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Agro Universities, Agrotech, R&D

The MoU aims at strengthening the activities on scientific farm mechanisation on small and marginal landholdings

The ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Goa recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Montfort Academy, Industrial Training Institute, Corlim, Goa.

 

Dr Parveen Kumar, Director, ICAR-CCARI, Goa stressed the capacity building on the different aspects of farm mechanisation and agricultural engineering through the MoU.

 

Brother Prem, Principal & Director, Montfort Academy, ITI underlined the academy’s activities.

 

The MoU aims at strengthening the activities on scientific farm mechanisation on small and marginal landholdings and capacity building of students on the different aspects of agriculture. The senior officials and staff members of both the organisations were present during the occasion.

The MoU aims at strengthening the activities

Agrotech, R&D

Visits Farmer’s Innovative Agro-Technique plots in Sipora Ambhora Village, Jaffrabad Tehsil, Jalna district, Maharashtra

Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR) recently visited the Farmer’s Innovative Agro-Technique Plots in Sipora Ambhora Village, Jaffrabad Tehsil, Jalna district, Maharashtra. Addressing farmers at the innovative plots, the Director-General applauded the potential of ’Dada Lad’ Technique for doubling the average productivity of cotton in the irrigated areas in Maharashtra. He also emphasised the scope for the spread of technique to the similar agro-ecologies in the other states where irrigated cotton is cultivated like Punjab. Dr Mohapatra also urged the cotton researchers to study the agro-techniques practised by the farmers – Rameshwar Ambhore and Kishore Chavan.

Dinesh Kulkarni, Secretary, Akhil Bharatiya Kisan Sangh underlined about ’Dada Lad’ Technique’s adoption by around 700 farmers in Jalna, Jalgaon and Nandurbar Districts. He also stressed the promotion of such technologies by the ICAR and other stakeholders for profitable farming and retaining the rural youth in agriculture.

Dr Suresh Kumar Chaudhari, Deputy Director General (Natural Resource Management & Agricultural Engineering), ICAR along with Senior Officials of ICAR & its Institutes and Vice-Chancellors of State Agricultural Universities were also present during the occasion.

Visits Farmer’s Innovative Agro-Technique plots in Sipora

AgroPolicy, Supply Chain, Trade

Visits Pahalgam and inspects stalls by various departments

Union Minister for Textiles, Commerce and Industries and Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Piyush Goyal recently visited Pahalgam and inspected stalls put up by various departments including animal husbandry, district industries, horticulture, sheep husbandry etc.

 

Goyal, while interacting with various officials at the stalls, took a brief description of the various products on display. He also inquired regarding the production of these products. He specially laid emphasis on promoting products that can add up to the export potential of the UT. He gave directions to the district administration to extend all possible support to the local entrepreneurs and artisans for increasing productivity.

Visits Pahalgam and inspects stalls by various

Agrotech, Supply Chain

The integration is expected to fast-track business scalability and immensely benefit the agriculture sector at the grassroots level

India’s B2B e-marketplace Agri10x announced its integration with Polygon, a leading ethereum scaling solution provider, aiming to give a facelift to the agriculture sector. Agri10x’s AI and blockchain-enabled platform connects farmers with buyers worldwide, whereas Polygon is popularly known for providing ethereum scaling solutions. This integration is expected to fast-track business scalability and immensely benefit the agriculture sector at the grassroots level.

Polygon addresses pain points associated with blockchain without compromising on security. Its key features include compatibility, flexibility, and scalability. Polygon provides complete compatibility with ethereum, which enables developers to adapt quickly. Polygon also employs a wide range of solutions that give users flexibility and scalability with low transaction fees that are a fraction of what standard ETH transactions cost.

Agri10x CTO & co-founder, Sundeep Bose added, “Blockchain is a superior technology that offers transparency, traceability, immutability, and reliability across different synergies in the post-harvest eco-system. This tie-up will enhance our current platform. We are aiming at a faster and more cost-efficient delivery, improve product traceability at the farm gate level and aid access to micro-financing.”

The integration is being seen as part of Agri10x’s broader strategy to seize growth opportunities across different verticals, diversify globally and ameliorate efficiency in the demand and supply chain model too. Apart from India, Agri10x is fast expanding its footprint offshore and making its presence felt across Southeast Asia and the Middle East countries.

 

The integration is expected to fast-track business

Agrotech, IT

Famrut will assist farmers in extracting maximum yield and thereby revenue by connecting with relevant stakeholders in the agricultural ecosystem

ESDS Software Solution, a leading managed cloud service and end-to-end multi-cloud requirements provider, has launched its digital platform ’Famrut’ at its Nashik Data Center.

 

The key objective of Famrut is to assist the farmers in extracting maximum yield and thereby revenue from their piece of land by connecting them with relevant stakeholders in the agricultural ecosystem. Through Famrut, the company aims to deliver farming solutions to farmers across the nation. 

 

ESDS’s Famrut will enable farmers to connect with agronomists of their choice, accessibility to banking and insurance products, markets, and crop and cattle management, logistics and solutions help with farming. 

Famrut will assist farmers in extracting maximum

Agro chems – Pesticides, Agrotech

Kirari helps to fight late blight disease in potatoes and is a researched product from Nissan Chemical Corporation, Japan

Dhanuka Agritech has launched Kirari to control late blight disease in potatoes. Kirari is the researched product from Nissan Chemical Corporation, Japan.

Subodh Kumar Gupta, Dhanuka Agritech, Chief Marketing Manager said, “Late blight is the most feared disease of potato. Kirari is having a preventive and curative mode of action and controls different stages of Oomycetes fungi. The recommended dose of Kirari in potato crops is 200 ml/acre.

Subject matter expert RK Dhuria gave the technical session on MYCORe, Conika, Vitavax Power for the potato crop.

Guest of honour for the launch event were Atul Kumar GM North India and Dr RS Chauhan Senior Scientist and Head KVK (Krishi Vigyan Kendra) Bitchpuri Agra.

Kirari helps to fight late blight disease

Agro chems – Chemicals, Agrotech

Onekil is a new Japanese technology for weed control

Gurugram-based Dhanuka Agritech has launched Onekill, a new Japanese technology for weed control, across four districts in Rajasthan – Sikar, Jhalawar, Kota and Baran.

Subodh Kumar Gupta, Chief Marketing Manager, Dhanuka Agritech, launched Onekil and gave a technical session on Onekil among trade partners.

He said, “For the first time, Indian onion growers will experience ONEKIL, a 9(3) molecule that is a complete solution for weed-free onion crops. ONEKlL is a post emergence, systemic herbicide that controls narrow leaf weeds as well as broad leaf weeds. Once ONEKIL is absorbed by the onion crop’s foliage and root system, it provides longer residual control to most of the weeds.”

Gupta added, “Moreover, ONEKIL lasts for one to two hours and has effective rain fastness. ONEKIL has a dual mode of action and has excellent translocation activity.”

Onekil is a new Japanese technology for

Agro chems – Pesticides, Agrotech, R&D

The move will help growers around the world fight pests and diseases and improve crop quality and yields

UPL and OpenAg, has announced a long-term strategic collaboration with Chr Hansen, a global bioscience company, to develop microbial-based bio solutions (including biostimulants and biopesticides) that will help growers around the world fight pests and diseases, and improve crop quality and yields.

 

Through this collaboration, UPL will use its global presence to undertake research and identify opportunities and product concepts to address farmers’ pain points. From these insights, Chr Hansen will design biological products based on their microbial capabilities and UPL will register and commercialise these products via its extensive global distribution network.

 

UPL is the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of bio solutions, and earlier this year launched ’NPP – Natural Plant Protection’ – a new global business unit championing UPL’s comprehensive portfolio of natural and biologically derived agricultural inputs and technologies.

 

Kim Christensen, Vice President of Plant Health, Chr Hansen said, “The partnership is an important step in our 2025 strategy of growing a better world naturally. In essence, the collaboration aims to establish a product pipeline that has the best interests of farmers at heart.”

 

The UPL-Chr Hansen partnership has already identified several projects relevant to farmers globally and aims to develop a product pipeline for all major crops that will enable farmers to fight crop diseases and increase their yields. The companies are expecting the first registrations to start coming by the end of 2022.

The move will help growers around the

Agrotech, Thailand

VNU Asia Pacific drives the scientific laboratory equipment market through the full-fledged online event

VNU Asia Pacific in association with Science and Technology Trade Association and Thailand Center of Excellence for Life Sciences (Public organization) under Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation unveils to organize Thailand LAB INTERNATIONAL 2021 and FutureCHEM INTERNATIONAL 2021, the full-fledged online exhibition scheduled to take place during 27 -29 October 2021.

All registered users will have a chance to win the rewards from the organizer. Students will receive scholarships or personnel from academic institutes as a special campaign to create awareness and support them to be the next driver for development and investment in scientific laboratory equipment for life sciences, biotechnology and chemical industry in the region in the future. 

Thailand Lab & FutureCHEM 2021, will be an online exhibition platform encompassing booths from almost 100 leading exhibitors, organizations, and public agencies as well as associations from the country. Both exhibition and conference will be convened fully under a new sophisticated virtual platform in order to facilitate exhibitors and all visitors to pursue all activities, from pre-registration, information access, online conference and seminar, online networking activities as well as online business matching service.

“Thailand LAB INTERNATIONAL 2021 is one of remarkable laboratory exhibition, showcasing new products, technologies, innovations, and researches through the virtual booths and exhibition with real-time communication on the Live Chat with the exhibitor. The event shall be gathered with the world-leading scientific companies such as Thermo Fisher Scientific, Danaher, Merck, Eppendorf, Mettler Toledo, PerkinElmer, Agilent Technologies and Sartorius, Shimadzu together with key distributors in the country, for example, DKSH, Becthai, Bara Scientific, Bio Active, Sithiporn and Geneplus to showcase their technologies and innovations for research and industry sectors covering on food and drug, cosmetics, life sciences, medical and healthcare technology. Moreover, FutureCHEM INTERNATIONAL 2021, the new event for this year is aimed at the chemical industry in particular those on petrochemical, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and food & dietary supplement industries which shall be presented through our conferences by the experts from the public and private sectors as well as associations and business companies on chemical industry” said Khun Anucha Parnpichate, Senior Project Manager of VNU Asia Pacific.

Variety of conference and seminar with over 30 sessions shall serve as the highlight of this year event by the organizer together with public and private sectors, associations and leading educational institutes in this industrial concerned such as Thailand Center of Excellence for Life Sciences (Public organization), National Institute of Metrology (Thailand), Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, Biotech Industry Club and Dietary Supplement Club from The Federation of Thai Industries, The Association of Medical Technologists of Thailand, The Virology Association (Thailand), The Biosafety Association (Thailand), Thai Society of Toxicology, National Food Institute and AOAC International Thailand Section, Institute of Food Research and Product Development, KU-FIRST, Department of Livestock Development, Thai Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Post Graduate Foundation – Veterinary Science Mahidol University (PGF-VSMU), The Faculty of Public Health, Thammasat University, Thai Institute of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Polymer Society of Thailand, Thai Industrial Pharmacist Association of Thailand,  The Society of Cosmetic Chemists of Thailand, Thai Cosmetic Cluster and Thai Young Scientists Academy in order to promote Thailand LAB INTERNATIONAL 2021 and  FutureCHEM INTERNATIONAL 2021 to be the promising international laboratory exhibition platform for all industries and cover from  research and development, quality control, quality assurance to the product commercialization. Above this, the certified and accredited laboratory is the key element to move the industry toward the world arena.

In order to create awareness for the study and research in the scientific laboratory among students, the organizer likes to invite university students, professors, and personnel from the science and technology, medical sciences, or any faculty in related fields to make a pre-registration within 26 October 2021 and participate this online event during 27 – 29 October 2021. Students will have a chance to win three scholarships of 5,000 Baht as educational contributions. For general visitors and participants, you are invited to pre-register to attend the event with a chance to win ten of 500 Baht Starbucks Gift Cards on the lucky draw at 16.00 hrs. every day during the event. Winners can check your names at https://www.facebook.com/ThailandLab or LINE Official @Thailandlab. Pre-register to participate in the event at https://register.thailandlab.com/e/Thailand-LAB-INTERNATIONAL-2021?ref=TLAB342  For group registration of more than 10 persons, please contact thailandlab@vnuexhibitionsap.com Access more information or event calendar at www.thailandlab.com 

VNU Asia Pacific drives the scientific laboratory

AgroPolicy, Cold Storage, Trade

Keeps a check on the prices of tomato and potato

The Department of Consumer Affairs has taken up calibrated and targeted release of onions from the buffer on First-in-First-Out (FIFO) principle commenced from last week of August 2021 guided by the twin objectives of moderating prices and ensuring minimal storage loss. 

 

As a result of which the retail price of onion in Delhi is viz Rs 44 kg as of 14.10.2021. Similarly in Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai are Rs 45 kg, Rs 57 kg and Rs 42 kg respectively. The All India retail price of onion on 14.10.2021 is Rs 37.06 per kg while the All India wholesale price of Onion is Rs 3002.25 per quintal. 

 

The releases are targeted towards States/UTs where prices ruled above the all-India average and also where prices are on rising over the previous month. Till October 12, 2021, a total of 67,357 MT has been released in major markets such as Delhi, Kolkata, Lucknow, Patna, Ranchi, Guwahati, Bhubaneshwar, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Kochi and Raipur. In addition, Grade-B onions (stocks which are below the Fair Average Quality – FAQ) are disposed of in local markets in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat.

 

Apart from releasing in the market, the Department of Consumer Affairs has offered onions from the buffer at Rs.21/kg to all the States and UTs for lifting from the storage locations. This would enable States/UTs to take up, by themselves, market interventions either through direct supply to retail consumers through retail outlets or release in key markets to bring down prices. The stocks are also available for supply to Central/States agencies involved in retail marketing either at an ex-storage rate of Rs.21/kg or landed price after including transportation costs. SAFAL has been offered at a landed price of Rs.26/kg.

 

Onion buffer has been maintained by the Department of Consumer Affairs under the Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) with the objective of effective market intervention to moderate prices. In 2021-22, against the target of building 2 LMT onion buffer a total of 2.08 LMT was procured from the Rabi-2021 crop from April to July 2021.

 

Similarly, efforts are being made to soften the prices of potatoes and tomatoes. The retail price of potatoes and tomatoes in Delhi is Rs 20 and Rs 56 kg respectively. The All India Retail price of potatoes and tomatoes are Rs 21.22 kg and Rs 41.73 kg respectively.

Keeps a check on the prices of

Agro chems – Fertilizers, Supply Chain

The segment is growing at a CAGR of 5% from 2021-2028

The global fertiliser market is anticipated to witness remarkable growth during the forecast period, owing to the importance of fertilisers in crop growth to cater for the increasing demand for food among the growing population around the globe. The inorganic type sub-segment is expected to be the most profitable. The Asia-Pacific region is expected to dominate in the global industry.

According to a report published by Research Dive, the global fertiliser market is expected to generate a revenue of $323,375.0 million by 2028, growing exponentially at a CAGR of 5 per cent during the forecast period (2021-2028). The inclusive report provides a brief overview of the current scenario of the market including significant aspects of the market such as growth factors, challenges, restraints, and various opportunities during the forecast period. The report also provides all the market figures making it easier and helpful for the new participants to understand the market.

Increasing population and rapid urbanisation have substantially increased the demand for food around the globe. These factors are expected to bolster the growth of the market during the forecast period. An increase in pollution due to the unconstrained use of fertilisers is expected to impede the growth of the market during the forecast period. The increasing prevalence of organic fertilisers due to various properties like soil nutrients enhancement improved water retention capacity, and reduction in the need for pesticides are expected to create tremendous opportunities for the growth of the market during the forecast period.

The inorganic sub-segment is expected to generate a revenue of $186,167.5 million during the forecast period. The solid sub-segment is expected to generate a revenue of $200,943.9 million during the forecast period.

The agriculture sub-segment is predicted to generate a revenue of $130,795.8 million during the forecast period. A significant surge in population, globalisation, and urbanisation around the world has subsequently increased the demand for food.

The Asia Pacific Region is expected to grow exponentially with a CAGR of 5.4 per cent during the forecast period. A stringent restriction imposed by the government on import and export significantly disrupted the supply chain and distribution channel of the fertiliser industry.

The segment is growing at a CAGR

Agro Universities, Agrotech, Trade

The MoU will help to boost agri-exports from Uttarakhand

The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Development Authority (APEDA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the GB Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (GBPUAT), Pantnagar, Uttarakhand.

 

The MoU envisages cooperation between APEDA and GBPUAT which would harness their respective expertise and resources for the development of agriculture products exports from India. For creating product-specific clusters for exports, two institutions of repute would jointly develop technologies for advanced alertness, efficient and precision farming for enhancing quality exports. 

 

The MoU also focusses on the use of digital agriculture including drones, satellites, GIS and GPS to be promoted for early assessment of health, productivity and production of major crops of Uttarakhand.

 

APEDA and GBPUAT would collaborate for diversifying the export basket, destinations and for boosting high-value agricultural exports and establishing Brand India globally. Along with other horticultural, livestock and new innovative products, GBPUAT would focus primarily on boosting exports of products such as basmati rice, millets, medicinal, aromatic, horticultural, and other plants for nutraceutical plant extract, oil, powder from Uttarakhand.

 

 

The MoU also aims to establish Basmati-Rice and Millets Export Development Centre for providing support and necessary infrastructure for facilitating production and setting up a value chain for Agri-export. 

APEDA and GBPAU would take up joint projects for the development and export of agricultural and processed food products which includes fruit, vegetable clusters development, facilitation cum monitoring cell in Uttarakhand.

 

The MoU was signed in the presence of Dr M Angamuthu, Chairman, APEDA and Dr AK Shukla, Vice-Chancellor, GBPAU. APEDA would provide financial support for NABL accredited lab, capacity building, infrastructural development of agricultural export.

 

The MoU will help to boost agri-exports

Agrotech, Supply Chain

ADM and Cargill will be working with their customers to transition to the Bushel platform providing a more expansive offering

Bushel, an independently owned software technology company focused on developing solutions for the grain supply chain, has announced its acquisition of GrainBridge, a joint venture owned by ADM and Cargill Incorporated.

ADM and Cargill will be working with their customers to transition to the Bushel platform providing a more expansive offering.

“Innovation is one of the pillars of ADM’s strategy, and we’re committed to continually improving and expanding digital technology to help support the producers who grow our food,” said Doug Roose, Vice President Producer Marketing, ADM. “In 2019 we were proud to announce GrainBridge, a joint effort with Cargill to bring together new and useful tools for farmers in a single, easy-to-use digital platform. Now, we’re excited to take the next step: Bringing GrainBridge and Bushel together will give farmers a path to new features and functionality, including existing staples like the ability to see local cash bids and account information. This is a win for producers, and it’s a win for our industry, as we continue to innovate and improve to strengthen the entire food and ag value chain.”

ADM joins Cargill and more than 200 other local country cooperatives, processors, feed mills, ethanol plants, and other biofuel companies who are collaborating in building the industry’s largest digital infrastructure network.

The acquisition complements Bushel’s strategic focus to enable, not disrupt, the agriculture industry and lead it into the digital age with strategies that solve real pain points and provide value for all stakeholders in the ag and food value chain.

“ADM and Cargill came together with GrainBridge to better understand the digital grain marketing landscape. This next step of bringing GrainBridge together with Bushel will provide better outcomes for farmers by improving their grain marketing and selling practices,” said Jeff Klock, Global Digital Strategy Leader, Cargill.

ADM and Cargill will be working with

Agrotech, Organic

The technology enables pasteurisation without radiation, which cannot be used in organic ingredient processing

Olam Food Ingredients (OFI), a global leader in natural and sustainable ingredients and solutions, has recently announced that its spices business is entering into a strategic partnership with Agri-Neo to provide the industry’s first organically pasteurised dried onions. The partnership combines OFI’s market leadership in dried onions and Agri-Neo’s pasteurisation technology, Neo-Pure.

As a certified-organic solution, the Neo-Pure Pasteurized (NPP) dried onions will support OFI’s global customers in delivering ingredients to the highest food safety and quality standards. The technology enables pasteurisation without radiation, which cannot be used in organic ingredient processing, and will enhance food safety in OFI’s organic and conventional dried onion ingredients.

The Agri-Neo partnership demonstrates OFI’s ongoing commitment to exceed customer expectations for safe and high-quality food ingredients.


Rob Wong, President of Agri-Neo, added, “The OFI-Agri-Neo partnership is a powerful combination. Neo-Pure has continued to set the pace as the market leader in food safety. It exceeds the rigorous ingredient industry efficacy standards by using a patented blend of organic actives in a dedicated food safety system to eliminate pathogens such as Salmonella, E. coli, and Listeria. It is a non-thermal pasteurisation process that has been specifically developed to preserve food quality. We look forward to working with OFI’s spices platform to enhance food safety for more food ingredients with Neo-Pure.”

OFI will showcase the partnership with Agri-Neo to provide organically pasteurised dried onion products at the Fall American Spice Trades Association (ASTA) event in October 2021.

Neo-Pure is certified organic by the US National Organic Program (NOP) and the Canada Organic Regime (COR).

The technology enables pasteurisation without radiation, which