IFFCO endeavours on developing highly advanced agricultural technological projects and promote precision farming and sustainable development in the country to double farmer’s income by 2022
Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) research and development unit, Nano Biotechnology Research Centre (NBRC) has signed an MoU with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi for research consultancy, knowledge transfer and collaborative projects.
IFFCO endeavours on developing highly advanced agricultural technological projects and promote precision farming and sustainable development in the country to double farmer’s income by 2022. The collaboration emphasises focussed joint research through sharing laboratories of IIT Delhi and IFFCO and providing research consultancy.
The MoU will broaden the scope for research and technological development in the field of agriculture. It will facilitate advanced research in the Area of Nano Technology for futuristic applications. IFFCO scientists and engineers will work with academic research faculty and scholars of IIT Delhi in addressing challenging agricultural and environmental related problems to find an innovative solution
Dr US Awasthi, MD, IFFCO said, “At IFFCO, we always look forward to adopting new technologies so that we can add value to the farmer at ground level. We also believe in creating sustainable innovative solutions to reduce the input cost of agriculture and farming and hence increase the income of farmers and that is the reason we were able to create the world’s first nano urea liquid at IFFCO. We are also committed to sustainable Agriculture and look for opportunities to create new solutions for sustainable farming to reduce environmental pollution.”
Prof V Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT Delhi, welcomed this initiative, and said, “Impetus to research and innovations will help in achieving modern agriculture system, which will be beneficial for farmers of the country. IIT Delhi is happy to collaborate with IFFCO and work together on futuristic technologies of mutual interest.”
Prof Anurag S Rathore, Dean, Corporate Relations, IIT Delhi said, “It’s a matter of pride that this collaboration with IIT Delhi will benefit farmers immensely and look forward to some engaging work in the research areas like nanotechnology and material science, chemical engineering, agriculture technologies, environmental science and technology, rural development, data science, nano-bio interface and many more in due course of time.”
