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Agrotech, R&D

The research collaboration will work toward identifying scalable and affordable methods for soil quality measurement across farmland in India

Google and nurture.farm have announced a research collaboration to identify scalable and cost-effective solutions for soil quality measurement across farmland in India. The relationship aims to enable farmers with informed decisions that improve their yield and profitability in their practices across the seasons.

Combining Google’s cutting-edge AI, imaging technologies and Cloud infrastructure, and nurture.farm’s direct on-ground reach and engagement with millions of farmers in India, the two companies have outlined multiple areas of research collaboration that will enable and accelerate the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices across the country.

nurture.farm and Google have entered into a research collaboration to establish a scalable and low-cost method to measure soil health, covering soil organic carbon and other key nutrients in soil. The relationship will focus on the use of hyperspectral image analysis combined with other remote sensing and data collection methods, to accurately measure SOC and other nutrients in soil across a range of soil types and characteristics that comprise the landscape of agricultural practices in India. This method of soil testing, once established in a scalable manner, will help extend soil testing services at affordable costs to farmers across India, and guide them towards ways to improve soil health, select suitable crops, input products and operating practices, resulting in higher yields and income.

The research collaboration will work toward identifying

Agro chems – Chemicals

The pioneering solution is powered by BASF’s new active ingredient, Broflanilide in a specialised formulation

BASF has announced the launch of Exponus insecticide for farmers in India to protect their crops and boost productivity. The pioneering solution is powered by BASF’s new active ingredient, Broflanilide in a specialised formulation.

Offering a new mode of action for the control of key insect pests, Exponus gives farmers a powerful, quick & versatile tool for controlling variety of insect pests and overcome resistance to prevailing chemistries, as part of integrated pest management program. Exponus is registered for use on various largely cultivated crops under Oil seeds, Pulses & Vegetables segment to control critical insect pests such as Caterpillars & Thrips.

“Farmers in India will now benefit from our latest innovation in crop protection” said Narayan Krishnamohan, Managing Director, BASF India Limited. “Farming is the biggest job on earth. At BASF, we are dedicated to listening and working alongside farmers to understand their needs, so that we apply our expertise to help them successfully face the enormous challenge of protecting crops from pests and boosting productivity.”

With its unique mode of action, Exponus insecticide is among the first compounds in the market introduced under the new IRAC group 30 which represents a totally new class of insecticides which has no known cross-resistance with existing products in the market, making it a superior insecticide resistance management tool.

 “This innovation reaffirms BASF’s commitment to help farmers across boundaries in managing a variety of existing & emerging pests with the lowest use rates compared to current standards. Using Exponus will help Indian farmers for effective & long duration protection against insect pests in wide variety of crops.” said Rajendra Velagala, Business Director, Agricultural Solutions, South Asia, BASF.

The pioneering solution is powered by BASF’s

Agrotech, World

Despite adverse conditions, sales activities continue to grow across US Pacific Coast 

Bee Vectoring Technologies International has announced positive progress in 2022 sales commitments from US growers. In just seven months into the fiscal year, the company has invoiced growers in the Southeast region and secured commitments in the Northeast, Midwest, and Pacific Northwest – already increasing total sales year-over-year by 18 per cent.

“We’ve already increased sales year-over-year and are committed to growing them even further before each region’s blooming period,” said Ian Collinson, Sales Manager, BVT. “This includes activity for additional acres that our Pacific Coast sales team is working aggressively to secure. This region is responsible for the production of one-third of all blueberries grown in the US and we are in active discussions with some of the USA’s largest berry growers. This, in the long run, represents a bigger opportunity for us compared to the Southeast.”

These positive results have been accomplished despite a very difficult farming environment in most regions. Volatile supply costs have seen fertiliser prices double over last year in several cases, and prices of fuel and other chemical products necessary to run farming operations have increased by up to 40 per cent.

 “Farmers are being squeezed harder than ever and they have had to make tough choices on which products to invest in to help their crops thrive this year,” said Ashish Malik, CEO, BVT. “Already achieving year-over-year sales increases for BVT, with several months still to go, is a testament to the strength and efficacy of our natural precision agriculture system and proprietary Clonostachys rosea CR-7 (CR-7) biological fungicide.”

Furthermore, in Georgia, the company’s largest market last year, growers faced severe weather and hard freezes during the blueberry bloom period and this has had an impact on BVT sales as several growers have unfortunately experienced a partial or complete crop loss.

Despite adverse conditions, sales activities continue to

Supply Chain, Trade

Total foodgrains production in the country is estimated at a record 316.06 million tonnes which are higher by 5.32 million tonne than the production of food grain during 2020-21

India’s non-basmati rice exports witnessed an astounding growth of 109 per cent from $2925 million in FY 2013-14 to $6115 million in FY 2021-22.
As per DGCIS data, India exported rice to over 150 countries across the globe in 2021-22. India exported more than $1 million to 76 countries out of the 150 countries reported in 2021-22, It indicates the diversification of India’s rice export over the years.

According to the DGCIS data, India had exported non-basmati rice worth $2015 million in 2019-20, which rose to $4799 million in 2020-21 and $6115 million in 2021-22.

Registering a growth of 27 per cent in 2021-22, an export of non-basmati rice was the top forex earner among all agri-commodities, at $6115 million.

“In collaboration with our foreign missions, we have coordinated development of logistics as well as focus on the production of quality of products, which has boosted India’s rice exports prospects,” Dr M Angamuthu, Chairman, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), said.

West African country Benin is one of the major importers of non-basmati rice from India. Other destination countries are Nepal, Bangladesh, China, Cote D’ Ivoire, Togo, Senegal, Guinea, Vietnam, Djibouti, Madagascar, Cameroon Somalia, Malaysia, Liberia UAE. etc.

In 2020-21, India shipped non-basmati rice to nine countries – Timor-Leste, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Eswatini, Myanmar and Nicaragua, where exports were carried out for the first time or earlier the shipment was smaller in volume.

India’s thrust on expanding port handling infrastructure, developing of value chain involving key stakeholders along with efforts to explore new opportunities in countries or markets for rice exports in the last couple of years have led to a huge spike in rice exports.

Notwithstanding logistical challenges posed by COVID-19 pandemic, India continues to expand its rice exports footprint in the African, Asian and European Union markets, thus having the largest share in the global rice trade. The robust global demand also helped India’s growth in rice exports.

The major rice-producing states are West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Assam, and Haryana.

As per Second Advance Estimates for 2021-22, the total production of Rice during 2021-22 is estimated at a record 127.93 million tonne, which is higher by 11.49 million tonnes than the last five years’ average production of 116.44 million tonne.

However, as per the second Advance Estimates for 2021-22, total foodgrains production in the country is estimated at a record 316.06 million tonnes which are higher by 5.32 million tonne than the production of food grain during 2020-21. Further, the production during 2021-22 is higher by 25.35 million tonnes than the previous five years (2016-17 to 2020-21) average production of food grains.

Total foodgrains production in the country is

Agro Universities, People

The Fellowship will be bestowed on Dr Singh at the Awards Ceremony of the Plenary Session of 119th Annual Conference of ASHS

Professor Zora Singh, an alumnus of Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has been elected as Fellow of the American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) during the 59th Annual Class of Fellows. He was selected in recognition of his outstanding contributions to science, profession and industry of horticulture at state, national, and international levels. The Fellowship will be bestowed on Dr Singh at the Awards Ceremony of the Plenary Session of 119th Annual Conference of ASHS, slated to be held at Hyatt Regency O’Hare, Chicago on July 31, 2022.

Dr Singh who did his B.Sc. Agri. (Honours), M.Sc. and Ph.D. from PAU started his career as an Assistant Professor at PAU in 1988. A Foundation Professor of Horticultural Science at the School of Science, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia, Dr Singh has earned global recognition for expertise in production technology and post-harvest physiology of fresh horticultural produce, undergraduate teaching, and research training to domestic and global students. He has been instrumental in developing innovative production and post-harvest technologies; minimising losses during production and supply chain; ensuring improved productivity, delivery of high-quality horticultural produce to consumers and profitability to Australian horticulture growers.

Dr Singh has served as Foundation Professor Post-harvest Horticulture (2009–2018), Foundation Associate Professor (2001–2008) and Inaugural Curtin Research Fellow (1997–2001) at Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia. Besides, he has been a Visiting Professor (1995–1996), University of Bologna, Italy; a Postdoctoral Research Fellow (1992–1995), Murdoch University, Western Australia; and a Commonwealth Postdoctoral Fellow (1986–1987), Institute of Horticultural Research, East Malling, UK.

In addition, Dr Singh has guided more than five dozen Ph.D., M.Sc., M.Phil. and Honours students and international scientists. He has authored/co-authored more than 300 research publications, and served on the Editorial Boards of 13 International Research Journals, and Editorial Committees of more than 15 International Conferences.

A recipient of several awards and honours, Dr Singh has been decorated with Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation, Mitsubishi Corporation Western Australian Innovator of the Year Award, Curtin Commercial Innovation Climate‐Kic Prize, Outstanding Researcher in Post-harvest Horticulture Award by International Society for Horticultural Science, UP Hedrick Award by American Pomological Society, Pran Vohra Award of Indian Science Congress Association, UNESCO/ROSTSCA Young Scientist Award, Indian National Science Academy Young Scientist and Professor LSS Kumar Memorial Awards, Indian Council of Agricultural Research’s Jawaharlal Nehru Award for Outstanding Ph.D. research, and International Society for Horticultural Science Medal.

Dr Shammi Kapoor, Registrar; Dr AS Dhatt, Director of Research; Dr Ashok Kumar, Director of Extension Education; Dr Sandeep Bains, Dean, Postgraduate Studies; Dr MIS Gill, Dean, College of Horticulture and Forestry; and Dr TS Riar, Additional Director Communication, congratulated Dr Zora Singh for this prestigious accomplishment.

The Fellowship will be bestowed on Dr

Agro Universities, Environment, Live Stock

Releases two products – Transcare-Sheep and Transcare-Goat

The ICAR-National Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bengaluru, Karnataka organised the three-day International Australia-India Council Workshop on “Climate Change and Livestock Production: Current Scenario and Way Forward.” 

The Chief Guest, Dr Bhupendra Nath Tripathi, Deputy Director General (Animal Science), ICAR highlighted the effects of climate change on the livestock production and the emergence of new diseases in the livestock. Dr Tripathi also released the Springer Book on Climate Change and Livestock Production: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives during the occasion.

Releasing the two products – Transcare-Sheep and Transcare-Goat, the supplements to ameliorate the transport stress in small ruminants, the Guest of Honor, Prof Frank Dunshea, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Australia underlined the Indo-Australian Collaboration.

The Guest of Honor, Dr Surinder Singh Chauhan, Senior Lecturer, School of Agriculture and Food, The University of Melbourne, Australia briefed about the Australia-India Council Projects.

The Chief Guest of the valedictory ceremony, Prof S Abdul Rahman, Former Dean Veterinary College, Hebbal and Executive Director & Former President, Commonwealth Veterinary Association felicitated the participants with the Certificates.

Gopi Shankar, Director (Trade), State Government of Victoria, Australia based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India marked the presence as the Guest of Honor during the valedictory ceremony.

Earlier, Dr Raghavendra Bhatta, Director, ICAR-NIANP, Bengaluru delivered the welcome address. A total of 50 participants from the various States of the country participated in the workshop.

Releases two products - Transcare-Sheep and Transcare-GoatThe

Agro Universities, Seeds, Start ups

The last date for the receipt of the application is May 31, 2022

The Punjab Agri Business Incubator (PABI), Directorate of Extension Education, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has invited applications for Cohort IV of Uddam (pre-seed) and Udaan (seed) from the agripreneurs/agristartups of Punjab and its neighbouring states (Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, and Jammu and Kashmir).

Giving details, Dr TS Riar, Principal Investigator, said that the last date for the receipt of the application is May 31, 2022. Applicants can apply online or offline. The application form and other related information can be downloaded from www.paupabiraftaar.co.in, he informed. Dr Riar said that PABI has produced several entrepreneurs (male and female), who are running their agri-businesses successfully in Punjab after acquiring training from PAU’s Skill Development Centre and availing facilities being offered under PABI. The training will help in becoming the youth financially independent, he added.

The last date for the receipt of

Agrotech, Environment

Solarig will help farmers to increase yield and crop quality

Agritech startup Brio Hydroponics has introduced India’s first three-layer, retractable, patented rain protection technology net house in collaboration with PIC-Plast, Israel, in an attempt to address the climatic challenge of the Indian farming sector.

Agritech major Brio Hydroponics aims to address the challenges of traditional farming. Its Patented Rain Protection Technology not only protects the farms from the rage of harsh weather but also helps in the conservation of water through rain harvesting systems while ensuring a consistent supply of water to the farms throughout the year.

As the exclusive partner of PIC-Plast in India, Brio Hydroponics will offer solutions that foster a nurturing environment for protected farming, built for climate resilience. The Solarig Net House Kit, patented technology of Pic-Plast, is best suited for net houses and hydroponic farms in the tropical climate typically experienced in India. Farmers will benefit from these retractable rain protection technology net houses as they are ideal for unpredictable climatic conditions; they protect farms from hail, sun, rain, and frost, support rainwater harvesting and enable the production of high-quality yields throughout the year.

Solarig will help farmers to increase yield and crop

AgroPolicy, Dairy

A potato processing plant was also inaugurated

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi dedicated to the nation a new dairy complex and potato processing plant at Diyodar, Banaskantha district, built at a cost of over Rs 600 crores. The new dairy complex is a greenfield project. It will enable the processing of about 30 lakh litres of milk, produce about 80 tonnes of butter, one lakh litres of ice cream, 20 tonnes of condensed milk (Khoya) and six tonne of chocolate daily. The potato processing plant will produce different types of processed potato products like french fries, potato chips, aloo tikki, patties etc, many of which will be exported to other countries. These plants will empower the local farmers and give a boost to the rural economy in the region.

The Prime Minister also dedicated the Banas Community Radio Station to the nation. This Community Radio Station has been established to provide farmers with key scientific information related to agriculture and animal husbandry. It is expected that the radio station will connect with over 5 lakh farmers of about 1700 villages. The Prime Minister dedicated to the nation the expanded facilities for the production of cheese products and whey powder at the Banas dairy plant in Palanpur. Also, the Prime Minister dedicated to the nation, organic manure and biogas plant established at Dama, Gujarat. The Prime Minister also laid the foundation stone of four gobar gas plants of 100 tonnes capacity to be established at Khimana, Ratanpura – Bhildi, Radhanpur and Thawar. Chief Minister of Gujarat Bhupendrabhai Patel was among those present on the occasion.

A potato processing plant was also inauguratedPrime

AgroPolicy, Horticulture, Oilseeds, Organic, Pulses, Trade

Narendra Singh Tomar stated that the centre and states would work together to ensure pesticide and seeds availability to reduce input costs for farmers

Union Agriculture Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated National Conference on Agriculture for Kharif Campaign 2022-23 at NASC Complex, New Delhi. The minister expressed satisfaction that as per 2nd Advance Estimates (2021-22), total foodgrains production in the country is estimated at 3160 lakh tonnes which will be a record. The pulses and oilseeds production will be 269.5 and 371.5 lakh tonnes, respectively. As per third advanced estimates, horticulture production during 2020-21 is 3310.5 lakh tonnes which is the highest ever for Indian horticulture. 

The minister stated that the centre and states would work together to ensure pesticide and seeds availability to reduce input costs for farmers. He urged that there should be a strategy to replace urea with nano-urea. He declared that the government would continue to emphasise natural and organic farming. On exports, the minister said that while agriculture exports have increased, attention should be paid to quality products so that they can compete in international markets. Exporters and farmers both should benefit.

The objective of this conference was to review and assess the crop performance during the preceding crop seasons and fix crop-wise targets for the Kharif season in consultation with state governments, ensure the supply of critical inputs and facilitate the adoption of innovative technologies to enhance production and productivity of the crops. The priority of the government is agro-ecological based crop planning for diversion of land from excess commodities like rice and wheat to deficit commodities like oilseeds and pulses and high-value export earning crops. The government is giving high priority to crop diversification with a focus on self-sufficiency in oilseeds and pulses and the promotion of oil palm. Consultations with all the stakeholders like major states, researchers, industries and policy makers have been held to finalise a National Policy Frame Work for Crop Diversification Programme in the country. All states should work towards crop diversification for making agriculture sustainable, profitable and self-sufficient in deficit commodities. 

The conference set national targets for total food grain production set at 3280 lakh tonne for the year 2022-23 compared to expected production of 3160 lakh tonne during the current year. The target for production of pulses has been fixed at 295.5 and 413.4 lakh tonne in 2022-23. Nutri-cereals production has to be increased from 115.3 in 2021-22 to 205.0 lakh tonnes in 2022-23. The strategy would be to increase area through inter-cropping and crop diversification and productivity enhancement through the introduction of HYVs and the adoption of suitable agronomic practices in low yielding regions. 

Manoj Ahuja, Secretary (Agriculture and Farmers Welfare), said that the country is maintaining an increasing trend in food grain production from 2015-16. The total food grain production has increased by 25 per cent in the last six years from 251.54 to 316.01 million tonne. Oilseeds have followed the same trend and have shown a growth of 42 per cent from 25.25 million tonne in 2015-16 to 37.15 million tonne in 2021-22. India’s exports of agricultural products have grown by 19.92 per cent during 2021-22 to touch $50.21 billion ( Rs 376575 crore). The commodities like wheat, other cereals, rice (other than Basmati), soya meal, raw cotton, fresh vegetable, processed vegetables etc have registered the most positive growths. 

He said, “We have to accelerate the production and productivity of agriculture and horticulture sectors for ensuring food and nutritional security in the rural areas. The government has adopted several developmental programmes, schemes, reforms and policies that focus on higher incomes for the farmers. Action Plan for three years Seed Rolling Plan (2021-22 to 2023-24) for all oilseeds with allocation Rs 381.95 crore will produce a total of 14.7 lakh quintals of quality seed of new HYVs will be produced in next three years.” 

Making a detailed presentation on the strategies for crop management in Kharif season, Dr AK Singh, Agriculture Commissioner said that country has recorded all-time high food grains, oilseeds and horticultural production due to timely interventions of the government. Now, special focus is given to oilseeds, pulses and nutria-cereals. Post monsoon, rainfall has been more than normal and about 55.76 lakh hectares were under cultivation during summer. Following government policy, there has been a reduction in area under rice with a corresponding increase in pulses and oilseeds cultivation. The government has worked out the requirement of seed and fertilisers and will ensure their timely supply. 

Narendra Singh Tomar stated that the centre

AgroPolicy, Supply Chain, Trade

In the current sugar season 2021-22, cane price payment of more than ₹1,00,000 crores would be made by sugar mills to farmers

Sugar production in the current sugar season 2021-22 is expected to be 13 per cent higher than the previous sugar season. As per the revised estimates production of sugar in the current sugar season, 2021-22 is estimated to be about 350 Lakh Metric Tonne (LMT) (after discounting the diversion of 35 LMT of sugar to ethanol) against estimated domestic consumption of about 278 LMT. There was a carry overstock of about 85 LMT at the beginning of the sugar season 2021-22.

Even after likely export of about 95 LMT, the closing stock for the current sugar season at the end of September 2022 is likely to be more than 60 LMT. The availability of sugar in the country is sufficient to meet domestic requirements. As such, there will be smooth availability of sugar and the sugar prices in the domestic market are expected to remain stable at reasonable levels.

A virtual meeting in this regard was held under the chairmanship of Secretary (F&PD), Government of India with the State Principal Secretaries (Sugar) and Cane Commissioners/Directors (Sugar) of the State Governments to assess the area under cane cultivation, Sugarcane and Sugar Production for Sugar Season 2021-22 (October-September) as well as export of sugar and diversion of sugar for the production of ethanol.

The government is also encouraging sugar mills to divert excess sugarcane to ethanol which is blended with petrol, which not only serves as a green fuel but also saves foreign exchange on account of crude oil import. In the last three sugar season 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 about 3.37 LMT, 9.26 LMT and 22 LMT of sugar have been diverted to ethanol. In the current sugar season 2021-22, about 35 LMT of sugar is estimated to be diverted & by 2024-25 about 60 LMT of sugar is targeted to be diverted to ethanol, which would address the problem of excess sugarcane as well as delayed payment issue as farmers would get timely payment.

From Ethanol Supply Year (ESY) 2013-14 (Dec – Nov) to ESY 2020-21, about ₹53,000 crore revenue has been generated by sugar mills/distilleries from the sale of ethanol to Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs). In the current ESY 2021-22, more than Rs 18,000 crore revenue is expected to be generated by sugar mills from the sale of ethanol to OMCs.

In the previous sugar season 2020-21, out of cane dues payable of Rs 92,938 crores, about Rs 92,480 crores cane dues have been paid to farmers, as on 18.4.2022. Thus, 99.5 per cent of cane dues of the previous sugar season have been cleared. In the current sugar season 2021-22, out of total cane dues payable of Rs 91,468 crores, about Rs 74,149 crores have been paid to farmers as on 18.4.2022 which is more than 80 per cent. It is expected that in the current sugar season, cane price payment of more than Rs 1,00,000 crores would be made by sugar mills to farmers. An increase in export and diversion of sugarcane to ethanol has expedited cane price payments to farmers.

In the current sugar season 2021-22, cane

Agrotech, Finance

The fresh funds will be used to scale Eeki to hundreds of acres

Agri-tech start up Eeki Foods has raised Series A funding of $6.5 million led by General Catalyst (GC). Other key investors participating in this round include Avaana Capital; Better Capital; Irving Fain, CEO & Founder of Bowery Farming (a GC portfolio company with $2.3B in valuation); Subbu Palaniappan, Director & Head of Amazon Prime India; Srinivas Narayanan, former VP Engg at Facebook; Akhil Gupta, and Amit Kumar Agarwal, Co-founders of NoBroker.com.

“The fresh funds will be used to scale Eeki to hundreds of acres. This coming year, we will focus on building the team, technology and organisational scale to make this growth a reality. We are actively looking to establish partnerships with corporates, HNIs, and other retail farmers in Rajasthan, Delhi-NCR, and Maharashtra to build such farms across the country”, said Abhay Singh, CEO and Co-Founder, Eeki Foods and Amit Kumar, COO and Co-Founder of Eeki Foods.

The fresh funds will be used to

Agro chems – Pesticides, AgroPolicy, Agrotech

The two portals are Computerized Registration of pesticide (CROP) and the other for Plant Quarantine Management System (PQMS)

Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar launched two portals, one for the Computerized Registration of pesticide (CROP) and the other for Plant Quarantine Management System (PQMS). The new portals will benefit farmers, exporters as well as industrialists. 

Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DAFW), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, through the Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage (DPPQS), Faridabad has been catering to Indian exporters and importers of agriculture commodities and the Indian Pesticide Industry, through its two portals namely, CROP and Plant PQIS. Realising the need for quicker disposal of applications related to export/import of agricultural commodities and pesticides registration, a more coordinated integration with external systems and stakeholders, and to bring in greater transparency in the existing online system, DAFW today launched two redeveloped online portals. 

The PQMS portal will provide a transparent system with no physical touchpoints for the applicants and ensure convenience to the users, through the online system including e-payments and uploading of documents, online accreditation and renewal of treatment agencies/facilities and downloading of certificates. Similarly, the re-developed CROP portal will immensely help in ease of doing business and provide greater and timely Crop protection solutions to farmers of the country.

DAFW had engaged CGG, Hyderabad for design, development, technical support maintenance and hosting of seamlessly integrated e-Governance solution for Plant Quarantine Management System (PQMS) on new technology platform and also for hosting of e-Governance solutions of redeveloped Comprehensive Registration of Pesticides (CROP). 

The two portals are Computerized Registration of

Agro Universities, Poultry, Supply Chain

Discussions were held on the importance of the improved shelf-life, enhanced safety and regulatory compliance to meet the stakeholders’ requirements

The ICAR-National Research Centre on Meat, Hyderabad signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Jubilant Food Works, Noida, Uttar Pradesh.

Devendra Yadav, Vice-President & Head, Quality, Food Safety and Regulatory and Rakesh Kumar Gupta, DGM, Quality & Food Safety, Jubilant Food Works signed the MoU on the behalf of their respective organisations.

Dr SB Barbuddhe, Director, ICAR-NRC on Meat, Hyderabad underlined the importance of the improved shelf-life, enhanced safety and regulatory compliance to meet the stakeholders’ requirements.

The project is aimed to assess the existing Jubilant Chicken supply chain, developing packaging and processing interventions to increase the shelf-life of fresh and cooked chicken meat and benchmarking against regulatory standards.

The MoU is aimed at conducting the Contract Research “Studies on Extended Shelf Life of Chicken and Enhancing Post Cooking Quality and Safety”.

Discussions were held on the importance of