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The trials of MAK ADJOL Banana carried out at various places with different climatic conditions before as per the NRCB’s recommendations.

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd., a leading provider in the energy sector, through their MAK Lubricants division introduced a revolutionary product in Agri Spray segment with the launch of MAK ADJOL Banana, an adjuvant for the fungicides used in Banana cultivation, in association in National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB).

The launch programme, held at Theni was graced by P. Sudhahar, Executive Director (Lubes), Debashis Ganguli, Chief General Manager P&AD (Lubes), S. Kannan, Head (Lubes), South and Thangavelu, Principal Scientist, NRCB, in presence of a large gathering of Farmers and business partners.

 P. Sudhahar, welcoming the dignitaries, thanked NRCB for supporting in trials of the product and helping in creating this product exclusively for Banana Farmers. He re-iterated BPCL’s commitment to the nation-building exercise whichever segment it may be. He also informed the participants about the recent launch of another similar product MAK ADJOL Tea for tea plantation.

Debashis Ganguli explained the benefits of the product asked the participants to make best use of it.

Speaking on the occasion Thangavelu highlighted the issues faced by Banana farmers, particularly leaf-spot disease that has the potential to destroy the crop causing severe hardships to all the stake holders involved. He appreciated BPCL’s efforts to collaborate with NRCB in finding a permanent solution to the problem. The product was tried out at various places with different climatic conditions before according the NRCB’s recommendations.

MAK ADJOL Banana can be mixed with water in the ratio of 1:100 along with the recommended dosage of fungicides. The adjuvant improves penetration thru waxy cuticles, increases wetting & spreading of droplets, and reduces evaporation rates, thus drastically improving the efficacy of the fungicides used. It is bio-degradable, environment -friendly, non-phytotoxic and fully safe to use.

The trials of MAK ADJOL Banana carried

Innoterra received the cluster development program grant at the National Conference India Cold Chain Conclave in New Delhi, India

The Swiss-Indian agri-tech platform company, Innoterra, announced that it has won the prestigious grant award of $6.3 million from the National Horticulture Board (NHB), Government of India.

The grant award letter was presented to Dr Anup Karwa, Director of Input Marketplace. The selection process was steered by national agencies. It involved several rigorous review rounds with senior authorities from NABARD (National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development), APEDA (Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority) and ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) and took 7 months to complete. The grant is given to Innoterra for a 4-year tenure project to strengthen the banana cultivation supply chains in the Anantapur cluster in Andhra Pradesh, India (AP). During the occasion, Innoterra received high praise for its track record in perishables in India.

Speaking about the award, Dr Anup Karwa said, “We are honoured to receive this prestigious grant from the Government of India. This win is a testimony to Innoterra’s strong and growing market position in the agri-space in India. The grant mandates us to strengthen various facets of our supply chain from pre-production and post-harvest to logistics & marketing that will benefit many smallholder farmers in the coming years.”

The Company’s nutrition business comprising perishables, non-perishables, dairy and cattle feed is a foundation and springboard for the platform business. Launched in April 2022, Innoterra’s platform connects the agricultural value chain with two powerful digital orchestration marketplaces. The input marketplace provides farmers with access to farm inputs and the output marketplace connects smallholder farmer households with retailers for offtake. Recently, Innoterra crossed the milestone of onboarding 327,300+ farmer households and 12,500+ retailers on its platform.

Innoterra received the cluster development program grant