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This plant can synthesise a variety of agro intermediates for the global supply of several agro-actives

Jubilant Ingrevia Limited today announced the commissioning of its state-of-the-art multipurpose agro intermediate plant to produce value-added derivatives at its manufacturing facility at Bharuch, Gujarat. The plant aims to cater to the growing demand for agro intermediates across the globe.

Speaking on the occasion, Deepak Jain, CEO & Managing Director, of Jubilant Ingrevia Limited said, “We are delighted with the commissioning of our new multipurpose agro intermediate plant. This aligns with our key strategy to shift structurally towards value-added agrochemicals business. Our deep expertise in offering solutions to our global customers using multistep chemistries has led us to become a partner of choice for our global agrochemical customers, including innovators.

The inauguration of this state-of-the-art facility demonstrates our commitment to expand our business towards more value-added agro intermediates.” This plant can synthesise a variety of agro intermediates for the global supply of several agro actives.

The Company has developed cost-competitive value-added products by using captive raw materials based on its completely backward integrated Pyridine capability, where it holds a global leadership position. Jubilant Ingrevia Limited continues to remain committed towards the introduction of key agro intermediates with a focus on ESG aspects, helping its strategic partners to address their journey towards carbon footprint reduction. The Company is already synthesising several agro intermediates in its facility at Bharuch, Gujarat and this new plant will help in expanding its presence further in the agrochemicals space.

This plant can synthesise a variety of

The agriculture, food, and dairy sectors will be present at the trade show, including Patanjali, Haldiram, Priya Gold, Bikanerwala, Vaidyanath, Ritual Foods, Fresh Foods, Augustia Foods, Indian Beekeeper Girija, Paras, Amul, Prime Foods, Gyan Dairy, Creamy Food Fair Export

The Uttar Pradesh government, led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, is preparing to showcase the state’s food, dairy, and agro sectors on the global stage at the upcoming International Trade Show in Greater Noida. The trade show will take place from September 21 to 25 at the India Expo Centre and Mart, providing a significant platform for state companies to showcase their products. While companies from various sectors worldwide will participate, those from Uttar Pradesh in the food, dairy, and agriculture domains will receive priority, enhancing their branding and increasing their global reach.

Many prominent companies in the agriculture, food, and dairy sectors will be present at the trade show, including Patanjali, Haldiram, Priya Gold, Bikanerwala, Vaidyanath, Ritual Foods, Fresh Foods, Augustia Foods, Indian Beekeeper Girija, Paras, Amul, Prime Foods, Gyan Dairy, Creamy Food Fair Export, and others. Rural, small-scale, and cottage industries associated with food, agriculture, and dairy products will also receive priority at the event, as well as stalls related to food processing departments, logistics warehousing, animal husbandry, pisciculture, and other major sectors.

The trade show will also feature GI tagging products related to food processing, including ODOP, showcased on a large scale. The dishes served to dignitaries and attendees will showcase the rich heritage and flavorful essence of Uttar Pradesh, with cuisine delights at the centre of the event. Furthermore, a session will be dedicated to the successful journey of Mumbai’s ‘Dabbawalas’, providing valuable insights into logistics supply management, supply chain, and time management principles for attendees.

The agriculture, food, and dairy sectors will

Tamil Nadu-based Samunnati has recently launched the Annadata Suraksha Abhiyaan, a dedicated crowd-sourcing campaign driven via Samunnati’s corporate social responsibility outreach. Pravesh Sharma, Director, Samunnati Agro shares insights on the aspects related to ‘Annadata Suraksha Abhiyaan’- major activities, challenges and latest launches

What are the major activities completed around ‘Annadata Suraksha Abhiyaan’ in the past 3 months?

To free farmers from the vulnerabilities of personal risks in agriculture, and to promote the culture of insurance across rural India, especially smallholder farmers, Samunnati launched the Annadata Suraksha Abhiyaan on October 2, 2021. We partnered with Milaap, our crowdfunding partner, for this initiative and have raised close to Rs 1 lakh via their platform. We also reached out to various CSR partners and corporate through our larger network to promote awareness about this platform, as well as to invite their contributions towards this noble cause. We are in discussions with a few other leading agri-tech companies to understand how we can work with them to create a bigger socio-economic impact. On the ground, Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) are our last mile partners to reach individual member farmers and deliver product information, enable documentation and assist in claim settlement.

We have raised over Rs 11.5 lakhs in support of this initiative from various sources, including a payroll campaign conducted internally within Samunnati. Through social media handles dedicated to the initiative, we are sustaining our efforts to bring in more participation from Indian corporates and philanthropists.

What are the challenges that Samunnati faced/is facing while rolling out the programme to beneficiaries?

Data collection has been one of the biggest challenges that the Indian agriculture sector has struggled with over the years. Gathering demographic details of individuals including date of birth, contact number, address with pin code, gender, etc. plays a huge role in being able to provide insurance. Unfortunately, this level of detail is not regularly maintained by most of the FPOs in our nation. Further, owing to constraints with staff and other resources, undertaking data collection has also not been an easy task for FPOs.

On-ground activation and awareness building play an important role in the success of such campaigns. As we work around the ongoing pandemic and various restrictions that have been put in place, we are streamlining our efforts to promote the campaign via offline channels in the coming months.

Number of farmers/ FPOs onboarded to the insurance programme and the markets where ASA created the most impact.

To date, we have onboarded around 12,000 farmers from 40 FPOs across 11 States. A majority of these farmers are from Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Maharashtra owing to our extensive network in these regions. In Gujarat, we have a long-standing association with GujPro which helped us make in-roads in reaching farmers in the region.

How does your company plan to deliver this scheme to India’s smallholder farmers?

Samunnati plans to partner with farmer collectives (FPCs, Cooperatives etc.) and agri enterprises which closely work with small holder farmers to take this scheme to the last mile. We believe this approach is more sustainable, and scalable. So far, we have on-boarded 40+ FPOs, and 1 Agri enterprise and insured 12,000 farmers.

How can Samunnati bring in a revolution in the agri community through ASA?

India is plagued with the following two challenges:

High incidence of farmer accidents and related fatalities – 2000 plus farming accidents and over 100+ fatalities happen every day, leading to estimated daily losses worth Rs 15Cr

Negligible insurance penetration, less than 1 per cent farmers having access to accident-related insurance

Agriculture in itself is plagued with variety of risks and challenges, while a few government/ private sector initiatives are working towards addressing some of them, initiatives around insurance, and farmer protection from financial distress related to accidents are insignificant. 

The initiative Annadata Suraksha Abhiyaan attempts to fill that void by promoting the insurance culture among farmers and providing personal accident coverage through this initiative. We plan to expand the scale and scope of coverage and include risks related to other farming uncertainties in the years to come.

The initiative aims to make agriculture risk free for our farmers, and for India.

What are your plans for the next five years?
We plan to onboard as many as 5 million farmer families on this platform in the next 5 years. We will be approaching this in phases, mapping the progress we achieve each year.

Pooja Yadav

pooja.yadav@mmactiv.com

Tamil Nadu-based Samunnati has recently launched the Annadata