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Agrotech, India

Dilip Ghosh, Director, ICAR-CCRI, urges farmers, stakeholders, beneficiaries to take maximum benefit of all technologies developed by the Institute.

ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur participated in the 13th Edition of AGROVISION – 2022, Central India’s largest Agri-summit held in Nagpur recently.

Inaugurating the Agri Exhibition, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh stresses the need for innovation and viable technologies in Agriculture to enhance the farmer’s income. The Government and Investors should work hand-in-hand for the prosperity of the farmers, he adds.

Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and Chief patron of the Mega event, puts emphasis that the farmers should adopt science and technology based solutions to their problems and also take the initiative in the production of bio-fuels and turn themselves from food suppliers to energy providers.

During the special workshop on citrus, Dilip Ghosh, Director, ICAR-CCRI, urged the farmers, stakeholders, beneficiaries to take maximum benefit of all the technologies developed by the Institute.

Citrus technologies, fruit samples and extension publications were exhibited and displayed in ICAR-CCRI stall. The exhibition witnessed a massive gathering of farmers, entrepreneurs, students etc. across the country who appreciated the Institutes exhibits and their displays. The exhibition gave a wider platform for commercialisation of the technologies and services and communicating to the key customers.

Dilip Ghosh, Director, ICAR-CCRI, urges farmers, stakeholders,

Acts & Schemes – Centre, India

Government focused on promoting women farmers in the country

Melinda French Gates, the Co-Chairperson of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, held a meeting with the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Narendra Singh Tomar, in New Delhi. During the meeting, Tomar inaugurated the creation of an integrated “Agriculture Investment Portal” by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. In the meeting, Tomar said that under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government has full focus on promoting women farmers in the country.

In the meeting, Tomar said that there are many challenges in the agriculture sector, to solve which the Government of India is continuously working efficiently under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi. He said that the number of small farmers is more in the country, the government believes that if their strength increases, then the agriculture sector will improve and production will also increase, the government is working in this direction. Tomar said that traditional farming methods used to run in the agriculture sector in India, now in the current perspective there is a need for investment in the agriculture sector, in view of which the government has initiated many reforms, incorporated technology in agriculture and to ensure the eligible farmers are provided aid with transparency, the Digital Agriculture Mission has also been started in the country. Tomar told that with the aim of further increasing investment in agriculture, the Government of India has allocated a special package of over Rs 1.5 lakh crore for agriculture and allied sectors under the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan. Work on these provisions has started, including the Rs 1 lakh crore Agriculture Infrastructure Fund. Once these are implemented, the Indian agriculture sector will be rejuvenated.

Tomar said that a large number of women are also working in the agriculture sector in India. To increase their number and for their continuous progress, the Union Ministry of Rural Development is also running a scheme for the empowerment of women farmers, in which the Ministry of Agriculture is partnering. At the same time, the Ministry of Agriculture spends a certain part of its budget for the upliftment of women farmers. Tomar said that the “Krishi Nivesh Portal” (Agriculture Investment Portal) will prove to be a milestone in terms of investment in the agriculture sector, which will be a centralised one stop portal for agri-investors to avail benefits of various government schemes implemented by various departments related to agriculture and allied sectors. He said that this portal would prove to be handy for the investors, they would get a lot of help from it. Appreciating the work being done by the Gates Foundation in various fields in India, Tomar hoped that working in the agriculture sector in India by the Foundation would prove to be a good experience.

Melinda Gates said she would be happy to work with the Ministry of Agriculture. She wants that there should be maximum involvement of women farmers. She said that the Foundation is working in many countries and has a good experience in India. Melinda Gates expressed happiness over India getting the presidency of G-20 and expressed her desire to always work together. Union Agriculture Secretary Manoj Ahuja and Director General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Himanshu Pathak also gave their views in the meeting. Joint Secretary Praveen Samuel gave a presentation. Other officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and representatives of the India office of Gates Foundation were present on the occasion.


Government focused on promoting women farmers in

Europe, Sustainability

IYM2023 to provide an opportunity to increase global production and promotion of millets as a major component of the food basket

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, organised an opening ceremony for the International Year of Millets – 2023 (IYM2023) in Rome, Italy. An Indian delegation led by Sushri Shobha Karandlaje, Minister of State, Agriculture & Farmers Welfare along with Shubha Thakur, Joint Secretary (Crops), DA&FW and other senior officials were present at the opening ceremony. During the event, India’s ceremonial message by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi was conveyed by Sushri Shobha Karandlaje.

Sushri Shobha Karandlaje conveyed PM Modi’s compliments to the United Nations for declaring the Year 2023 as the International Year of Millets. PM, through his message, thanked the global community for supporting India’s proposal to mark the International Year of Millets (IYM) and said that India will steer the IYM2023 celebrations worldwide and organise campaigns to promote the cultivation and consumption of Millets, He also mentioned that Millets are good for the consumer, cultivator and climate. Millets are nutritious and can be cultivated in semi-arid zones besides consuming less water for irrigation. There is need for diversity on our land and our dining tables. Raising awareness to create ‘Millet Mindfulness’ is an important part of this movement.

Speaking on the occasion, Director General, FAO, QU Dongyu said the IYM2023 will provide with a unique opportunity to give visibility to crops that have great potential to strengthen global nutrition, food security, decent jobs & economies, while accelerating Climate Action. Millets are basically Asian crops, climate resilient, lead to sustainable development and help ensure Food Security & Nutrition for all, he said.

IYM2023 to provide an opportunity to increase

Acquaculture, Environment, India

Aqua-farmers of Sundarban will get information on the technologies developed by ICAR-CIBA

Bankim Chandra Hazra, Minister of Sundarban Affairs, Government of West Bengal inaugurated the Kiosk and Fish waste Processing unit at Kakdwip Research Centre of ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculturt, Chennai.

The minister appreciated the endeavour taken by CIBA for opening a Kiosk for the people of Sundarban. He also said it is a unique idea to establish the Fish-waste processing unit for converting fish-waste to wealth. Hazra later participated in the tree plantation programme.

Kuldeep K Lal, Director, CIBA briefed about the purpose of the Kiosk. He said aqua-farmers of Sundarban will get information on the technologies developed by ICAR-CIBA and other ICAR institutes for their betterment and local villagers may also get fresh farm produce of KRC with reasonable cost. 

Debasis De, Officer-in-Charge, KRC-CIBA elaborated on the purpose of establishing a Fish-waste processing unit and highlighted that it will not only help to convert the fish-waste to value added products i.e., Plankton Plus and Horti Plus for generating income of farmers of Sundarban but also will help to keep the environment of fish market clean.

Aqua-farmers of Sundarban will get information on

India, Sustainability

A significant step towards Mission Shakti’s vision of making Odisha a land of equal opportunities, where women are empowered to live with dignity and economic prosperity

The collaboration will initially focus on women-led enterprises from six districts i.e.,Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabrangpur, Rayagada, Mayurbhanj and Kendujhar, and is expected to benefit nearly 20 Lakh women across the six districts in 3 years.

Indian School of Business (ISB) and Department of Mission Shakti, Government of Odisha signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enable women’s economic empowerment and rural prosperity through a robust forest economy.

The MoU was signed by Ashwini Chhatre, Executive Director – Bharti Institute of Public Policy (BIPP), Indian School of Business, and Sujatha Karthikeyan, IAS, Commissioner- cum-Secretary, Department of Mission Shakti, Government of Odisha. The signed copies of the MoU were exchanged in the presence of the Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik, at the Make in Odisha Conclave in Bhubaneswar.

This MoU marks a significant step towards Mission Shakti’s vision of making Odisha a land of equal opportunities, where women are empowered to live with dignity and economic prosperity.

Under this three-year MoU, ISB & Mission Shakti will collaborate to build a prosperous and sustainable forest economy in Odisha through women-led community enterprises, starting with the districts of Malkangiri, Koraput, Nabrangpur, Rayagada, Mayurbhanj and Kendujhar. Speaking on the collaboration with Mission Shakti, Ashwini Chhatre, Executive Director – Bharti Institute of Public Policy (BIPP), Indian School of Business, said, “The forest economy, anchored in secure tenure, and built on women-centric community owned enterprises, is a triple-win model; with the potential to transform the lives of nearly 2 million women in the six districts, benefitting industry with secure, visible, traceable, and sustainable sources of supply and, ensuring sustainable management of forest landscapes”. “It is a win for the people, profits and the planet”, he said.

The MoU will strengthen Mission Shakti’s ongoing efforts at women’s empowerment through ISB’s business expertise and experience. ISB’s model for boosting the forest economy in Odisha combines large-scale women-led community enterprises built as federations of Women’s Self-Help Groups (WSHGs), Community Forest Resource Rights’ (CFR) titles at the village level in forest landscapes, technology support for harnessing economies of scale through aggregation and mechanisation, and direct market linkage with large buyers of forest-based industrial raw materials.

Mission Shakti will facilitate mobilisation of the Women Self Help Groups (WSHGs) and implementation of Community Forest Resource Rights across the six districts, acting as the nodal department within Govt of Odisha in enabling this model in the state. Along with facilitating technology development and direct market linkage, ISB will work with Mission Shakti a) to operationalise security of tenure through CFR titles, and b) for capacity building, financial inclusion and skill development of WSHGs such that successful women-led community owned enterprises are established by the end of three years.

ISB-BIPP’s Initiative on the Forest Economy (IoFE), built on three pillars of security of tenure, economies of scale, and assured market linkages, aspires to build a landscape-scale sustainable and thriving forest economy by enabling sustainable management of forests and improved livelihoods for over 200 million forest-dependent people across India.

With pilots currently in Malkangiri district in Odisha as well as in Jharkhand and Himachal Pradesh, the model is now ready to scale up and scale out rapidly.

A significant step towards Mission Shakti's vision

AgroPolicy, Horticulture, Middle East countries, Supply Chain

Organic oranges from Arunachal have been produced by the Dambuk Organic Orange Producer Company Limited, formed under the MOVCD-NER.

Organic oranges from Dambuk in Arunachal Pradesh were launched at the Lulu Group’s hypermarkets in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).The oranges were launched in the presence of Bidol Tayeng, Secretary, Arunachal Pradesh Agriculture Department, Okit Palling CEO, of Arunachal Pradesh Agriculture Marketing Board (APAMB), Tadu Game, Director, Agriculture Marketing, Karbom Riram, Agriculture Joint Director and a team of officials from Lulu hypermarket during a programme organised in Dubai by the APAMB, in collaboration with the Lulu Group International.

Applauding the efforts of APAMB, Lulu Group regional director KP Thamban said various other organic products from the state might make its way to the stores in the UAE in the near future.

Speaking at the event, Tayeng appreciated the collaborative efforts of the APAMB and Lulu in successfully organising the programme.

Palling said that agriculture and horticulture produces of Arunachal Pradesh like pumpkin, pineapple, ginger, turmeric and large cardamom are of “excellent quality” but exporting the products have so far not been possible due to logistical constraints.

Palling also added that the oranges from Arunachal have been produced by the Dambuk Organic Orange Producer Company Limited, formed under the MOVCD-NER.

Organic oranges from Arunachal have been produced

Agro Universities, Agrotech, IT, R&D

The game app will sensitize farmers on four key elements – fertilizer, crop selection, biochar application and irrigation

Taking a cue from the way chess was played to make strategic decisions in early centuries, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) has developed a mobile gaming app ‘MRIDA’ that helps smallholder farmers strategize climate-smart agricultural management practices to enhance soil carbon, which in turn enhances yield and builds resilience.

MRIDA (Managing resources for integrated development of agriculture) was developed as part of a research project funded by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) to conduct a detailed and rigorous assessment of agricultural management practices for their potential to sequester carbon. Mrida in Hindi means soil.

The official launch of the MRIDA app during a GIZ-ICRISAT training workshop held in October 2022. The app is currently based on a modelling study conducted in five districts of Maharashtra (Jalna, Dhule, Ahmednagar, Amravati and Yavatmal) and eight districts of Odisha (Angul, Bolangir, Deogarh, Dhenkenal, Kalahandi, Kendujhar, Nuapada and Sundegarh). The app will enable scientists to collect data to understand the decision triggers among farmers.

“The game app will sensitize farmers on four key elements – fertilizer, crop selection, biochar application and irrigation. Based on the season, they can make their selections and ascertain organic carbon and yield output. The recommendations will help them make better on-farm decisions,” said Dr ML Jat, Global Research Program Director, Resilient Farm and Food Systems, ICRISAT.

“We are happy to partner with GIZ in bringing user-friendly technology that not only educates farmers on soil conservation but also captures farmers attitudes to soil management practices in the face of climate change, providing valuable insights to policymakers and governments,” said Dr Jacqueline Hughes, Director General, ICRISAT.

To develop the app, a team of scientists undertook a modelling study from 2020 to 2022 and developed a game that facilitates behavioral change for adopting climate-smart agriculture practices. The game app was developed in collaboration with partner Vasudhaika Software Private Limited (Kalgudi). ​

“Indiscriminate use of fertilizers and other agro-chemicals deteriorates soil health and increase environmental footprints. This app will encourage farmers to explore and apply regenerative agriculture practices and focus not just on yield output but also soil carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation. It will also educate farmers on carbon credits,” said Dr Arvind Kumar, Deputy Director General-Research, ICRISAT.

The game app will sensitize farmers on

Agrotech, Company News, India, Machinery - Pre-harvesting, People, SAARC

 Narinder Mittal will lead CNH Industrial’s Indian and SAARC’s Agriculture business.

CNH Industrial India announced that Narinder Mittal has been appointed as the Country Manager & Managing Director of CNH Industrial (India) Private Limited and will lead its Indian and SAARC’s Agriculture business. The appointment is effective January 1, 2023.

Narinder succeeds Raunak Varma, who has been with CNH Industrial for over two decades. Raunak has successfully led the Indian market for the last five years. He joins the global Construction Business Unit, and will work directly with Stefano Pampalone, President Construction CNH Industrial, focusing on Special Projects.

Narinder Mittal, an alumnus of Columbia Business School, New York and an Engineering graduate from NIT Calicut, has vast experience in roles of increasing importance, most recently as Vice President of Industrial Operations, APAC. Narinder joined the company in 2016 as Executive Director of India Manufacturing Operations, and was promoted to Vice President of AMEA (Asia, Middle East and Africa) with responsibility for Manufacturing Operations in China, India, Russia, Turkey, ANZ and Uzbekistan in 2020.

Prior to joining CNH Industrial, Narinder was President and Corporate Head of Operations at Sonalika International Tractors Limited. Narinder has extensive industrial experience, having held managerial and operational leadership roles in companies including Claas, Federal-Mogul and many automotive companies throughout the country.

“India is a truly dynamic market with immense potential. It plays a vital role in the growth of the APAC region. CNH Industrial is focused on new trends and technologies to drive agricultural productivity and efficiency and Narinder, with his leadership and drive, is best placed to leverage new growth opportunities and strengthen our position in India,” said Chun Woytera, President APAC, CNH Industrial.”

 Narinder Mittal will lead CNH Industrial’s Indian

AgroPolicy, Bamboo industry, India

Market of Bamboo-based lifestyle products, cutleries, home decors, handicrafts and cosmetics is in a growth path

The Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar has approved the formation of an Advisory Group for streamlining the development of the Bamboo sector. The Advisory group encompasses the representation of various stakeholders viz., academicians, researchers, innovators, progressive entrepreneurs, designers, farmer leaders, marketing specialists and policy makers. The inter-ministerial and public- private consultation is envisaged to dovetail the bamboo initiatives of the Ministries/ Departments and to help revamp the developmental architecture of the sector by incorporating synergy between all the sections related to the bamboo value chain. 

The Subject experts and other stakeholders who are actively working in the bamboo sector will advise about the areas to be focused as well as the policy interventions to be taken in coordination with other stakeholders of the sector. The Union Agriculture Secretary will be the Chairperson and Mission Director of National Bamboo Mission will be the Convener of the Committee. The members of the committee shall advise the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare on issues and technologies in propagation, plantation of bamboo and intercropping, primary processing, product development, value addition, market infrastructure and linkages, processing machineries, skill development etc.

The restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM) was launched during 2018-19 as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. NBM mainly focuses on the development of complete value chain of Bamboo sector to link growers with consumers starting from planting material, plantation, creation of facilities for collection, aggregation, processing, marketing, micro, small & medium enterprises, skilled manpower and brand building initiative in a cluster approach mode. Over the years of the interventions through policy, facilitations and awareness creations, the bamboo industry is witnessing a phase change by the opening of multiple avenues of the resource utilisation. Recently, the Prime Minister inaugurated the new terminal of the Bengaluru (Kempagowda) Airport in which the versatility of bamboo as an architectural and structural material has been proved and the destiny of this green resource defined as the ‘green steel’. Apart from using in the construction sector as design and structural element, the potential of bamboo is multifaceted. Ecofriendly mouldable granules from bamboo can replace the use of plastic. Bamboo is a reliable source for the ethanol and bio-energy production due to its fast rate of growth and abundance. The market of Bamboo-based lifestyle products, cutleries, home decors, handicrafts and cosmetics also is in a growth path. The National Bamboo Mission is striving to bring the benefits of this growing sector to the farmers and human resources of the Nation.

Market of Bamboo-based lifestyle products, cutleries, home

Agrotech, Company News, Environment, India

The summit panelists deliberated upon various strategies on innovative products and soil management practices that farmers should adopt

FICCI, in partnership with Corteva Agriscience, held a panel discussion on Sustainable Soil Health Management to commemorate World Soil Day 2022 on December 5 at Federation House, New Delhi. The event highlighted innovative solutions to conserve soil health and delved into various challenges that impact crop productivity with a focus on nematode management.

Delegates representing agribusiness industries, policymakers, eminent scientists from renowned research institutions, progressive farmer, and academia participated in the summit. Other speakers at the event included Dr M S Rao, Former Head & Principal Scientist, ICAR, Dr Naved Sabir, Principal Scientist, Centre for Protected Cultivation Technology, I.A.R.I, Dr Vishal Somvanshi, Division of Nematology, ICAR and Nayeem Pasha, Chief of Marketing, Krishi Tantra. The panellists deliberated upon various strategies on innovative products and soil management practices that farmers should adopt for saving soil productivity. They also examined the major soil constraints which can severely impact crop productivity and how these challenges can be addressed.

Commenting on the event a Corteva Agriscience spokesperson said, “Through this event, we successfully drove insightful discussions around soil management. The key is to take these learnings and ensure that they are percolated to farmers across the country.”

He further added, “The importance of soil is hard to overstate. Healthy soil equals an ecosystem that drives plant growth, farmers productivity and ultimately yield and profitability. A shift from managing the soil to proactively advancing soil health has created long-term value. It also recognizes the greater role it plays in benefiting farmland and the environment.”

Corteva firmly believes that a healthy soil is the foundation of crop productivity and sustainability. Soil is a living and active part of our lands, and by proactively implementing informed farming practices farmers can elevate harvests promoting good crop yields and long-term soil sustainability.

The summit panelists deliberated upon various strategies

Agro Universities, Agrotech, North America, R&D

New funding from NASA will accelerate the scale-up of UbiGro® quantum dot technology for greenhouse roofing

New Mexico-based advanced materials company announced that it was recently awarded a new small business contract by NASA, the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration, for optimisation and scale up of extruded UbiGro greenhouse films for boosting crop yield in both space and terrestrial applications. The new NASA contract leverages matching funds that were provided by private investors. Additionally, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has granted the company a key patent on its greenhouse technology.

“Our UbiGro Inner product, which installs under the roof, has been popular with growers having shown great productivity enhancements, and now our team is excited to roll out a full-cover product, called UbiGro Cover,” said Matt Bergren, Chief Product Officer at UbiQD. “The progress that we’re making on extruded films is enabling a whole new class of products for the controlled environment agriculture industry.”

UbiGro Cover utilises a novel quantum dot (QD) polymer system developed by UbiQD that led to multiple orders of magnitude improved fluorescence sunlight durability. Historically, nanomaterials have struggled to survive the high temperatures needed for twin-screw compounding and blown film extrusion. These QD films maintain high light-conversion efficiency exceeding 90 per cent over thousands of hours of accelerated aging. Plant trials are underway, and the benefits are expected to be as good or better than those seen with UbiGro Inner. The work builds on previous NASA funding and may also benefit other applications, including solar.

“We’re grateful to have the continued support of NASA and investors, particularly at a time when our patent portfolio is expanding and the industry is urgently needing energy efficiency,” said Hunter McDaniel, UbiQD Founder and CEO. “Growers have been asking for UbiGro Cover, and we’re excited to deliver.”

New funding from NASA will accelerate the

Agro Universities, Agrotech, India, R&D

It is a quicker and efficient tool for Insurance companies and governments to evaluate challenges and damages posed by climate-related shocks.

ICRISAT scientists in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) have developed high-resolution spatial maps that enable cropland mapping for insurance claims and agriculture policy decision-making on targeting Regenerative Agriculture (RA).

Agricultural insurance is becoming one of the fastest-growing markets globally. For farmers to cope with crop loss, stabilizing farm incomes through insurance payoffs can help reduce poverty. Spatial mapping is a quicker and efficient tool for guiding agriculture policy makers to minimize climate risks,” said Dr Arvind Kumar, Deputy Director General-Research, ICRISAT.

Physical ground surveys are a laborious process and often require an army of surveyors to validate the effects of floods and drought. ICRISAT scientists in collaboration with the ADB developed spatial maps for South Asia to assess croplands, crop type and crop intensity data. South Asia accounts for 1.9 billion people, constituting almost 25 per cent of the world’s population, 87 per cent of which are smallholder farmers.

Insurance companies and government agencies require high-quality satellite imagery to monitor and map floods/droughts and other climatic conditions to make the claims process more accurate and efficient. ​”In addition to crop insurance, spatial maps can also be used as potential tools to target regenerative agriculture. Crop type mapping can also better guide where and in what systems regenerative agriculture can be deployed,” said Dr ML Jat, Research Program Director, Resilient Farm and Food Systems, ICRISAT.

Higher resolution:

To this end, ICRISAT scientists have produced three distinct spatial maps for South Asia with a spatial resolution of 30 m, which is much higher to get finer details of cropland for food and water security assessments. Currently, these factors are evaluated using mainly coarse-resolution (250–1000 m) remote sensing data.

“The high spatial resolution data would enable cropland assessment, modelling, mapping, and monitoring for South Asia, which is home to nearly two billion people and 230 million hectares of net cropland area. Subsequently, the data would help generate various development models for accurate monitoring and decision-making for the entire region,” said Murali Krishna Gumma, Principal Scientist and Cluster Leader – Geospatial Sciences and Big Data at ICRISAT.

The team developed three spatial maps for South Asia for the year 2014-15 to support food and water security assessments and management. The three distinct spatial maps would assess irrigated versus rainfed croplands, crop types or crop dominance and cropping intensity i.e., the number of times a crop is grown on the same plot of land in a year.

It is a quicker and efficient tool

Agrotech, Company News, E-commerce, India, Start ups

The portal will be launched in 3 phases and each phase will be launched in a gap of 3 to 6 months to ensure premium quality to the end users.

GROWiT, India’s leading Direct-to-Farmer (D2F) protective farming products manufacturing brand has announced the launch of India’s first protective farming eCommerce portal. The launch of the eCommerce portal is a milestone in the nation’s agriculture ecosystem. The portal is aimed at spreading awareness amongst the farmer fraternity in India. GROWiT’ s eCommerce portal will significantly assist the farmers in the adoption of protective farming and its utilisation to increase the crop yield which subsequently will increase their income.

The agricultural eCommerce portal will be launched in 3 phases. Each phase will be launched in a gap of 3 to 6 months to ensure premium quality to the end users. One of the eminent highlights of the eCommerce portal is its launch quote that says, “We want to Empower the farmers for Food Security.”, which portrays the brand’s contribution towards the development of the agriculture industry in the country.

The portal will enable the farmers and franchise owners to make a quick decision while buying protective farming products featured online. The protective farming brand looks forward to transforming the commercial landscape of protective farming by launching the nation’s first eCommerce portal for protective farming. GROWiT has plans to add new features to the portal soon, thereby, converting it into a one-stop solution for the protective farming needs of farmers across the nation.

“We are pleased to launch the first protective farming eCommerce portal of India. In the technology-driven contemporary times, it is important to upgrade the commercial practices in the agricultural ecosystem of the country. GROWiT’s eCommerce portal will be useful to farmers who want convenient access to the finest protective farming products available online. Through our portal, we look forward to helping farmers across India by making agricultural products of the best quality available at affordable prices.,” said Saurabh Agarwal, Director and CEO of GROWiT.

The portal will be launched in 3

Agrotech, Company News, Horticulture, India, Start ups, Supply Chain

 It will lead IG International to move towards a data-driven and real-time approach with the help of Fyllo in their efforts to cultivate supreme batches of fruits in the future.

IG International, one of India’s leading fresh fruit importers, has recently announced that they have collaborated with Fyllo, an AI & ML, IoT driven SAAS based Precision Agriculture Company that is harnessing the potential of technology to make horticulture profitable and sustainable. The objective of this resourceful alliance is to achieve the ultimate potential of increasing the productivity of Fruit crops and reducing the cost of cultivation to ensure farm profitability and at the same time rationalizing the usage of Pesticides and also saving huge quantity of water used for irrigation. The association would enable working in multiple fruit crops like Grapes, Pomegranates, Apples, Kiwi, Blueberry, Cherries, Avocado, and Dragon Fruits etc. The association also envisages expanding its operations across the globe by bringing in synergies and leveraging the strengths and presence of IG International’s operations across the globe.  The alliance would necessitate Fyllo facilitating the integration of all corporate farms of IG International across the country with the latest technology called Nero, which is a pioneering soil analysis and irrigation management device. This would lead IG International to move towards a data-driven and real-time approach with the help of Fyllo in their efforts to cultivate supreme batches of fruits in the future.

Fyllo is a data-driven agri-science platform that brings certainty to the quality and quantity of agricultural produce. The platform fabricates real-time farm data and insights, which eventually helps the farmers/growers to take precise decisions and increase productivity. The latest Nero technology capacitates an immediate improvement in quality of produce, efficiency in production cost, and promises a gift of greater yield.

Acclaimed as the leading fresh fruit importer in India, IG International is entrenched with a renowned reputation for more than 50 years in this market segment. The company’s organized and strategic sourcing system, augmented by a seamless supply chain with a well-connected overseas procurement network, enables them to import best-of-breed fruits from 22 different countries.

Speaking about the resourceful alliance with Fyllo, Tarun Arora, Director Single Family Office, IG International said, “This partnership would bring technology like never before to the Indian Orchardists and has the potential to permanently transform the Indian horticulture landscape. Furthermore, it would promote advancement in Indian horticulture and the spirit of entrepreneurship as a whole.”

“We are extremely proud and excited to join hands with a huge brand with a 50-year legacy in India like IG International as they have vast experience in the fresh produce domain, and this partnership will help farmers become more consumer-centric and adopt sustainable practices.” – Statement from the Founders of Fyllo, Sudhanshu Rai and Sumit Sheoran.

 It will lead IG International to move