air and electricity to dry tobacco leaves, a process called curing.
They signed an agreement to work together on designing, testing, and promoting this new method.
The goal is to find a better way to cure tobacco leaves.
This new method focuses on electric hot air pump for curing.
NIRCA and Owl Techno signed an MoU to test electric hot air chamber.
The focus is on advancing the use of electric hot air pumps for tobacco curing.
The initiative includes designing, evaluating, and promoting the new method.
The collaboration is for curing Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV) tobacco.
The NIRCA director is M. Sheshu Madhav.
- Who
- The National Institute for Research on Commercial Agriculture (NIRCA) and Owl Techno.
- What
- NIRCA and Owl Techno are testing an electric hot air chamber.
- When
- May 26, 2025
- Where
- Hyderabad
- Why
- To advance the electric hot air pump for curing FCV tobacco.
- Partners
- NIRCA and Owl Techno
- Location of Owl Techno
- Hyderabad
- Objective
- Test and advance the 'Electric hot air chamber'
- Type of Tobacco
- Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV)
- NIRCA Director
- M. Sheshu Madhav