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Agro chems – Pesticides, Agro Universities, R&D

The workshop aims to promote use of biological control of invasive crop pests for minimizing the use of synthetic pesticides and creating its awareness among entrepreneurs. 

The ICAR-National Bureau of Agricultural Insect Resources, Bengaluru and the Directorate of Extension Education, Central Agricultural University, Imphal jointly organized a two-day Workshop on “Biological Control of Crop Pests & Invasives and Utilization of Insects as Food in North East Region of India” at the College of Agriculture, CAU, Iroisemba, Imphal in recent. 

The workshop was organized under the Government of India, ICAR-NEH Fund for providing and promoting the use of biological control of crop pests with special reference to the invasive crop pests for minimizing the use of synthetic pesticides, promoting natural fauna of the region for biological control and creating the awareness of entrepreneurship among the farming community of the North-Eastern Hills Region. 

Dr Satyasai Kovvali, General Manager, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development, Regional Office, Imphal marked his presence as the Chief Guest during the occasion. The senior officials of ICAR Institutes and State Government Departments were also present during the occasion. 

The Chief Guest of the valedictory function, Prof. M. Premjit Singh, Vice-Chancellor, CAU, Imphal awarded the progressive farmers for presenting the novel ITKs and innovation on biological means of pests’ management. Prof. Singh also felicitated the trainees of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, State, and ACRIP for best FLDs and KVKs for the dissemination of technologies and input to farmers.

 

About 35 farmers and 25 KVK, State and ACRIP personals from 2 states – Manipur and Nagaland were the beneficiaries of the workshop.

The workshop aims to promote use of

E-commerce, R&D, Trade

FBSciences and Yara spent 2019 field testing the combination of FBSciences technologies and products with Yara’s leading fertilizers and the synergies and results were overwhelmingly positive for growers. 

FBSciences Inc. , a global leader in naturally derived plant health technologies and products, announces a partnership agreement with Yara North America that will focus on developing and delivering innovative plant health solutions to growers across North America and bringing together the power of FBSciences technologies and products with Yara’s industry-leading calcium nitrate fertilizers.

 Biosolutions

FBSciences specializes in biosolutions including biostimulant and biopesticide technologies which form the foundation of comprehensive crop nutrition programs. FBSciences technologies have been tested for over a decade through more than 1,500 trials and have proven over and over they deliver four key things: a) healthier plants and increased yields b) increased quality and nutrient density c) stress mitigation and recovery, and d) increased utilization of other crop inputs.

 ZiCAN™ Soil

FBSciences technologies offer not only increased compatibility but also increased efficiency of other crop inputs. As a result, ZiCAN™ Soil not only promotes the uptake and translocation of the zinc and manganese in its own formulation but also enhances the uptake and translocation of several nutrients including calcium and nitrogen in YaraLiva® CAN-17. This increased nutrient use efficiency will create meaningful increases in ROI for the farmer.

To leverage these synergies, FBSciences and Yara have agreed to design and commercialize additional calcium nitrate compatible products. These products will launch in 2020 across the United States. These products create tangible benefits to the grower and a significant return on investment throughout the value chain.

“FBSciences is very excited to announce this important relationship,” says Courtenay Wolfe, chairman and CEO of FBSciences. “The impact of making crop inputs more compatible, allowing for less applications and inputs, while also increasing performance and efficiency cannot be overstated. We share a common vision with Yara of being a leading change agent in achieving sustainability in agriculture through using less inputs while increasing agricultural productivity and profitability for growers. Working with a world-class partner like Yara gives us the reach needed to significantly advance this goal,” explains Wolfe.

 Debbie Watts, VP premium products for Yara North America explains, “We are a global leader in crop nutrition. We work closely with growers across the world to help improve agricultural productivity and farm performance. We have seen how FBSciences’ technology and products perform in the field, especially when combined with ours, and are confident that these new products represent the next generation of crop nutrition and a meaningful and sustainable step forward in agricultural productivity and farmer profitability.”

FBSciences and Yara spent 2019 field testing

Acquaculture, E-commerce

 The  MoU will enhance consultation and cooperation between both the countries on fisheries including consultation on bilateral issues

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was apprised of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and Iceland in the field of Fisheries. The MoU was signed on September 10, 2019.

The salient features of the MoU are creation of facilities for exchange of scientists and technical experts and their proper placement, especially in areas of estimating total allowable catches in off shore and deep sea areas; provision of training to fisheries professionals from key fisheries institutions in the various management aspects on areas of modern fisheries management and fish processing; exchange of scientific literature research findings and other information; exchange of experts and expertise to study the prospects of fishing; and processing and marketing of products from high seas fisheries for entrepreneurship development.

 The MoU will strengthen the existing friendly relations between India and Iceland and will enhance consultation and cooperation on fisheries including consultation on bilateral issues.

 The  MoU will enhance consultation and cooperation

Country, E-commerce, North America, R&D

Marana facility will capitalize on innovation advancements in proprietary seed chipping, advanced marker technology, automation and data science.

Bayer has opened a new smart, state-of-the-art, automated greenhouse facility in Marana, Ariz. The Marana Greenhouse facility is the first of its kind for the company and the most technically advanced. The approximately USD 100 million facility will serve as a global product design center for corn, the only crop to be grown there. Additionally, the Marana facility will capitalize on innovation advancements in proprietary seed chipping, advanced marker technology, automation and data science. 

With our new Marana greenhouses, Bayer is reimagining the way plant breeding is done and setting the standard for environmental sustainability,” said Bob Reiter, Head of Research and Development for Crop Science at Bayer. “Meeting the unique challenges that farmers face requires different ways of thinking and working, and this new innovative facility is one of the many ways Bayer will deliver on its commitments to farmers.”

 The Marana greenhouses, which occupies 300,000 square feet of growing space, are designed for the sustainable use of inputs throughout the research process. Water used for crops will be recycled, which helps preserve precious desert water supplies, 100 percent of harvested materials will be used for compost and beneficial insects will be used to reduce pesticide applications. 

By locating the Marana Greenhouse facility in the Arizona desert instead of the Midwestern section of the United States where corn is traditionally grown, more days of warmth and sunlight will allow researchers to maintain plants year-round, enabling three to four corn crop cycles annually. Also, by utilizing the controlled environment of the greenhouses, the breeding process comes indoors which eliminates crop exposure to adverse weather conditions and prevents delays in new seed development. Growing conditions can be customized to simulate various climate conditions around the world. 

“Every investment in innovation is an investment in more sustainable agriculture for the next generation, and the effects travel far beyond one site,” added Reiter. “The corn hybrids developed here, under diverse growing environments and weather scenarios, will bring innovation to growers in every part of the world.”

Marana facility will capitalize on innovation advancements

E-commerce, Machinery - Pre-harvesting, Machinery – Post-harvesting, Trade

The tractor demand trend is expected to strengthen on the back of a robust Rabi output and the prevailing crop prices 

Mahindra & Mahindra, India’s largest tractor manufacturer recently announced that the company has sold 21,877 tractors in domestic market in February 2020, as against 18,105 units during February 2019, a growth of 21 percent. Total tractor sales of the company, domestic as well as exports, in the month were at 22,561 units, as against 18,978 units for the same period last year, a growth of 19 percent. Exports for the month stood at 684 units, Mahindra & Mahindra’s Farm Equipment Sector (FES) said in a statement. 

Commenting on the February sales, Rajesh Jejurikar, President – Farm Equipment Sector, Mahindra & Mahindra said, “We are happy to see a growth of 21 percent in domestic tractor sales over last year. We have sold 21,877 tractors in the domestic market during February, 2020. The tractor demand trend is expected to strengthen on the back of a robust Rabi output and the prevailing crop prices. Going forward, the increase in rural and agri spending on core schemes by the Government should augur well for the industry. In the exports market, we have sold 684 tractors.”

 

 

 

The tractor demand trend is expected to

Finance, Schemes - NABARD

Short-term refinance, which is essentially production credit, is provided to banks to help farmers meet their operational costs. 

 The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)  has recenly announced that it had infused `1.46 lakh crore in the rural banking system so far in FY20, which helps augment credit flow into agriculture and other economic activities in the rural areas. 

The development bank said that it had extended `87,069 crore to cooperative banks and regional rural banks in short-term refinance as on February 28, while long-term refinance of `59,502 crore had been provided to the banks and financial institutions. 

Short-term refinance, which is essentially production credit, is provided to banks to help farmers meet their operational costs. On the other hand, long-term refinance is aimed at supporting sectors such as dairy, poultry, fishery, farm mechanization, irrigation and non-farm sectors. 

“In FY20 so far, NABARD has extended `66,397 crore in short-term credit and `6,704 crore long-term credit to rural cooperative banks. Similarly, regional rural banks have availed `14,141 crore in short-term credit and `8,417 crore in long-term credit,” Nabard said in a release. 

In addition, other banks including small finance banks have obtained long-term refinance of `37,895 crore. The development bank has so far extended `4,638 crore to the non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) and microfinance institutions (MFIs) in FY20, in a bid to reach out to a wider network of people in rural areas.

Short-term refinance, which is essentially production credit,

Agro chems – Pesticides, E-commerce, R&D

The insecticide has recently been approved by the Dutch Board for the Authorization of Plant Protection Products (CTGB) 

 

 

 ORO AGRI launched its new insecticide/acaridae OROGANIC™ at HortiContact in Gorinchem, The Netherlands in February 2020. This plant protection product has recently been approved by the Dutch Board for the Authorization of Plant Protection Products (CTGB) and is based on orange oil, an active substance of natural origin. The product is authorized for use on tomato, peppers, chili, cucurbitaceous (e.g. cucumbers) and ornamentals (e.g. cut-flowers) in glasshouses/greenhouses.

OROGANIC has an authorization for use on tomato, bell pepper and chilli, as well as an Extension of Authorization for Minor Use (EAMU) for all the remaining crops listed on the label. Insects controlled include; spider mites, whiteflies, thrips, aphids, scaly insects and mealybugs. Further uses, registrations and label extensions are in the pipeline, as well as several fungicide uses which include Botrytis, Powdery and Downy mildew, for use on both outdoor and indoor crops. 

Carol Pullen, General Manager of ORO AGRI in Europe, commented, “I am very enthusiastic about the launch of this new formulation. It is an improved version of our PREV-AM formulation which has been very successfully used in Southern Europe for more than three years.  The OROGANIC label will expand our portfolio throughout Europe, as we have registrations pending in more than 20 countries. We truly believe that it perfectly fits with our mission statement, which aims at bringing innovative and environmentally preferable crop protection solutions to the marketplace. We thank CEBECO, one of our distributors in The Netherlands, for its help at the trade show and we are excited about the positive response we have received from so many growers interested in our new product.”

OROGANIC offers a rapid and robust knock-down effect on target pests, leaves no residue i.e. no Maximum Residue Level (MRL), has no defined pre-harvest interval (PHI), and is safe to use with biological control programs since it has low impact on beneficial insects and mites – perfect for an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach. OROGANIC contains a built-in adjuvant and is also an excellent tank-mix partner with many other plant protection products.

The physical mode of action of OROGANIC minimizes the risk of resistance to the active ingredient, so it can frequently be used against insects and/or mites and can even solve possible resistances to other active substances used in spray programs and/or tank-mixes.

OROGANIC is an environmentally friendly product and an excellent addition to any grower’s “toolbox”. It comes well in time for the coming season and is the perfect solution for the farmer and grower.

 

The insecticide has recently been approved by

Agro chems – Pesticides, Agro Universities, Agrotech

The training aims to encourage the small scale units to get into testing the residue analysis techniques.

 

CSIR-Indian Institute of Horticulture Research (IIHR) will conduct training on advances in pesticide residue analytical techniques in the food safety referral lab on its campus on April 8 and 9, 2020.

The course directors are Dr Debi Sharma and Dr Partha P Choudhury who are principal scientists in the Division of Biochemistry. The coordination team comprises Dr C K Narayana, chief executive officer, BESST HORT; Vaibhav B S, Dr Shivagangavva P D, Nandini C L, Shyam Kumar K J, Prasanna R and Nitesh.

 The event is organized by the Business Entrepreneurship and Start-up Support through technology in Horticulture (BESST-HORT), a TBI (technology business incubator) of ICAR-IIHR. The objective of the training is encourage the small scale units to get into testing the residue analysis techniques.

 Pesticide residues are the single most important component determining the safety of fresh and processed fruits and vegetables. FSRL has an advanced pesticide residue lab, which analyses stakeholders’ samples, apart from carrying out research in the field.

 One of the major objectives of FSRL is to conduct trainings for various government or non-government officials on food safety analysis. The training will include all aspects of pesticide residue analysis, sample preparation, determination, trouble-shooting, single residue methods, lab accreditation, etc. 

Those eligible for the training are R&D staff, non-governmental labs and post-graduate students of chemistry, among other related researchers. It will equip the candidate to train as an analyst in a food lab.

 It will also empower one with the insight and knowledge regarding setting up of a laboratory. It will acquaint the participants with advanced techniques of pesticide residue analysis following Quenchers method, using GCMS and LCMS.

 The training includes basic knowledge of the validation of analytical methods and accreditation of laboratories.

The training aims to encourage the small

Agrotech, E-commerce, Trade

New partnership will support smallholder farmers under Bayer’s Better Life Farming initiative get better prices for their produce

Bayer  has recently announced its partnership  with Agribazaar, an Indian Agritech platform as an alliance partner for Better Life Farming projects in India. Agribazaar will provide market linkages to smallholder farmers through its e-marketplace and help farmers get better prices for their produce. Bayer will also work independently with Agribazaar to improve access of crop advisory and enable transfer of agri technologies to smallholder farmers.

Speaking about the partnership, Simon Wiebusch, Chief Operating Officer for Bayer’s Crop Science division in India, said, “At Bayer, we want to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers. When farmers get the right remunerative price for their produce, they are encouraged to adopt good agricultural practices and can afford modern agricultural technologies. However, no company can achieve this change alone as it requires the right eco-system, massive capacity building and meaningful collaborations along the agri value chain. With Agribazaar, we aim to enhance our reach to smallholder farmers and offer personalized solutions, enabling them to achieve better harvests more sustainably.”

Sharing his views, Amith Agarwal, Co-Founder & CEO of Agribazaar, said, “Agribazaar is digital platform, along with Bayer’s expertise in providing crop advisory and inputs, will help address Indian farmer’s problems – be it timely availability of advisory, inputs, price discovery, crop traceability or quality assurance. This partnership will help both buyers and sellers transact in a transparent and trusted ecosystem and provide integrated, cost-effective and timely solutions.”

Most farmers in India are smallholder farmers who farm on less than two acres of land. These farmers are vulnerable to challenges such as pests and crop diseases, lack of finance, adverse climate impacts, irrigation management, rural migration and fluctuating commodity prices. Because of these challenges, they are unable to realize their full farming potential.

Through its Crop Science business, Bayer works closely with smallholder farming communities to help them progress from subsistence farming to commercial farming and earn sustainable incomes from their small family farms. In 2018, Bayer formed the ‘Better Life Farming’ alliance that brought together global and local partners across the agri value chain to help smallholder farmers unlock their farming potential. In India, the Better Life Farming alliance is led by Bayer, International Finance Corporation (IFC, a member of the World Bank Group), Netafim, Yara Fertilisers, DeHaat and Big Basket.

 Bayer is also working with a network of smallholder farmers who practice agri-entrepreneurship under its Better Life Farming projects for rice, corn and horticulture crops. With its growing network of agri-entrepreneurs, Bayer aims to serve 2.5 million smallholder farmers across India by 2025.

Agribazaar is an electronic marketplace for agri commodities, which offers a bouquet of services for every stakeholder in the agri value chain. Launched in 2017, it is a full-stack agri tech platform that has traded over 2.2 million metric tons of commodities, worth Rs. 8,150 Crores.

 

 

New partnership will support smallholder farmers under

E-commerce, Finance, Supply Chain, Trade, Warehousing

 The funds will be used to accelerate company’s growth of agri storage network, building its book in warehouse receipt financing. 

Agri post-harvest services platform, Arya recently announced that it has raised $ 6 million in pre-Series B funding from Omnivore and existing investor LGT Lightstone Aspada. Arya provides post-harvest services across the agricultural value chain, including warehousing, warehouse receipt financing, rural storage discovery, collateral management and market linkages. LGT Lightstone Aspada earlier invested in Arya’s Series A round back in December 2016. 

Arya’s clients include farmers, farmer producer organizations (FPOs), financial institutions, SME agri processors, commodity traders and corporate agribusinesses. Arya also offers warehouse receipt financing via Aryadhan, its wholly owned NBFC subsidiary. Aryadhan provides credit to farmers, FPOs and SME aggregators (processors/traders) who have stored agri commodities in the Arya warehouse network.

 Arya is unique in its ability to provide bundled warehousing and warehouse receipt financing solutions for smallholder farmers and FPOs in rural India. Based out of Delhi, the company currently manages over 2.5 million MT of agri commodities in its 1400 warehouses, with around 75% of its warehousing capacity located in primary and secondary (village and small mandi level) markets. Arya is also launching a rural storage discovery platform aiming to build a pan-India agri warehousing marketplace.

 Until 2013, Arya was part of the JM Baxi Group. That year, Prasanna Rao and Anand Chandra acquired a controlling stake in the company. Prasanna had previously been the Head of Agri Commodity Finance at ICICI Bank, while Anand was previously ICICI Bank’s National Product Head for Agri Commodity Finance. More recently, they were joined by Chattanathan D, the former Group Product Head of the Rural and Inclusive Banking Group at ICICI Bank. 

Arya plans to use the pre-Series B funding to accelerate the growth of their agri storage network, build their book in warehouse receipt financing, and lay the foundations of a pan-India agri warehousing marketplace. The company plans to launch their Series B fundraising round by mid-2020. 

According to Prasanna Rao, Co-Founder & CEO of Arya, “Arya’s warehousing model profitably serves the agri storage and financing needs of smallholders, FPOs, and corporations in the smaller rural markets. We are delighted to have Omnivore join our investor group alongside LGT Lightstone Aspada. With their experience supporting technology driven innovation in agriculture, Omnivore’s coming on board will strengthen our next generation work to further improve efficiencies in the post-harvest ecosystem.” 

Commenting on the transaction, Jinesh Shah, Managing Partner of Omnivore, said “The Arya team is transforming agri storage and financing across rural India, making small-scale warehousing viable at the village level, which farmers desperately require. Omnivore is thrilled to partner with Arya and Aspada to make this revolution a reality for all.”

 Kushal Agrawal, Partner & CFO of Lightstone Aspada said, “Arya has successfully demonstrated its unique ability to serve the hitherto underserved warehousing and warehouse receipt financing markets in primary and secondary geographies, and we look forward to the growth phase of this business alongside a like-minded investor such as Omnivore.”

 The funds will be used to accelerate

Agro chems – Pesticides, E-commerce, R&D

It boasts of strong stress resistance, widely existing on the surface of soil and plants.It is non-toxic and harmless to humans, livestock and the environment.

Recently, Bayer launched its first biofungicide, Serenade, in China. Through the symbiosis in root periphery, this product could create a protective barrier around the root of plants. While helping plants absorb more effective nutrients from the soil, it also enables the root system to grow more vigorously and enhances the “immunity” of plants, which reduces the incidence of plant diseases.

 Serenade contains QST713, a biocontrol microorganism, which is a gram-positive rod-shaped bacteria widely distributed in different living environments. It boasts of strong stress resistance, widely existing on the surface of soil and plants. At the same time, it is also a kind of endophyte, being non-toxic and harmless to humans, livestock and the environment.

Rapid root colonization

Serenade has an excellent root colonization ability. After colonization, the plant will grow a large number of lateral roots, which are denser and take longer to absorb more phosphorus elements, whilst increasing the quantity of other nutrients and enhancing water absorption, thus ensuring the root system is more stable.  

Different ways to promote growth

Serenade secretes auxins such as butanediol and indoleacetic acid to promote plant growth in the early stages. Its complex iron and enzyme varieties can decompose the organic matter in the soil into the nutrients, which are more easily absorbed by the plant root system, thus benefiting the plant. 

 Concurrent control of fungi and bacteria 

Serenade is colonized in the root to form a protective film, which can prevent and control a large variety of crop fungal and bacterial diseases. It can also induce plants to produce a systemic defense response to resist diseases and stress. 

Easy use

Serenade has a strong property of heat resistance and stress resistance, and can be applied to the crop field without temperature and light restraints, thus enabling its wide applicability. It is mix-tank compatible, and can be mixed reliably with most of the fungicides, insecticides, herbicides and fertilizers.

 

It boasts of strong stress resistance, widely

E-commerce, R&D, Seeds

Hybrids, which have been rigorously tested and vetted by the company’s team of corn breeders, include eight new base genetics from 95 to 115 RM.

 

Wyffels Hybrids has recently announced the release of 12 new hybrids to corn growers in the Central Corn Belt for the 2021 planting season. These hybrids, which have been rigorously tested and vetted by the company’s team of corn breeders, include eight new base genetics from 95 to 115 RM.

 “We are excited to introduce another outstanding class of hybrids that bring tremendous yield potential, proven stability and great agronomics,” says Shane Meis, director of research at Wyffels Hybrids. “They elevate an already industry-leading lineup to new heights and will play a prominent role in Wyffels’ mission to relentlessly work together to serve corn growers in the pursuit of a more productive and profitable crop.”

 Wyffels and its team of seed representatives take great pride in working with their customers to help them find a package of hybrids that fit their specific needs. Corn growers have the ability to choose from a top-performing lineup of Wyffels products with SmartStax (SS) and VT Double PRO (VT2P) traits, as well as conventional (CONV) hybrids.

Hybrids, which have been rigorously tested and

E-commerce, Machinery - Pre-harvesting, Trade

It is controlled by Kinze’s Blue Vantage display that features a diagnostics screen and high-definition mapping.

 

Planting season downtime steals yield and productivity, and maintenance can be costly. With that in mind, Kinze Manufacturing introduces new planters and planter enhancements for the 2021 season and a second-generation Mach Till for spring 2020. 

05 Series planters: The planters include double parallel arm bushing with impregnated lubrication, double row bearing disk openers and a bulk-fill seed system.

4705 24-row, 30″ planter: It includes tires in front of the toolbar in a front-fold configuration with 600-gallons of liquid fertilizer capacity. The planter uses Blue Drive electric drive and True Rate meters. 

High-speed planting meters and seed tubes: True Speed technology provides seed placement at up to 12 mph and eliminates the need for singulator adjustments when switching seed types and sizes. It is controlled by Kinze’s Blue Vantage display that features a diagnostics screen and high-definition mapping. True Speed was created with Ag Leader Technology, which will market its own version called ‘Sure Speed’. The companies will distribute the meters and seed tubes through their dealer network.

Narrow transport Mach Till: The three-section frame folds to 13’2″ on the 30’ and 36’ sizes and 16’ on the 41’ unit.

It is controlled by Kinze’s Blue

Logistics, Supply Chain, Trade

Though its end-to-end cold chain solutions, Maersk aim to enable the exporters to take their grapes from Nashik to North Europe with a fast turn-around time

Maersk, a leading global integrated container logistics company, has recently started end-to-end cold chain logistics solution for its customers exporting grapes from Nashik and Sangli to North Europe. With this new offering, Maersk is enabling the exporters from the region to supply high quality Indian grapes to global market and helping fetch higher returns for the farmer community in and around the Nashik district. Leveraging its variety of services throughout the supply chain, Maersk is improving the overall turnaround time to North Europe by 4 days.

 Gearing up for the peak grape season and helping exporters based in Nashik, ‘The Grape Capital of India’, Maersk’s cold chain offerings go all the way from the pack house of the exporters to the destination in North Europe. Maersk is thus being the one-stop-shop for its customers by offering booking management, transportation including land-based and ocean logistics and customs clearance. The movement of grapes is being done in refrigerated containers (Reefers) with Remote Container Management solution ‘Captain Peter’ that monitors atmospheric conditions inside the container and provides visibility of the same to the customers. Maersk is also deploying a Reefer technician to overlook contingencies throughout the journey.

 Steve Felder, Managing Director, Maersk South Asia, said “Nashik is a priority market for the exports of grapes from India. With our end-to-end cold chain solutions, we aim to enable the exporters to take their grapes from Nashik to North Europe with a fast turn-around time, and with more simplicity. By providing a one-stop-shop solution, we are enabling the farmers to focus on what they do best, leave the logistics to us and not get bothered by any challenges that they might face in the journey of their produce from their farms to their customers.” 

He added, “Besides grapes, the region also yields other quality agro-produce like onions, tomato, chilli, baby corn, okra and other vegetables, which has immense trade potential in the global markets. With our cold chain logistics solutions, we aim to further open-up and liberalize the agro-economy of the country enabling farmers and entrepreneurs to be a part of the international trade ecosystem.”

 By providing end-to-end solutions, Maersk allows the exporters to initiate bookings in the easiest manner possible – even through WhatsApp and Emails. From there on, the teams at Maersk take over and ensure that every step in the long journey is taken care of. Ultimately, by consolidating the entire journey, Maersk is not only able to cut down on the total time required for taking the cargo of grapes from Nashik to North Europe but also add reliability in preserving quality of the produce. With the elimination of intermediaries, the effective cost of logistics is brought down making it a win-win situation for Maersk, the exporters and their customers. 

 Mayank Tandon, Vice-President of FreshTrop, applauded Maersk’s cold chain solution saying, “We are extremely excited about the value proposition of Maersk’s cold chain solution. As a unique proposition in the industry, it has the potential to add great value by the virtue of visibility it offers us on our cargo. We are looking forward to serving our customers better with the tools that Maersk has placed in our hands through a single window solution for our logistic needs.”

Ranjeet Patil, Director Fresh Express, a customer using Maersk’s end-to-end solution for exporting grapes out of Nashik, commented “The cold chain solution for grape shipments from India is an excellent initiative by Maersk. The efforts being made by the Maersk team to visit shippers, train teams on the shippers’ side will help smoothen the entire process including booking of the container, inland transport and documentation. This will bring in considerable ease and speed while ensuring complete visibility of cargo temperature and container location. Remote Container Management along with Trade Lens will greatly help our customers as well.” 

Maersk aims at expanding its end to end cold chain solutions across the country to tap in all the seasonal exports to eventually enable trade for the agro-based industry from India.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Though its end-to-end cold chain solutions, Maersk