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Indian Agrochemical Industry

ADVISORY BOARD Dr. S.M. Mathur College of Technology and Engineering, Udaipur Rajasthan A.D Kotnal National Farmers Organisation, Hubali, Karnataka Dr. Rakesh Sanger SVP UAT, Meerut Prof. Anil Kumar Singh Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Gwalior Pradeep Dwivedi CEO, Nutrelis Agro Foods, Noida Editor Executive Director Conceptualisation Sr. Correspondent Correspondent

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34 Need based Agricultural Implements- Future Strategy

Agri News.................................................................6 Company News........................................................12 Crystal is Ready with India's Most Trusted Fungicide Brand BAVISTIN....................16

20 R&D-led Strategy Vital To Protect Crops From Pestilence

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Advanced Mechanized Farming Solutions is The Key For Success at Jadhao Group of Companies......................................20 Indian Tractor Industry.............................................24 Institute of Pesticide Formulation Technology (IPFT)...................................26 Need based Agricultural Implements- Future Strategy.................................................................28 Innovation in The Field of Farm Machinery...............................................................32

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Indian Agrochemical Industry.....................................34 R&d-led Strategy Vital To Protect Crops From Pestilence.......................................................38

Tractor Brands From A To Z

CRYSTAL: A Farmerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s friend from sowing to Harvesting .............................................................42 Tractor Brands From A To Z.....................................44 Plant Protection Technologies from IARI.....................53 Coconut Deshelling to Milk Extraction from Gem Allied Industries Private Limited.........................56

Solar Powered Agricultural Tools in ndia.............................................................60

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Agricultural Mechanization in The Enhancement of Sustainable Food Production

gricultural mechanization is the process whereby equipments, machineries and implements are utilized to boost agricultural and food production.

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It is the application of machineries, equipments and implements in the day to day farm activities to increase marginal output in food production and poverty eradication. Agricultural mechanization reduces drudgery which hitherto makes it difficult for large scale food production and which has also been making it difficult for the Farming Community in the World to meet her food requirement for her teeming population. In order to solve the problem of drudgery and other problems associated with food production in the World, various measures has been introduced to combat these problems through mechanization. Before dwelling on the role or importance of agricultural mechanization in the enhancement of sustainable food production and poverty alleviation in India as well as in the Farming community in the World, let us first and foremost look at what mechanization really is. Mechanization is defined as the art of using machineries to hasten production, accomplish task and reduce fatigue and human labor in order to produce better quality goods and services. Mechanization is useful and important as it takes place in almost every facet of human endeavor to meet required target and to boost efficiency It speeds up the rate at which jobs are accomplished and are carried out in the nation's economy such as in banking, agriculture, building, construction, education etc. Equipments, Machineries and Implements required for Land Preparation. Farm Tractor is a self propelled machine or equipment that pulls or pushes tools or implements over the land. It is equipment designed and used for far m operations for the purpose of land preparations, cultivation and harvesting of crops. Rotary power tiller also known as two wheeled tractor is light duty agricultural equipment used for tilling operation. It is affordable in price when compared with the four wheeled tractors, for the small and medium scale farmers.

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It could be used on undulating terrain and fragile soil. It is portable and can be used or taken to the interior farmlands where there is no access road for big tractors. The affordability of this equipment in terms of low price to local farmers will make food production to increase considerably. The rotary power tiller, apart from tilling operation could also perform the following, these are: ploughing, wet pudding, ridging, cultivating, water pumping, cassava planting and weeding operations making use of appropriate implement. The equipment in conjunctions with the trailer could be used to transport the appropriate implement to be used to the ﬁeld and could also be used to bring or conveyed farm produce from Other equipments or machines in this category are: (1) Track laying tractor (2) Crop thresher (3) Combine harvester. The implements are:(1) Disc plough and moldboard plough (2) Disc Harrow and moldboard Harrow (3) Disc Ridger and mould board Ridger (4) Boom Sprayer and Gun Sprayer (5) Seed Planter and Cassava Planter (6) Fertilizer Spreader (7) Mower. All these aforementioned machineries, equipments and implements plays vital role in the enhancement of sustainable food production, if properly utilized and made affordable within the reach of small and medium scale farmers. With INAGriTECH 2016 and the 4 th Indonesia International Agricultural Machinery, Technology & Services Exhibition 2016, Krishi Duniya highlights the Indian Capabilities of the Tractor Manufacturing from brands A to Z and the basic needs for Agriculture is the Land, Climate, Seeds, Agri Mechanization and the Agro Chemicals to come out with the crop protection for the enhancement of the yields. With a present size of 1.32 billion, India currently supports nearly 17.84 percent of the world population, with 2.4 percent land resources and 4 percent of water resources. Keeping pace with these growing numbers, the country will not only have to raise its agricultural production but also the productivity to ensure food and nutrition security of the nation. Keeping pace with the growing population and their changing demand for quality food, the country will need to raise quantity and quality of agricultural production to ensure food and nutrition security of the nation.

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IN RIFT WITH KRISHI BHAWAN, NDDB CHIEF T NANDA KUMAR QUITS

he Union Agriculture Minister said he was not aware of any such reason as a cause for the resignation of T. Nanda Kumar resigned as chairman of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), citing conict with the “external environment.”

Following his resignation, he will step down as the chairman of NDDB-promoted companies and institutions, including Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetable Private Ltd, Indian Immunological Ltd, IDMC Ltd and Institute of Rural Management, Anand. Mr. Kumar was appointed NDDB chairman in March 2014 after the exit of Amrita Patel in February 2014. Ms. Patel, who had served about 16 years as NDDB head, was the second chairman of the institution after its founder Varghese Kurien. A retired 1972-batch IAS ofﬁcer who was supposed to be ofﬁce till 2019 will be relieved on August 1. He submitted his resignation on June 29, 2016. He was accepted by the Appointments Committee of Cabinet on July 27. In the resignation mail sent to NDDB employees, he said, “There comes a time in everyone's life when one's value system comes into serious conict with the external environment. A point of no compromise becomes a point of no return. I have gone through such situations many times before. The dilemma is should one allow such conicts to affect an institution?”

FARMERS URGE GOVT TO SAVE AGRICULTURE, WATER, YOUTH

A.S MITTAL TAKES OVER AS A FIRST CHAIRMAN OF REGIONAL COUNCIL ASSOCHAM

rging the government to save agriculture, youth and water of Punjab, the joint front of various farmer associations staged a protest outside Deputy Commissioner's office. Activists of of Jamhoori Kisan Sabha, Kul Hind Kisan Sabha, Punjab Kisan Union and other organisations participated in the protest. Speaking on the occasion a farmer leader, Dr Satnam Singh Ajnala, said all institutional and non-institutional loans of farmers owning less than 10 acres should be waived off to help the agriculture sector. He said the government should also ensure that farmers get profitable price for all crops. The protesters also demanded free tube well connections for farmers tilling less than five acres. They also demanded that canal and rain water should be harvested to save agriculture in Punjab, besides assured employment for the youth.

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onalika International Tractors' vice chairman A.S Mittal has been appointed the first chairman of Regional Council of ASSOCHAM. This regional council has been set up to bridge the must skill gap required to harness entrepreneurial spirit of Northern India. A.S Mittal, said that only by making the environment more conducive for the growth of North India's industrial capacities, we can enable the industries in this region to be globally competitive. Further, to realize the 'Make in India' dream and harness the entrepreneurial demographic richness of the North, bridging skill gap is the only solution. We need to equip our youth with information, requisite skill set and make them industry-ready to deliver quality. An innovative entrepreneurship shall give the required boost to the Make in India initiative.” A.S. Mittal, a staunch believer of quality and efficiency. He has steadily built ITL into becoming 3rd largest tractor manufacturer in the country and exporter for more than 100 countries. Today, due to his efforts, ITL's ranges of tractors are fuel efficient that are built on core values of productivity and reliability. ASSOCHAM association holds more than 400 Chambers and Trade Associations, serving more than 4, 50,000 members across India. krishiduniya.com

TAKE NECESSARY STEPS TO IMPROVE AGRICULTURE SECTOR – PM MODI

ndia's agricultural sector is 28 years behind its time due to lack of necessary reforms, the Niti Aayog highlighted in its meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The Aayog urged the government to shift more focus on the agriculture sector and take all the necessary steps to improve the agriculture sector and consider a 'comprehensive reform package with high involvement from the market'. A Niti Aayog ofﬁcial said that the Prime Minister instructed Niti Aayog, among other things, to consider broader goals and issues for the agriculture sector. He also asked the body to keep in mind the growing food demand in the country especially considering the implications of an evolving middle class in India. “The Prime Minister said the focus cannot be on increasing agricultural productivity alone, but should be on the overall development of a vibrant rural economy. He emphasised the importance of the food processing sector, warehouse development, and technology inputs, in this sector,” said an ofﬁcial.

SHARAD PAWAR SEES PRESSURE ON SUGAR PRICES CONTINUING NEXT YEAR

ormer Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said that sugar prices are likely to remain tight because of an estimated supply gap of 3.5-4 million tonnes in the next year starting October. Sharad Pawar, the President of Nationalist Congress Party said at the 74th annual convention of the sugar Te c h n o l o g i s t s Association of India (STAI) that this year, sugar production situation is good. But I don't see similar situation in the next year. In 2016-17, there will be 3.5-4 million tonnes gap in demand and supply. “Next year, with a gap of 3.4 to 4 million tonnes of sugar, there will deﬁnitely be an impact on prices and the government will take some steps and the industry should be ready for that,” he noted. The government has projected sugar output to decline to 23-23.5 million tonnes in 2016-17 marketing year (October-September), as against 25.1 million tonnes in the current year. Meanwhile, industry body Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA) has pegged sugar output at 23.26 million tonnes for next year. Pawar said the country's sugar demand is around 25.6 million tonnes and is expected to grow at 3-4 per cent per annum. By 2020, sugar demand is pegged at 30 million tonnes. krishiduniya.com

The Prime Minister said the focus cannot be on increasing agricultural productivity alone, but should be on the overall development of a vibrant rural economy. He emphasised the importance of the food processing sector, warehouse development, and technology inputs, in this sector.

PAMETI IMPARTS TRAINING IN RECENT ADVANCES IN EXTENSION

he Punjab Agricultural Management and Extension Training Institute (PAMETI), Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) organized a ﬁve-day training programme on “Recent Advances in Extension. About 19 extension ofﬁcials from state agriculture and allied departments, and ATMA staff participated in this programme. The objective of the programme was to make participants aware of latest approaches of providing effective extension services to the farmers. In his remarks, Dr H.S. Dhaliwal, Director, PAMETI, briey explained the objectives of the training programme and its course content. Stating that now-a-days marketing is a big challenge for the farmers, he said road side display and agri-tourism for direct marketing of agricultural produce may prove a solution to it. New initiatives in extension such as Extension Plus and Agriculture Innovation Extension System were discussed by Dr Saravanan Raj, Director (Agriculture Extension), MANAGE, Hyderabad during his interaction with the participants through video-conferencing session. Training programme emphasized the fact that the extension needs have changed over the period of time and the traditional approaches of extension should be reformed. Use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), promotion of farmer groups/federations and bringing all the stakeholders together through partnerships were covered in detail.

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ICAR-NRCC CELEBRATES 33RD FOUNDATION DAY

“FEED THE FUTURE” PROGRAMME LAUNCHED

he Union Agriculture Ministry and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the second phase of the “Feed the Future” India triangular training programme here, in a bid to bring specialised agriculture training to 1,500 agricultural professionals across Africa and Asia.

CAR-NRCC, Bikaner celebrated its 33rd Foundation day by organizing an awareness programme at village Sherera in District Bikaner.

To create awareness on usefulness of camel a drawing competition followed by the quiz competition was organized in which more than 200 students participated and the winners were awarded. The activities of the centre and different technologies were exhibited. In the ScientistFarmer interaction Meet over 100 farmers participated in which issues related to animal husbandry in general were discussed. Extension cum animal health camp was also organized at the place where more than 130 animals were treated for different ailments like infertility, mastitis, pica, ecto and endo parasites etc. On this occasion, Kanhya Lal, village head, told the farmers to take advantage of the knowledge given by the scientiﬁc community of the centre for improving productivity of livestock owned by them.

PUNJAB AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY DEVELOPS AN ONION STORAGE STRUCTURE

n response to the queries of Dr Bhajneek Singh, Deputy D i r e c t o r, H o r t i c u l t u r e , Ludhiana; the Department of Processing and Food Engineering, Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has developed an onion storage structure of about 1.25 metric tonnes capacity. It is a ventilated structure (size 1.2m X1.2m x1.5m) made up of an angle iron frame and MS 1inch square mesh. The total height of the structure is 7 feet (84 inches). In addition to natural ventilation, a provision of mechanical aeration has been provided at the base of this storage structure. The fans at the base provide air ow in the range of 0.27m/s - 1.38 m/s. For easy loading and unloading of onions, an inclined surface at the base with angle of inclination 5 degrees more than the angle of repose has been provided.

The Secretary of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, S.K Pattanayak and U.S Ambassador to India Richard R. Vera launched the programme together at the National Agriculture Science Complex in New Delhi. The programme builds upon five decades of joint work utilising science and technology to bring innovative solutions to the challenges facing farmers. S.K Pattanayak informed that 17 countries covered under the programme are Kenya, Malawi, Liberia, Ghana, Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Tanzania, Sudan, Botswana, Ethiopia in Africa and Afghanistan, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Mongolia, and Vietnam in Asia. Shobhana K Pattanayak, Agriculture Secretary said that the impact assessments carried out for the first phase of the programme generated positive feedback. The US is thus, expanding it to seventeen more countries. Our participation in the programme displays our soft power. The first phase of the programme, funded by USAID and jointly implemented by India's National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, provided training in three countries — Kenya, Liberia and Malawi. The Deputy High Commissioner, Kenya High Commission in India, Belinda A. Omino, Mission Director, USAID in India, Ambassador, Jonathan S. Addleton and Director General, MANAGE, V. Usha Rani were also present on the occasion. On this occasion, Kanhya Lal, village head, told the farmers to take advantage of the knowledge given by the scientific community of the centre for improving productivity of livestock owned by them.

This structure has been appreciated by the onion growers. An eminent onion grower, S. Balbir Singh, son of S. Gurmail Singh, VPO guidance of Professor Mahesh Kumar. Ever since mention of Nizampur, tehsil Payal provided 10 bags of onions for the storage study. this structure was made in the recently held vegetable crops Nancy Deep Kaur, an M.Tech student, carried out this study under the workshop at PAU, a good response was received.

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ENCOURAGING CROP DIVERSIFICATION

ndian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) advocates crop diversification with low water consuming crops in place of high water consuming crops like rice, sugarcane and banana for rain dependent areas and areas having lack of assured irrigation. Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare is promoting cultivation of pulses and coarse cereals under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) and oilseeds under National Mission on Oilseeds and Oil Palm (NMOOP) in the country, as these crops need less water. Crop Diversification Programme is also being implemented in Original Green Revolution States of Punjab Haryana and Western Uttar Pradesh to diversify cropping pattern from water guzzling paddy to pulses, oilseeds, maize, and agro-forestry with the objective of tackling the problem of declining soil fertility and depleting water table in these States. To reduce utilization of water in paddy, water conservation techniques like Direct Seeded Rice (DSR), System of Rice Intensification (SRI), alternate wetting & drying method, laser land levelling, adoption of short duration and drought tolerant varieties, etc are promoted through various crop development programmes like National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Bringing Green Revolution to Eastern India (BGREI), etc. In order to enhance water use efficiency in water intensive crops, assistance is given for promotion of water saving tools/technologies like sprinkler and drip irrigation, creation of farm ponds, efficient delivery and distribution systems and adoption of agronomic practices like alternate row/furrow irrigation, mulching, etc. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana also focuses on creating sources for assured irrigation, creating protective irrigation by harnessing rain water at micro level through 'Jal Sanchay' and 'Jal Sinchan' to ensure 'Per drop-More crop'. krishiduniya.com

CENTRE APPROVES 93 SEED HUBS UNDER NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY MISSION 93 seed hubs against a target of 150 at Indian Council of Agriculture Research Institutes (ICAR), State Agriculture Universities (SAUs), Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) have been approved under National Food Security Mission (NFSM) with an outlay of Rs.13981.08 lakh. 15% of the allocation for pulses component of NFSM is earmarked for production of quality seed of pulses seeds through states. An incentive of Rs.25/per kg is being provided for pulses seed production. 7.85 lakhs seed minikits of newer varieties of pulses have been targeted for distribution to the farmers free of cost during 2016-17. For enhancing the production of breeder seed of pulses, an amount of Rs.2039 lakh has been approved for 12 ICAR institutes and SAUs. Cluster frontline demonstrations of pulses in 31000 ha have been allocated to 534 KVKs for the year 2016-17. The strengthening of production units of biofertilizers and bio-control agents has been planned.

CENTRE INCREASES VETERINARY COLLEGE FROM 36 TO 46

s against the e s t i m a t e d requirement of 67200 Veterinary doctors in the country, there are 67,784 registered veterinary practitioners as on 31.03.2015, as per the entries made in the Indian Veterinar y Practitioners' Register (IVPR) maintained by Veterinary Council of India. Animal Husbandry is a State subject. Veterinary Services are provided by respective State Government including deployment of veterinary doctors and para-veterinarians as per their requirement. Animal Husbandry Department does not maintain State/UT wise detail of veterinary Doctors and para-veterinarians employed by the States/ Uts. To meet the shortage of trained Veterinary manpower, the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries in consultation with Veterinary Council of India has taken various steps which includes revision of Minimum Standards of Veterinary Education Regulations, 2008, increase in number of recognized veterinary colleges from 36 to 46 and increase in total no seats available in 17 veterinary colleges to 1334 from 914 on the basis of infrastructure and facilities available in the colleges. AUGUST 2016 I KRISHI DUNIYA

Manufacturers should be Proactive for Technology Commercialization for Farmers: Radha Mohan Singh

nion Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh has requested to all the manufacturers to come forward for the commercialization of technology so that the appropriate technology may reach to the farmers to beneﬁt them. Singh said this while inaugurating the two-day Conference on “Innovations in Agricultural Mechanization – Development of linkage among R&D Institutes – Industry – Farmers” at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. In his inaugural address the Union Minister emphasized that agricultural mechanization is essential for agricultural modernization and accordingly its beneﬁts need to be extended to all categories of farmers in each agro-climatic zones of the country. Singh also stressed upon the need to transfer the latest technology to the farmers so that their income may be doubled by way of reducing the cost of cultivation and increasing production The Union Minister has stressed upon the need for saving the water and the mantra “per drop, more crop”. During the inaugural address, Singh emphasized on the establishment of four new Farm Machinery Training & Testing I n s t i t u t e s i n t h e B i h a r, G u j a r a t , Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. However, most of our business due to small land holdings, using compatible equipment is not economically advantageous, he said. Enable custom hiring centers for agriculture to farmers through agricultural machinery are available, and it is a good effort. He has released the book namely “Farm Mechanization in India – The Custom Hiring Perspective” on this occasion. The Secretary, Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, S.K. Pattanayak stressed upon the formidable challenges in the agriculture sector such as shrinking land base,

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dwindling water resources, shortage of farm labour, increasing costs and uncertainties associated with volatility in international markets. However, the challenges can be addressed and the productivity of the farm in-turn can be realized by increasing land and labour efficiency in agriculture through appropriate farm mechanization. The national innovation foundation has stressed upon the need for standardization of grass root technologies developed by the rural innovators / artisans. The technology developed in the R&D systems of ICAR and private sectors have been shown to the farmers and the Government officials for their promotion and popularization. Speaking on this development, Singh emphasized that agricultural mechanization is essential for agricultural modernization and accordingly its benefits need to be extended to all categories of farmers in each agro-climatic zones of the country. Singh also congratulated Agricultural Engineers/ Scientists of the country who have contributed a great for increasing the productivity of farm produce through mechanization. He has informed that the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has clear road map and vision for agricultural development and welfare of farmers and Shri Narednra Modi is always guiding force in the adoption of appropriate plans and programs towards this. Singh also stressed upon the need to transfer the latest technology to the farmers so that their income may be

doubled by way of reducing the cost of cultivation and increasing production. Radha Mohan Singh has requested to all the manufacturers to come forward for the commercialization of technology so that the appropriate technology may reach to the farmers to benefit them. The Union Minister has stressed upon the need for saving the water and the mantra “per drop, more crop”. During the inaugural address, Singh emphasized on the establishment of four new Farm Machinery Training & Testing I n s t i t u t e s i n t h e B i h a r, G u j a r a t , Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. Singh also advised to adopt the technologies in agriculture which can save the water and thereby increase the profitability. However, most of our business due to small land holdings, using compatible equipment is not economically advantageous. Enable custom hiring centers for agriculture to farmers through agricultural machinery are available, and it is a good effort. During the plenary session, the eminent personalities in the field of agricultural mechanization presented the latest innovations and technological development in the agricultural machinery and equipments. The technology developed in the R&D systems of ICAR and private sectors have been shown to the farmers and the Government officials for their promotion and popularization. Some of the innovations have also been offered for commercialization such as     

variable rate fertilizer applicator Check basin former Turmeric rhizomes planter Ultrasonic sensor based sprayer Unmanned autonomous vehicle for agriculture

During the two days conference, it is expected that the deliberations of the conference would contribute to the process of developing, introducing and sustaining new technologies and applications in the Indian farming system. The conference has also provided an opportunity to all the stake holders of agricultural mechanization for engaging each other in a mutually beneﬁcial manner.

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BANKURA - SYMBOL OF EXCELLENCE, QUALITY AND RELIABILITY

MAHINDRA LAUNCHES HIRING CENTRE FOR FARM EQUIPMENT RENTAL BUSINESS

Landking is Manufacturer, Importer & Exporter of laser land leveler in India since 2007. They are one of the prominent Laser Guided Land Leveler Suppliers in India. Laser Control Land Leveler immaculately and deeply shifts soil from the high points of the ﬁeld to the low points and hence assists in escalating the yielding ability of the soil. Landking Laser Land Leveler is praised for its optimum utilization of water, high speed working, and reduction in weeding cost. Company import Laser Transmitter, Machine Control Panel, Laser Receiver, Laser Detector, Cable Sets, Hydraulic Control System, Hydraulic Valves, Hydraulic Cylinder, and Top Link Assembly and assemble them make highly acclaimed Laser Land Leveler. Landking is specialized laser leveler manufacturer greatly admired for manufacturing durable, reliable, and functionally designed leveler. Landking manufactured laser land leveler caters more uniform moisture environment for crops. This highly efﬁcient and cost effective laser guided leveler is made available to you on economical prices.

DOW AGRO EARNINGS SLIP ON LOW CROP COMMODITY PRICES

ow Chemical Co. saw proﬁt surge in the second quarter, thanks mostly to a large gain related to the restructuring of its ownership in Dow Corning, the company announced. But revenue and earnings declined at Dow AgroSciences, the Indianapolis-based division that has about 1,500 area employees. Dow Agro sales during the quarter were $1.6 billion, down from $1.7 billion in the same period of 2015. Dow Agro said in a written statement that Sales were impacted by low crop commodity prices, high industry inventories and currency headwinds. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, declined from $255 million to $228 million. The company said crop protection volume was lower primarily due to reduced demand for generic herbicides and the

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ahindra's Farm Equipment Sector (FES), a part of the $17.8 billion Mahindra Group, launched its first custom hiring centre for farm equipment rental business under its 'TRRINGO' initiative. The company said that focused to bring in new age digital technology to the tractor rental business, TRRINGO is expected to significantly increase the reach of farm mechanization. The first centre was inaugurated by Karnataka Agriculture Minister Krishna Byre Gowda at Hithnal Hobli in Koppal District, in the presence of other company officials. Speaking at the inauguration, Arvind Kumar, CEO - TRRINGO, M&M Ltd said that as part of the MoU signed with the Government of Karnataka, TRRINGO's first custom hiring centre in Koppal was being inaugurated. "With our first set of custom hiring centres, we will reach out directly to the farmers and enable them to deploy mechanisation technology on a pay per use basis without having to invest in the asset," he said. Further, it will generate rural employment and help bridge the gap between requirement and availability, offering far mers easy access to a wide variety of tractors. Kumar said Karnataka is an important market for the company and going forward its aim is to expand operations by setting up key hubs in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. Company said in a release that TRRINGO, the first-of-its-kind farm equipment aggregator service, allows farmers to rent tractors and other mechanized farm equipment for completing their farming requirements without any investment. A call to the help line number '1800-266-2668', connects the farmer to the TRRINGO call center and immediate assistance through the nearest available tractor or equipment vendor is provided. TRRINGO provides a unique business model based on franchisees where a rural businessman can invest in 5 tractors and equipment and set up a hub or a centre for operations, the release said.

divestiture of AgroFresh. Company said that Seeds volume declined as double-digit growth in corn was more than offset by soft demand in sunower and soybeans. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains, came to 95 cents per share. Shareholders approved the $59 billion merger of agriculture and chemicals companies DuPont and Dow Chemical. Once complete, the century-old companies plan to break up into three parts. The deal is expected to close by the end of the year, if it gets the nod from regulators. In February, the companies said Wilmington, Delaware, will be the headquarters for their combined agricultural business, but that Indianapolis will be one of its two “global business centers.”

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LEMKEN INDIA AT AGRI INTEX 2016

GAHIR AGRO INDUSTRIES LTD.

he company has a well settled infrastructure and developing day by day. The factory is situated on the Sangrur-Sunam Highway spreaded over the 3-4 acre of land. The Company has a lush green campus. The Company is equipped with high quality machines including CNC Lathe Machine, CNC Plasma Cutting Machine, Shearing Machine, Bending Machine, Hydraulic Press, MIG Welding, Arc Welding, etc which enables in developing a world class quality Products. Gahir Agro Industries Ltd. was founded in 1970 by Late. S. Nihal Singh Gahir continually strives to achieve excellence. Gahir Agro Industries Ltd. is professionally managed organization engaged in commerce of premium range of Agricultural Implements including Tractor Driven Combine Harvester, Self Propelled Combine Harvester, Laser Land Leveler, Seed Drills, Spray Pump Machines, etc. The organization is the brainwave of Late S. Nihal Singh Gahir who was born in the remote village Cheema of Sangrur District. He began his professional life as a labor in a Saw Mill at Sunam. Being a visionary, he established his own Saw Mill in the year 1960 and in 1972 with the support of his two elder sons Gurmail Singh and Jasmail Singh, he started manufacturing agricultural equipments. Before this time, Combine Harvesters were imported from other countries that were expensive for the local farmers. His vision understood the needs of the farmers and resulted in development of a Cheaper Combine Harvesters which excelled a lot as compared to the Imported Harvesters. He not only provided a large agriculture implements to the Indian farmers but also created huge employments opportunities to the people of Punjab. krishiduniya.com

EMKEN India recently participated in the "AGRI INTEX" at Coddissia, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu held on July 2016. The participants included manufacturers of Tractors & Tillers, Harvester manufacturers, Fertilisers, Pesticides, Tyre manufacturers, Irrigation systems and most importantly implement manufactrers among others. Among the implement manufacturers display was majorly on Rotavator, Seed drills etc. To all the visitors LEMKEN displayed implements were unique and they appreciated for the quality and indicated that these implements are very helpful for the farmers. We also explained to them that these LEMKEN implements were capable of doing multi activities resulting in increase of crop yield. Farmers response on both new products was very positive and LEMKEN was able to generate excitement among farmers community with the result on spot bookings were made. The new machines are the perfect solution for stubble cultivation and seedbed preparation. INDIA'S BEST RENEWABLE ENERGY PROVIDER

cozen Solutions is an energyfocused company that provides renewable energy based products. It was started in Sep '09 with a motive to create awareness against poor energy management practices, to drive sustainability in the burgeoning Indian market, and elevate the Indian industry to the standards and expectations of a developed nation in the new era. Motivated towards providing a sustainable present and a green future, Ecozen Solutions offers products to cater to agriculture focused markets. Our primary USP is our innovative and a fresh approach to real life problems and solving them with the philosophy of lean solutions. Our team consists of extremely motivated and energetic individuals who walk hand in hand with company's principles and vision. We are extremely good at engineering our solutions according to the demand. These underlying traits of our model make us conventionally unconventional.

IFFCO, DEEPAK FERTILIZER eyeing Tata Chem's fertiliser business

ata Chemicals has restarted the process for selling its fertilisers business, after calling it off in December last year. Sources told that the company has now scaled down the asking price. According to media reports, Tata Chemicals was quoting around Rs 5000 crore last time, and had to call off the process as no buyer was willing to pay that much. Sources said Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) and Deepak Fertilizers are among those in talks with Tata Chemicals for its fertiliser business. Tata Chemicals said it would not like to comment on market speculation. Deepak Fertilizers and IFFCO were unavailable for comment. AUGUST 2016 I KRISHI DUNIYA

JOHN DEERE AND FRONTIER EQUIPMENT INTRODUCE TIPSNOTEBOOK.COM

working with their equipment. Tips and ideas about ways to maintain and improve their property and get the most out of their equipment were clearly at the top of their list.

ustomers who have their own "how-do-I-do-that" kind of questions now have a convenient, trustworthy, onestop resource for the answers. John Deere and Frontier Equipment have launched a new website, TipsNotebook.com, offering more than 45 helpful articles and videos on how to tackle many of those property jobs and projects. Scott Geier, manager, sales/marketing, John Deere said that go to TipsNotebook.com and you'll ﬁnd the kind of how-to information customers are really looking for. You'll ﬁnd instructions and product information on a range of topics including gravel drives, fence building, garden building, mowing, seeding, snow removal, water control, and much, much more. TipsNotebook.com grew out of conversations with customers about what information they really wanted when

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odrej Agrovet Limited is a diversiﬁed, Research & Development backed agri-business Company, dedicated to improving the productivity of Indian farmers by innovating products and services that sustainably increase crop and livestock yields. Company hold leading market positions in the different businesses in which they operate - Animal Feed, Oil Palm Plantations, Agri Inputs, Hybrid Seeds, Dairy and Processed Poultry. Innovation is a key driver of company strategy. Company is investing signiﬁcantly in cutting-edge Research & Development to support our innovation pipeline. In 2015, we set up the Nadir Godrej Centre for Animal Research and Development in Nashik,

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"There are other places that have this kind of information," adds Geier. "But it's scattered across dozens of websites and it's hard to sort. At TipsNotebook.com, project tips and solutions developed by experts are centralized, trustworthy and easy-to-ﬁnd. And, we'll be adding new tips and advice regularly." Some tips are about seasonal chores and how to get them done a little better, a little faster, a little easier. Others are just general good advice on taking care of equipment and the land. Topics include: How to use a grooming mower. How to plant a wildower meadow, How to maintain a gravel drive, How to use a manure spreader, How to aerate, fertilize, and over seed your lawn, How to create a large vegetable garden with a one-bottom plow, How to build a rail fence, How to use a wood chipper, How to renovate a pasture, Even How to free a tractor stuck in the mud. Overall, it's a great resource that gives property owners the conﬁdence to take on new projects and get the work done quickly and safely. For more information about how to tackle just about any project the right way, contact your local John Deere dealer, or visit the new website at TipsNotebook.com.

Maharashtra; a one-of-its-kind animal husbandry research centre in the private sector in India. Their focus will be to leverage capabilities at this centre, to develop cost effective solutions to improve animal productivity. Company Animal Feed business is one of the largest organised players in the Compound Feed market in India, with annual sales of more than a million tonnes across cattle, poultry, shrimp and ﬁsh feed. Godrej Agrovet teams have worked closely with Indian farmers to develop over 55,000 hectares of smallholder Oil Palm Plantations to bridge the demand and supply of edible oil. Company has plantations across Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat, Orissa, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh. In 2015, company commissioned an oil palm mill in Mizoram as well. It is one of the largest private sector investments in the state. In our Agri Inputs business, we meet the niche requirement of farmers through innovative agrochemical offerings. We have a strong market share in plant growth promoters, soil conditioners, and cotton herbicides. Our portfolio offers a range of products that cover the entire life-cycle of a crop. A robust, pan-India distribution channel of over 6,500 distributors, helps ensure wide reach across the country. krishiduniya.com

CRYSTAL IS READY WITH INDIA'S MOST TRUSTED FUNGICIDE BRAND BAVISTIN

ith the introduction of Bavistin, Crystal aims counter spurious brands present in the market to provide genuine, qualitative solutions to the humble Indian farmer who is inuenced by the brand name, Bavistin which is synonymous with trust & integrity for last couple of decades. Used widely on India's largest crop, rice, it is also used in over 20 other crops. Bavistin is the most effective and economical seed treatment for soya bean, chickpea, gram, groundnut, pulses, wheat and oilseeds ,which are very important for the nation, also controlling diseases as a foliar spray in rice, fruits and vegetables. Bavistin's treated crop acreage is estimated around 70 lac acres. With the addition of Bavistin, Crystal expect to boost its top-line by 7-8 percent . Crystal Crop Protection Pvt Ltd has signed an MOU with BASF SE, Germany and BASF India, to acquire Bavistin. With this acquisition, Crystal, already a market leader in agrochemical sector, will now further strengthen its presence across Indian geographies. Bavistin is the biggest brand acquisition in the Indian agrochemical world, Bavistin fungicide from BASF is one of the most trusted, & well established brand in India for many years. Its well acknowledged by farmers, researchers, scientists, students and teachers of agriculture as one of the biggest name in the agrochemical world “We are happy to announce that the acquisition of Bavistin, which has been a trusted friend of the farmer for several decades, will further enhance the brand value of Crystal, an established leader in the agrochemical sector. We shall be able to serve Bavistin loyal farmers to range of Crystal solutions which will make farmers to improve their farm income`` informed Ankur Agarwal, Managing Director, Crystal Group. Anil Jain, Director, Strategic Business, Crystal Group, further added “We aim to promote Bavistin to progressive farmers who are capable of propagating the beneﬁts to their community members. Our focus in the domestic market will be on Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka, with 60% concentration here, with the rest of the country taking a 40% share. We will expand our footprint among the vegetable and fruit growers” CS Shukla Sr Vice President Marketing, also given the presentation and hopeful that Bavistin will be formulated and produced in Crystal production units. With the introduction of Bavistin in the product portfolio, Crystal aims to focus more on specialty products and brands, carving out a unique identity in the market place. Bavistin will be part of the integrated Crop Solutions being promoted by Crystal specialists and will make our offer to farmers more robust & equipped.

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“From the day of its inception, Crystal has been focussed on providing complete farm solutions catering to the needs of farmers, from sowing of the seeds to harvest. Our close engagement with over 4 lakh farmers keeps us alive to the challenges faced by them. We are thus, in a position to base our R&D on this, innovating and providing the best possible products and services for the Indian context,” Crystal works in three business verticals: agrochemicals, agro-equipment, and seeds. The company now has a strong international footprint in Egypt, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Turkey, and Bangladesh, with a view to expand in Latin America, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and South Africa. Good manufacturing practices and stringent quality are the Crystal's cornerstones. Crystal Group is a Rs 1200 crore company founded with the vision of transforming the agricultural industry through the promotion and adoption of scientiﬁc farming practices from seed to harvest. In this endeavor, the 34-year-old group has become one of the fastestgrowing agrochemical companies in India, with insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, plant growth regulators, and micronutrients as part of its portfolio. Through its research and development, product range expansion, innovative technology, and extension services, the company introduces the latest chemical technologies at affordable prices. The focus has remained the highest yield possible, to develop the farming community, and the rural landscape.

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BCF MAKES A REAL DIFFERENCE TO OUR DAILY LIFE

CF believe diagnostic imaging can help you improve animal care and their team can help you to grow your business. Company believes in developing technology that makes a real difference to your daily life. BCF create animal imaging equipment inspired by our customers' needs. Technology that is rugged, durable and reliable, built for use in the harsh environment of the farm, stable and veterinary practice. This is why they created world leading BCF Easi-Scan bovine ultrasound scanner to be wearable, comfortable, tough and dependable. The Easi-Scan is now distributed to over 40 countries. BCF also source the very best equipment from the world's leading healthcare imaging providers. Company said that they believe in supporting their customers in a personal way, which is why we work with you in partnership for the long term. As we have only specialised in imaging for animals throughout our 30 year history, many of our customers are now on their 3rd or 4th generation of BCF equipment. Company intrinsically understands your business. BCF is a global company with ofﬁces in Ireland, France, and America along with 43 distributors worldwide. Company distributors are carefully chosen to reect our vision and values. BCF distributors sell ultrasound equipment that they design and manufacture in Scotland. BCF is world leaders in bovine and ovine pregnancy detection.

COROMANDEL Q1 NET DROPS 47% TO RS 8 CR

ertiliser and crop protection products company Coromandel International posted a 47 per cent drop in its consolidated net profit at Rs 8 crore for the first quarter of this fiscal on poor sales. The Secunderabad-based company had clocked a net profit of Rs 15 crore in the year-ago period. The company's total income declined to Rs 2,060 crore in the April-June quarter of 2016-17 from Rs 2,204 crore in the same quarter last fiscal, Coromandel International said in a statement. The company's MD Sameer Goel said, "International prices of fertilisers have softened, which helped in bringing down farm gate prices of phosphatic and potassic fertilisers, thereby benefiting the farming community.”However, sharp correction in fertiliser prices ahead of the consumption season has impacted pipeline stocks which affected the performance of fertiliser business." He said the crop protection business has been witnessing robust growth and has performed well during the quarter. "With near normal monsoon, improved crop sowings and stability in fertiliser prices, we expect demand for agri inputs to pick up. We are confident that our concentrated focus in providing quality inputs and services shall enable us to transform the lives of the farming fraternity," he added. Coromandel is part of the Rs 295 billion Murugappa Group. krishiduniya.com

WAL Corporation Limited, a well-known company in the field of agrochemical and organic fertilisers, launched innovative crop protection and nutrition products during their key distributors meeting here. 'Starthene Super", a specialised insecticide for the management of sucking pests of paddy, was launched as a line extension of SWAL's trusted decade old brand 'Sta rthene' 'Zeba' - a unique technological product to counter the increasing drought like situation and uncertainty of monsoon, was also launched and was well appreciated by the participants. Zeba will play a vital role in Indian dryland farming in years to come. ‘Zeba', a natural corn starch-based granule product, absorbs, retains and releases the water more than 400 times of its weight in water. Further, 'Wuxal', a special foliar liquid fertiliser, was launched through SWAL's exclusive strategic association with Aglukon, Germany, which is a global brand leader in the field of crop nutrition. Three variants of Wuxal viz. 'Wuxal Macro mix', 'Wuxal Calcium' and 'Wuxal Potassium' were launched. Vijay Kumar Bhatt, SWAL Business Head (India), briefed on company's corporate profile and future plans to strengthen agrochemical and fertiliser product portfolio keeping in mind the varying needs of farming across India. AUGUST 2016 I KRISHI DUNIYA

ESCORTS UNVEIL 13 NEW TRACTORS FOR EXPORT MARKETS

scorts Ltd, India's fourth largest tractor maker unveiled 13 new tractors under its Farmtrac, Powertrac and Euroline brands targeting exports. The company also announced a new strategic approach of 'global transformation vision 2020' to strengthen its market share across continents. The company had recently carved out a separate international business division to cater specifically to the requirements of global customers. Ravi Menon, chief executive at Escorts agri machinery business, said the new five-year vision will help the firm make deeper inroads into Africa, Turkey, Southeast Asia, the US and Europe. Escorts joins local rivals Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd, Tafe Ltd, International Tractors Ltd, all of whom have adopted exports as an important business strategy to tide over the cyclical swings of the home market.

BKT equips the new DEUTZ-FAHR 6, 7 and 9 Series for the launch event in Dresden

KT will definitely not go unnoticed at the important three-day event promoted by SDF on July 5, 6 and 7 for the launch of the new 6 and 7 tractor series by DEUTZ-FAHR. In fact, apart from being a sponsor of the event, BKT plays another key role: all new tractors on display are equipped with the best BKT tires of the Agrimax range, specifically designed for tractors and their most diverse applications. “On stage” during the event is Agrimax Force for the 9 Series, Agrimax RT 657 for the 6 and 7 Series, and finally Agrimax RT 765 for the 7 Series. Agrimax Force is probably the most famous BKT product and undoubtedly the top of the range. Agrimax Force is the perfect combination of efficiency, productivity, exibility and resistance. It has all qualities to equip high-power tractors like the 9 Series by DEUTZ-FAHR, guaranteeing top performance both on field and on the road. As BKT has further developed the IF technology, Agrimax Force operates at low pressure. This ensures reduced soil compaction and makes it possible to pass from the field to the road without the need of changing the tire ination pressure. At the DEUTZFAHR event, the sizes IF 650/65 R 34, IF 710/75 R 42 and IF 900/60 R 42 are displayed. The versatile and reliable Agrimax RT 657 will also be on stage. Resistance, comfort, and extraordinary grip are the best qualities of this versatile tire, suitable for both soil tillage and road travel. Its high level of performance is not least the result of the special compound. It has been specifically conceived to enable longer distance coverage at significantly reduced operating costs. It

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is the best choice in terms of performance, versatility, and reliability. The 6 Series by DEUT Z-FAHR is equipped with the four sizes 540/65 R 30, 540/65 R 28, 650/65 R 38 and 650/65 R 42, whereas the 7 Series is on display with the two sizes, 540/65 R 34 and 650/65 R 42. The third in the trio is Agrimax RT 765, an agricultural radial tire of the 70' Series featuring a new-generation compound suitable for operations under the harshest conditions. This line, in fact, has been specially designed for being used in the heaviest tractor applications providing extraordinary cut and wear resistance. High efficiency, here, comes along with excellent traction and minimal soil compaction, which preserves the crops' fertility and yield. Agrimax RT 765 equips the DEUTZ-FAHR 7 Series with its two sizes 710/70 R 38 and 600/70 R 30. “BKT's presence at this high-profile event does not only fill us with pride, but also confirms the brilliant work carried out by our R&D team at a project level,” Ms Lucia Salmaso, BKT Europe's Managing Director, states. “Moreover, this is the confirmation of BKT's capacity to respond with premium products to modern farming needs. This event means a lot to us, especially now that we are expanding our presence more and more in the OEM segment. We are honored to have such an important partner as SDF.”

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BAYER SAYS WILL HALT FUTURE U.S. SALES OF INSECTICIDE

he agricultural unit of German Chemicals Company Bayer AG will halt future U.S. sales of an insecticide that can be used on more than 200 crops after losing a ﬁght with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the company said. Bayer lost an attempt to continue sales of ubendiamide, marketed in the United States as Belt, after the EPA earlier found that it posed risks to the environment. An EPA board, however, ruled that farmers and retailers will be allowed to use their existing supplies of the chemical, Bayer said in a statement. Dana Sargent, Bayer's vice president of regulatory affairs, said the product was safe. "Bayer maintains the EPA's actions on ubendiamide are unlawful and inconsistent with sound regulatory risk assessment practices," she said in a statement. The EPA could not be reached for comment after normal business hours. Flubendiamide is the active ingredient in Bayer's Belt and Nichino America's Tourismo and Vetica insecticides. It is registered for use on crops, including soybeans, almonds and tobacco, with some crops having as many as six applications per year, according to the EPA.

THE AGRIHUB (www.theagrihub.com) TO PROVIDE ONE-STOP SOLUTION TO FARMERS

he Agrihub, a digital platform oated by Industry veteran with 22 years of experience in agri-field and supported by his other co-founders Mr. Abhishek Bhatt a mechanical engineers by education and farmer by practice and Mr. Siddharth an MBA will provide one-stop solution for farmers about products and technologies. The Bengaluru- based portal will connect seed providers, retailers and distributors. It will also help the stakeholders to track innovations or products, find suppliers and facilitate and educate to make rapid purchase decisions. Rajeeb Roy co-founded the firm along with another mechanical Engineer Abhishek Bhatt and Siddharth Kumar in Bengaluru. Mr. Bhatt said: “Ours is a boot-strapped firm. We

JK Agri Genetic standalone Jun'16 sales at 112.28 crore

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have invested Rs.60 lakh. Plans are on to rise $3 million. Over the next three to four months. We are already in discussion with the three investors. The Fund will be used for scaling up technology, operations and marketing.” “ While the Urban trader has access to new products and technology it is difﬁcult for those from remote towns to know about them. At best they can know about it through extensive visits to exhibitions. Businesses and small companies spend thousands of dollars to showcase their existing products and launch new products in exhibitions. The duration of these exhibitions is for about three to four days and the football is usually more of casual visitors. Agrihub has been started to address these issues, “Chief Executive Ofﬁcer, Mr. Roy added. “ They have a database of more than 1 million farmer and have already onboarded leading brands like– John Deere, Yara Fertilizers, Rallis, Namdhari Seeds, Tafe, KF Bioplants, New Holland Agriculture, Known You Seed, Ginegar and Nagarjuna have already been listed on the platform.” The product category offered by the company includes: Seeds and Plants ; Irrigation products ; Fertilizers and Plant protection products ; Farm tools and Equipment and Hi-tech agriculture allied products.

gri Genetics has reported a standalone total income from operations of Rs 112.28 coror and a net proﬁt of Rs 20.81 core for the quarter ended Jun'16. Other income for the quarter was Rs 0.20 crore. For the quarter ended Jun 2015 the standalone total income from operations was Rs 131.67 crore and net proﬁt was Rs 23.52 crore and other income Rs 0.61 crore. A JK Agri Genetic share closed at 466.25 on August 02, 2016 (BSE) and has given 1.75% returns over the last 6 months and 15.23% over the last 12 Months.

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ADVANCED MECHANIZED FARMING SOLUTIONS IS THE KEY FOR SUCCESS AT JADHAO GROUP OF COMPANIES Improvising the Tractor and Implementing Performance with Reduced ownership Costs is the motto of Jadhao Layland Hi-tech Farm Machinery

India had a moderate level of mechanization of agriculture compared to other agriculture Asian nations. Jadhao Group started its operations in 1986 with manufacturing of cotton ginning and pressing machinery plants under the name of Jadhao Gears. In 2013 the company entered into collaboration with FALC SRL, a globally renowned Italian agricultural mechanization company, forming a business vertical named Jadhao Layland dealing in manufacture and distribution of high-tech tractor mounted mechanized agriculture solutions. The company has its presence in India, Italy and Australia. Krishi Duniya interacted with Shri Sanjay Jadhao, Managing Director of Jadhao Layland Pvt ltd. He himself is a professionally qualiďŹ ed as Bachelor in Engineering as Production Engineer. Readers can also visit www.jadhaolayland.com and www.jadhaofalc.com for more information. First of all we would like to congratulate you to achieve the reputation of a Global Company within 5 years of the existence of Jadhao Layland Pvt Ltd., Kindly elaborate your vision ? Our vision is quite clear that to expand business rapidly through international technical collaborations; to penetrate our

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range of products & systems on large scale to the domestic & international market; to establish ourselves as vendors for precision machined & pressed components to OEMS in India & abroad; to commission a new plants for manufacturing electrical systems at Butibori, Maharashtra; to achieve the Sales Turnover of Rs.300 crores by year 2016. krishiduniya.com

What is the Pride in itself to achieve this? Jadhao Layland prides itself on providing technologically advanced mechanized farming solutions to Indian Farmers. We provide the high-tech tractormounted solutions which include the Rorary Tillers generally known as Rotavators; Power Harrows; Power Shredders; Power Diggers; and Post Hole Digger. In 2013, Jadhao Layland entered into a technology collaboration with FALC S.r.l. & Selvatici Italy, both globally renowned Italian agricultural farm mechanization company's, since past 60 years & having presence in

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more than 50 countries. This collaboration led to the creation of JADHAO FALC brand of Rotavator & JADHAO SELVATICIbr and of Post Hole Digger in India. With this collaboration, JADHAO LAYLAND aims to manufacture and make available cutting-edge mechanized farming solutions to Indian farmers. In the same year , JADHAO LAYLAND began manufacturing advanced secondary Land-tilling Rotavators for the Indian agricultural market. These Rotavator models—rangingfrom 3 feet to 10 feet—were designed after extensive study of Indian Farmer's usage patterns. Feedback from farmers helped understand their speciﬁc requirements and was very useful while adapting products to speciﬁc farming conditions.

tillage with high quality soil pulverization and aeration in lesser time; Lesser load on tractors leading to better engine performance and higher fuel efﬁciency; and Consistency in depth penetration due to optimum weight with stability on tilling ground. What about Jadhao Manufacturing Capabilities? JADHAO LAYLAND has independent research capabilities with evaluative and experimental tools. This ensures scale-upto commercial plants while meeting performance guarantees. The manufacturing infrastructure setup boasts of state-of-the-art machines from AMADA and MAKKEN, and is supported by PANASONIC Robotic Welding equipment. These high-end machines greatly automate the manufacturing process and ensure consistent production of high quality products.

What is the USP of Jadhao Group of Companies? The primary USP of JADHAO LAYLAND, JADHAO FALC & JADHAO SELVATICI range of Farm machinery is Low Cost of Ownership with saving on Fuel &maintenance &minimal load on the Tractor. As a result, customers are able to realize the following advantages: High performance with low maintenance and ownership costs; Maximum yields and increasing returns; High acreage krishiduniya.com

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Shri. Jadhao claims, “We are the only manufacturer to offer a 2 stage anti corrosive Superior Paint process technology on our range of products which ensures a longer life.” The products are manufactured keeping in mind the soil topography of a particular state as well as the tractor's horse power suitability. Regarding Jadhao Marketing Approach?

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The company has a manufacturing capacity of about 18000 units annually. At present about 1800 units of rotary tillers is sold and expects the ﬁgure to rise to 4200 by the end of 2016. The price varies state wise as per the statutory protocols. “However, it's always our efforts to maintain a common pricing policy,” Shri Jadhao further added that a farmer can also avail subsidy to purchase these products subject to the state's individual protocol and norms. A farmer can save as much as Rs. 35900/- per annum using the company's products. About Rs. 32500/- can be saved on fuel and Rs. 7000/- on maintenance by adhering to the company's guidelines properly. Our recently developed Jadhao Layland Power Shredder, Power Harrow and Jadhao Selvatici, Post Hold Digger have also penetrated in the agriculture farm machinery zone and we are sure that in the coming times these two new implements will become the necessity for increasing farm productivity yield and lower the manpower labour cost.

We have networking channel partners who source business internationally and hence our export market too,” he shares, “Also, today web presence on business & trade portals has also contributed in leveraging our company and product branding across the globe.” Awareness is created through continuous demonstrations, sensitizing on the need to use the correct implement with the tractor to enable improvising the tractor and implementing performance with reduced ownership costs, participating in national level agriculture expo's such as PUSA , Delhi and KISAN , Pune, factory visits etc.

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What about the fuel saving? The features of the products include low load on tractor, high fuel efﬁciency, optimum weight, high quality blades, anti-corrosion materials and high acreage tillage with high quality soil pulverization and aeration in lesser time. The low load technology ensures less stress and delivers better performance also allowing for fuel saving. The optimum weight allows for consistent soil depth penetration achieving high quality soil pulverization with negligible load on prime mover. Maintenance required of the products is low. With fuel saving technology, “We ensure fuel savings of tentative 15% under suitable conditions per acre of working,”

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How you are Maintaining the Quality Control? The products are distributed through channel partners or dealers appointed by the company. These partners or dealers also train the end users to use the equipment. They are also trained to provide after sales services. “There are various service checkup camps held by the dealers for regular maintenance,” he adds. Demonstrations for large nos. are conducted with the assistance of company professionals to enlighten the end users on the knowhow of operating the machineries. Also the company engineers handle where expert solutions are required. What about your Future Planning? We wish our product presence in each Indian State and across the globe, as a quality and performance oriented farm mechanization service provider. Looking towards the future. The company also plans to introduce economic mechanized farming solution such as time saving based mechanized solutions. Also some of the company's upcoming products which are under development are Power Digger, Stone Picker, Post Hole Digger and Automatic side Shift Rotavators. krishiduniya.com

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TRACTOR INDUSTRY

Indian tractor industry is relatively young but now has become the largest market worldwide (excluding sub 20 hp belt driven tractors used in China), accounting one third of the global production. The other major tractor markets in the world are China and US. Up to 1960, the demand of the tractor was met entirely through imports. Indigenous manufacture of tractors began in 1961. India continued to import tractors to bridge the total needs up to the late 1970 and had reached just about 50,000 units in the early 1980's, but today the size Indian Tractor market has grown to over 600,000 units. The Indian Tractor Industry has come a long way since then. Volume growth in the past 4 decades show a CAGR of 7.5 percent, despite seasonal vagaries, plummeting and boosting, tractor demand and consequentially the Industry volumes. The tractor industry, which grew at a CAGR of 16 percent from 1994-98, struck a plateau in 99-01. 2001-03 saw the Industry de-growing at a negative CAGR of 13.5 percent. The recovery phase started from mid-2004-05 onwards. Good monsoons, increased lending by the nationalized banks, and the entry of private commercial banks, created a positive outlook. Firming up of commodity prices and money availability catapulted

tractor demand, helping the industry regain the lost volumes at a CAGR of 16 percent from 2003-04. In 2006-07 Tractor Industry growth surpassed the industry best of 2000-01, to reach the new peak of 292908 tractor sale. The growth of the industry was stagnant in 2007-08 and 2008-09. Again in 2010-11 and 2011-12 the industry witnessed an increase in sales from 480377 to 535210 which got marginally dipped in 2012-13 to 527737.

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Institute of Pesticide Formulation Technology (IPFT)

o develop user and environment friendly new generation pesticide formulations having this the main objective the Institute of Pesticide Formulation Technology (IPFT) as an Autonomous Institution under the Department of Chemicals and Pterochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India was established in the year 1991. An ISO 17025-2005 certified Laboratory for Chemical Testing. Dr. Dr. S.K.Raza joined as Director, Institute of Pesticide Formulation Technology (IPFT), an Autonomous Institute under the Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Govt. of India on December 31, 2010. Information dissemination of the safe manufacturing practices, quality assurance, raw material specification and sources with Fostering the improvement in the qualification and usefulness of pesticides scientists working in the agrochemical area is the need of the hour. With these objectives, the Development and production of the state-of-the art user and environmental friendly pesticide f o r m u l a t i o n t e c h n o l o g y. A l s o Promotion of efficient application technologies suiting the existing requirements of the newer formulations. For Continuing education through specialized training for pesticide personnel. The Institute of Pesticide Formulation Technology (IPFT) was formed. IPFT is an Autonomous Institution [under Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Registration No. S-21944/1991)] under the Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Government of India. IPFT has always been at the forefront of developments in pesticide

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formulations and analytical technologies. It is comprised of Five divisions namely Formulation Division  Analytical Division  Bioscience Division  Pilot Plant Division  Administration & Finance Division It has state-of-art laboratories for development, quality control and field-testing of both conventional and new generation pesticide formulations including botanical pesticides. IPFT is recognized as an independent testing laboratory by C I B , C I PA C , FA O , G T Z a n d RENPAP. The Analytical Division of the Lab is NABL Accredited as per ISO/IEC - 17025 (2005) for the testing o f P e s t i c i d e s ( Te c h n i c a l & Formulations), Pesticide residues in various food matrices and CWC related chemicals. The Lab is BIS Recognized/ Certified also for the testing of pesticide formulations as per IS specifications. The Lab is participating in OPCW Proficiency Tests for the analysis and identification of CWC related chemicals in various environmental matrices. The lab achieved the status of a "Designated Laboratory" by the

OPCW in 2011. The main component is the Formulation Division. FORMULATION DIVISION The main objective of this Division is to develop user and environment friendly new generation pesticide formulations. Having the required expertise and infrastructural facilities, Formulation Division is working on the advancement of pesticide formulation research & development. This Division has developed more than 50 formulation technologies, which have been successfully transferred to different industries in India and abroad for commercialization. The Division assists the pesticide industry personnel in producing safe and environment friendly pesticide formulations by enhancing their knowledge through training and seminars. The Division provides consultancy services to the industries on pesticide formulations. Division also aims to promote the production of bio-botanical pesticide formulations as a safe alternative to synthetic pesticides. Services Offered  Development of user and environment friendly new krishiduniya.com

generation pesticide formulations. Development of prescription formulation suiting the needs of the customers.  Development of bio-botanical pesticide formulations for household as well as agricultural purposes.  Precise optimization of formulations aiming at quality improvement.  Consultancy services.  Particle size analysis. Technologies Available :  Suspension Concentrates  Water Dispersible Granules  Capsule Suspensions  Concentrated Emulsions  Microemulsions  Gels  Tablets  ZW, ZC, ZE Formulations  Household Formulations  Nano Formulations  Mixed Formulations State of Art Lab Facilities  Particle Size Analyzer  Nano Particle Size & Zeta Potential Analyzer  Wet Grinding Mill  Screen & Screw Extruder with Spheronizer  High Shear Mixer  Fluid Bed Spray Granulator 

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Viscometer Tablet Machine  Coil Machine  Cryostat  Spectrophotometer ANALYTICAL DIVISION The Analytical Division is an accredited laboratory under ISO/IEC 17025:2005 and is a core division associated with all the activities of the institute. The Division is accredited for chemical testing of pesticides (Technical & Formulations), Pesticide residues in various food matrices and chemical warfare agents and their precursors and degradation products. In addition to providing various analytical services such as quality assurance, Persistence and Residue Analysis in various matrices, it also undertakes R & D projects from various agencies and the pesticide industries. The Laboratory is also recognized/certified by BIS for the testing of pesticide formulations as per IS specifications. The institute regularly participates in the Proficiency testing programmes for the analysis of CWC related compounds conducted by the OPCW (Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons), The Hague, The Netherlands. The lab got designated by the OPCW in 2011. BIO-SCIENCES DIVISION The major thrust of the division is to evaluate the different pesticide  

formulations developed by this institute for their commercial viability, as in house services, through well equipped bio-assay laboratory, green house/glass house and experimental ﬁeld trials. Additionally the division is also actively engaged in developing registration data packages of various pesticides as per Central Insecticide Board/Registration Committee protocols for the pesticide industry for their new formulations through sponsored projects. The division is recognized by Central Insecticide Board/Registration Committee for generation of data on bio-efﬁcacy, p h y t o t o x i c i t y, p h y t o t o n i c i t y, compatibility, effect of pesticides on natural enemies of pests and residual aspects of pesticides. This Division has so far successfully generated registration data for different pesticide formulations on various crops as well as for house hold insects through sponsored projects by pesticide industries.

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Need based Agricultural Implements- Future Strategy

ndia is a country with various landforms ranging from lofty mountains to ravine, deltas and also including high altitude forest of Himalayas, sprawling grasslands of Indo-Gangetic plains, peninsular plateaus of South East and South West India and many other geological formations. The climate of India is full of extremities; and most prone sector to rainfall variations, either deﬁcit or excess, particularly when it coincides with susceptible/critical crop growth stages. Due to presence of a wide range of geological and climatic conditions, Indian agriculture is diverse and complex with both irrigated and dry land areas, capable of producing most of the food and horticultural crops of the world. India has an estimated 142 million ha cultivated area of which about 57 million ha (49 percent) is irrigated and remaining 85 million (ha (60 percent) is rain fed. Rice, wheat, maize, sorghum, and millet are the ﬁve main cereals grown in India. Along with this the pulses, oilseeds, cotton, jute, sugarcane, and potato are the other major crops.

agencies now realize that for raising farm productivity at reduced unit cost of production, mechanizati on is essential.

India ranks second worldwide in farm output but the economic contribution of agriculture to India`s GDP is steadily declining with the country`s broad-based economic growth. In India, 63 percent holdings are below 1 ha accounting for 19 percent of the operated area while over 86 percent holdings are less than 2 ha accounting for nearly 40 percent of the area.

 Agriculture accounts for 80% of water needs; 60% from ground water.

Farm mechanization in India has come a long way during the last 60 years and still there is tremendous scope as it is required in every unit operation of agricultural production, post harvest, food processing and rural living. Farmers, policy makers and developmental

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India

 Total population:1.21 billion (2011)  Population growth rate:1.5% annually  Majority (69%) of people rural areas.

live in

 Land area: 297.3 million ha (2.4% of world)  17% of population;  Only 4.2% of world water; 1200 mm annual rainfall

 52 % workers in Agriculture: 14% of GDP; Indian Agriculture Indian agriculture contributes 14 % of GDP and rest 86 % is contributed by industry and services. The level of Farm Mechanization in India is about 40 to 45%. Indian Agricultural Machinery Industry

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The country has 198 mha cultivable land but due to resource constraints net cropped area is 142 mha.

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Eastern, North Eastern and rain fed regions could not increase the yield due to adverse agro-ecological diversity and poor agricultural inputs resources.

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There is large state wise diversity in yield of food grains. More focus is required to increase the agricultural productivity of the Eastern Regions and Rain fed areas.

PRECISION MECHANIZATION TECHNOLOGY FOR SECOND GREEN REVOLUTION-Policy Focus For Achieving Sustainable Food Security, Government of India under Twelfth Five Year Plan framed future social economic and technological trends.

 2,500 Small Scale Industries  15,000 Tiny Industries

To achieve the Food Target, Productivity to be increased. To increase Productivity agriculture Machines plays important role..!

 1,00,000 Village level Artisans  32,000 Crore Industry, CAGR growth 5% Manufacturing Units in India Equipment manufacturers

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Policy is to promote the usage of farm mechanization and increase the ratio of farm power to cultivable unit area up to 2 kW/ha.

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Agricultural tractors

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Power tillers

It is to ensure performance testing of agricultural machinery and equipment, capacity building of Farmers and End users and promoting farm mechanization.

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Irrigation pumps

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Agricultural mechanization policy Should be aimed for

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Plant protection equipment

300

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Combine Harvester

 Higher returns to farmers

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Reapers

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Threshers

6000

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Seed Drills and planters

2500

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Diesel oil engines

200

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Plough, cultivators, harrows

5000

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Rural artisans (hand tools)

1 million

WHY SECOND GREEN REVOLUTION..?

 Identiﬁcation of agricultural equipment and machinery for promotion

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More than 50% population depend upon agriculture for their livelihood and a source of raw materials for industries.

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Food grains requirement will grow to 280 mtons to feed the growing population by 2020-21 from the present 259.32 mtons (2011-12)

 Pilot introduction of new machines  Research and development  Farm power and machinery management  Mechanization of horticulture and hill agriculture  Worker friendly environment  Quality of manufacture of agricultural implements  Training  Monitoring and coordination  Focus area to address  To carry out training courses, seminars, exhibitions on

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of equipment rather a list of quality ﬁrms from the state be ﬁnalized.

 Recent example is of AP Agro Tender for purchase of farm equipment during 2016-17: As per tender for purchase of tractor operated rotavator  EMD

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 Turnover agricultural mechanisation, operator skills, farmer/users education and other areas.

 To train specialists in batches in Pre-harvest technology, Harvesting technology, Post-harvesting technology, and Agricultural produce storage.  To ensure quality products to make trouble free operation by farmers/users and ensure that such products are duly certiﬁed for export through government / state approved certifying agencies. Constrains in MECHANIZATION..  Small farms and abundance of dry land agriculture  Low productivity and high cost of production  Inadequate infrastructure for Agro-processing and marketing of agro produce  Weak industrial Liasoning  Absence of long term Agricultural Mechanization Policy  Lack of proper mandatory safety standards & legislative Measures  Inadequate and ill-equipped repair & maintenance shops  Lack of Skilled Operator in Agriculture  Proliferation of designs/ Sub-standard designs  Defective credit policy  High operating cost due to low annual use  Absence of Farm Machinery Management Data regarding usepatterns, annual-use, breakdown frequency, repair & maintenance cost, reliability etc. Subsidy Distribution Policy

 Subsidy – Finalise within 1st quarter of ﬁnancial year  Distribution of subsidy - uniform and transparent  Farmers – have choice to select Equipment Brand & Model so that they could get after sales service.  Subsidy Amount - Paid directly to manufacturer after supply of equipment and not to the farmers.  Period of rate contract - not exceed one year.  Tendering – - no Tendering System. 1.1 Subsidy Distribution Policy

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- 50 Crores

 Investment capacity of small and medium category agricultural machinery manufacturers is Rs. 10 Crores.  On the one hand Govt. of India is supporting small and medium category agricultural machinery manufacturers under unorganized sector and on the other hand Govt. of Andhra Pradesh and Telengana neglecting these sectors. 1.2 High % of Subsidy for New High-tech Machineries

 This is required to encourage adoption of these New type of Machines by Farmers.  1.3 Timeliness of Announcement of Subsidies..  Timeliness of Process is very important in Agriculture.  Announcement delay after Khariff or Rabi season makes the farmers to reluctant to buy the Machineries.  Announcement should be done in the beginning of May. So that it will help the Farmers to decide and Manufacturers to plan and start manufacture.  VAT & Entry Tax Free Policy on Agricultural Implements & machinery  VAT, CST, Entry Tax etc should not be followed for Agricultural Machineries.  Governments are giving subsidies for the machineries to make it affordable to farmers. But at the same time charging various kinds of taxes to make it expensive at both Manufacturer and Farmers.  Many of the states still charge VAT on Agricultural Machinery. Whereas Central Govt. is facilitating the farmers by giving subsidy on that machinery. This is a contradictory policy. So we request that Agricultural Machinery should be Tax free in all the states as done in many states. 2.1 Excise duty & Import Duty

 Imposition of Excise Duty on Parts / Components of agricultural implements to be exempted.  Excise duty is charged on the purchase of Parts under any chapter of Excise Tariff which are used in Manufacture of Agricultural Implements. This increases the cost of Agricultural Implements which get levied on the farmers.  Duty exemption is for the complete assembled equipment only.  Duty exemption is not applicable for the Parts / Components

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 If we have to get the duty concession for parts under this exemption, the industry has to be register under Central Excise.  Two schedules, A-23 and A-31 as given below may be given attention. 3. Agricultural Machinery Testing Centres

 Many of 30 approved testing centers need strengthening.  The Ministry of Agriculture, GOI and State Govts should ensure these centers are strengthened and work efficiently.  No need to conduct or repeat all the test procedures for similar machinery. Variants in the machinery should be tested.  All States and Union Territories be requested to accept the Test Report by notified Testing Centers and not required from FMTTIs.  If more variant of model is available, selfcertification by the firms having membership of AMMA-India be allowed to get their products notified for Govt. Subsidy.

3) Specialized Marketing Board /Agencies Farmers – to promote sale of these Agricultural Implements & Machinery manufactured in India by MSMEs. FUTURE STRATEGIES for MECHANIZATION    

4. Easy Financing to Farmers & Industry Decides purchase power of Farmers and resulting in Machinery manufacturers sales.  Easy loan Finance to Farmer at low interest rates  Power Tillers, Transplanters & such equipments which does not come under RTO registration are not easily financed.  Farmers not able to get finance support for the machineries except Tractors and combine harvesters.  Loan for agricultural machinery below Rs. 2 lakhs should be immediately financed by all the banks to the needy farmers  Banks should not ask for Collateral security for less than 1Lakh amount. Agricutural industry is engaged in serving purely agriculture, so they should be provided all financial assistance at the interest rate equivalent to that of Agricultural loans to get machinery at cheaper price. 5. Formation of Marketing Board for Export of Agricultural Machinery 1) Identify the Demand – in our country & abroad, where the machines can be easily adopted 2) Enquiries from Abroad - not able to finalize due to absence of authenticity by any Govt. agencies. Especially African countries for Agricultural Machinery krishiduniya.com

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Location specific and crop specific technologies Mechanization of rice, cotton, sugarcane, oil seeds, pulses, plantation crops and horticulture. Green House and surface covered cultivation including application of microprocessors and computers in agriculture Multifunctional equipment for conservation of energy and turnaround time Occupational Health Hazards and Safety issues Gender Friendly Tools & Equipments To introduce eco-friendly, sustainable, multi-venture viable farming systems To diversify agriculture by reducing area under paddy & wheat by greater emphasis on horticulture, dairy farming, poultry, fisheries and allied vocations such as mushroom growing, apiculture etc. To reduce cost of production and upgrade quality of produce to attain global compatibility. To reduce/curtail losses at various stages. Losses for fruits and vegetables range from 40-50%. To protect natural resources of soil, water and environment. There is a sharp decline in soil quality and fertility, depletion in water-table, water and air pollution as well as phenomenal rise in new regimes of pests and weeds. To develop field-worthy technologies for utilization and management of agricultural wastes and by-products.

Tractor and its Manufacturing in India Agricultural tractors, which represent 66 % of total farm equipment production, are expected to continue to grow at a steady pace of 5 %. Combines and other agricultural machine production should increase in a similar way at a 5 % CAGR. The key growth driver is increased mechanization and the shift from how to higher horsepower machines as farmlands consolidate.

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gricultural mechanization helps in increasing production, productivity and profitability in agriculture by achieving timeliness in farm operations, bringing precision in metering and placement of inputs, reducing available input losses, increasing utilization efficiency of costly inputs (seed, chemical, fertilizer, irrigation, water etc.), reducing unit cost of produce, enhancing profitability and competitiveness in the cost of operation. It also helps in the conservation of the produce and by-products from qualitative and quantitative damages; enables value addition and establishment of agro processing enterprises for additional income and employment generation from farm produce. Farm mechanization is one of the important inputs to user in all round development in the rural India. Efficient machinery helps in increasing productivity by about 30% besides, enabling the farmers to raise a second crop or multi crop making the Indian agriculture attractive and a way of life by becoming commercial instead of subsistence. There is a need to double the food production by 2020. This will call for raising more crops in a year thus limiting the turnaround time. In order to complete the work in time we require a new improved implement which is farmers friendly and requires less repair and maintenance. We started to work in this direction and developed a new type of cultivator with suspension springs (Fig.2). Another advantage of the developed implement is that its width can be increased or decreased depending on size of the tractor. A nine tyne cultivator can be converted into 11 or 13 tyne cultivator just by adding set of tines with the existing implement (Fig. 3 & Fig. 4). The biggest advantage of the newly developed machine is that if a farmer is going to buy a new high horse power tractor he does not required buying a matching cultivator. He can increase the width of the cultivator just buying the

additional tynes. The concept of Development of S u s p e n s i o n t y p e E x t e n d a b l e Wi d t h Cultivator was submitted to Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), New Delhi through College of Technology and Engineering (CTAE) Udaipur under TS support category of TePP. Looking to the advantageous of the new machine DSIR supported the project with a grant of Rs. 69,000/-. Initially A suspension type extendable width cultivator with 9 tynes was developed and trials were taken on farmers fields. Extensions for 11 and 13 tynes were made and a nine tyne cultivator was extended to 11 and 13 tyne cultivator. It was tested on farmers field and on the farms of College of Technology and Engineering and the feedback was collected. It was found that in ordet to make this cultivator more sturdy its tynes has to be improved and more trials has to be taken on farmer fields. In order to further improvement to the machine a proposal for supplementary grant of RS. 10, 00,000/- was again submitted to DSIR, New Delhi. A higher level committee has examined the proposal and DSIR sanctioned further

INNOVATION IN THE FIELD OF FARM MACHINERY Development of a Single Spring Mounted Suspension type Extendable Width Cultivator

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Available Cultivators Pipe Model

Ferguson Model

Pin to pin Model

Newly developed Suspension Model

10 nut bolts are used in complete ﬁtting of one tyne kit

13 nut bolts are used in complete ﬁtting of one tyne kit

09 nut bolts are used in complete ﬁtting of one tyne kit

03 nut bolts are used in complete ﬁtting of one tyne kit

102 nut bolts are used in complete ﬁtting of 9 tynes

122 nut bolts are used in complete ﬁtting of 9 tynes

86 nut bolts are used in complete ﬁtting of 9 tynes

30 nut bolts are used in complete ﬁtting of 9 tynes

advantageous of the newly developed machine over the existing cultivators. Signiﬁcant Features  

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support of Rs. 7, 50,000/- for the improvement of the machine. The developed new tyne with suspension spring is shown in Figure 5. It was further tested and trials were taken on farmer's ﬁeld. The newly developed cultivator was tested by the Farm Machinery Testing Center of CTAE Udaipur. The test report was very good and was submitted to Government of Rajasthan and Ministry of Agriculture, New Delhi. Based on the reports; Govt. of Rajasthan and Govt. Of India has approved a subsidy on this machine which is a big achievement. Now this new type of cultivator is commercially manufactured by Vishwakarma Industries, Tonk Jaipur and farmers of nearby areas are using it. The newly manufacture suspensor model has a number of distinguishing features. This model has 70-80% of less nut bolt ﬁttings, thus it reduces the maintenance expenditure. The number of tines can be increased up to 13 tines depend upon available power of tractor and use of consumer. It is helpful in minimizing time and fuel consumption. It is proved that in the same time 25 to 50% more work can be done through using this cultivator. A comparison chart is given below in Table 1 which clearly shows the

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The implement is as per the need of the hour. The new cultivator has the capability to extend the width of cultivator from 9 tines to 11 and 13 tines. The same implement can be used with higher hp tractors simply by increasing the number of tines and there is no need to purchase a new matching implement. The introduction of new suspension system reduces the cost considerably Tynes were assembled with a tyne spring holder, tyne stopper bush spring holder guide , L-Plate which casted with forged steel in a single piece . The single piece steel casting reduces the labor requirement and manufacturing cost. The developed cultivator requires only 30 blots as compared with existing product in market in which requires 86-122 bolts

Conclusion The developed new type of cultivator can works well and conﬁded to the limited market. It should be popularized to all parts of the country through All India Coordinated Research Project on Farm Implements & Machinery, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi Dr. S M Mathur* and Mr. Rajendra Kumawat**

Commonly used Traditional Cultivator

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*Professor, Department of Farm Machinery and Power Engineering, College of Technology and Engineering, MPUAT, Udaipur (Rajasthan), **Innovator turned to entrepreneur, Vishwakarma Industries, Tonk (Rajasthan) Email: shiloo2009@gmail.com

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Indian Agrochemical Industry

ndia is the fourth largest producer of agrochemicals globally, after United States, Japan and China. The agrochemicals industry is a signiďŹ cant industry for the Indian economy. The Indian agrochemicals market grew at a rate of 11% from USD 1.22 billion in FY08 to an estimated USD 1.36 billion in FY09. India's agrochemicals consumption is one of the lowest in the world with per hectare consumption of just 0.58 Kg compared to US (4.5 Kg/ha) and Japan (11 Kg/ha). In India, paddy accounts for the maximum share of pesticide consumption, around 28%, followed by cotton (20%). Indian population is increasing and the per capita size of land decreasing, the use of pesticides in India has to improve further. Besides increasing in domestic consumption, the exports by the Indian Agrochemicals Industry can be doubled in the next four years if proper strategies and sophisticated technologies are adopted by the industry.

200-250 Kg) to formulators. Formulators, in turn, prepare formulations by adding inert carriers, solvents, surface active agents, deodorants etc. These formulations are packed for retail sale and bought by the farmers. The Indian agrochemicals market is characterized by low capacity utilization. The total installed capacity in FY09 was 146,000 tons and total production was 85,000 tons leading to a low capacity utilization of 58%. The industry suffers from high inventory (owing to seasonal & irregular demand on account of monsoons) and long credit periods to farmers, thus making operations 'working capital' intensive. India due to its inherent strength of low-cost manufacturing and qualiďŹ ed low-cost manpower is a net exporter of pesticides to countries such as USA and some European & African countries. Exports formed ~50% of total industry turnover in FY08 and have achieved a Compounded Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 29% from FY04 to FY08.

Industry Structure

Key Segments

In India, there are about 125 technical grade manufacturers (10 multinationals), 800 formulators, over 145,000 distributors. 60 technical grade pesticides are being manufactured indigenously. Technical grade manufacturers sell high purity chemicals in bulk (generally in drums of

Insecticides

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Insecticides are used to ward off or kill insects. Consumption of insecticides for cotton has come down to 50% from 63% of total volume after introduction of BT cotton. krishiduniya.com

Fungicides Fungicides are used to control disease attacks on crops. The growing horticulture market in India owing to the government support has given a boost to fungicide usage. The market share of fungicides has increased from 16% in 2004 to 20% in 2009.

depends primarily on product portfolio and introduction of new molecules. Strategic alliances with competitors are common to reduce risks and serve a wider customer base. Key Trends Market Trends

Plant growth regulators, Nematocides, Rodenticides, Fumigants etc. Rodenticides and plant growth regulators are the stars of this segment.

Focus on developing environmentally safe pesticides by the industry as well as the Government. The Department of Chemicals has initiated a nationwide programme for “Development and production of neem products as Environment Friendly Pesticides” with ﬁnancial assistance from United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). Focus by larger companies on brand building by conducting awareness camps for farmers and providing complete solutions. Increase in strategic alliances among large players for greater market reach and acquisitions of smaller companies globally to diversify product portfolio. For example: Rallis has a marketing alliance for key products with FMC, Dupont, Syngenta, Bayer and Nihon Nohayaku. In addition, UPL has had a series of small acquisitions globally to enter new geographies and gain product expertise. Technology Trends: Increased R&D expected for development of new molecules and low dosage, high potency molecules Focus on R&D in bio-pesticides segment with increasing preference for environmentally safe products in the market.

Competitive Landscape

Growth Forecast & Drivers

The Indian agrochemicals market is highly fragmented in nature with over 800 formulators. The competition is ﬁerce with large number of organized sector players and signiﬁcant share of spurious pesticides. The market has been witnessing mergers and acquisitions with large players buying out small manufacturers. Key market participants include United Phosphorus Ltd, Bayer Cropscience Ltd, Rallis India Ltd, Gharda Chemicals Ltd, Syngenta India Ltd, BASF India Ltd, etc. Top ten companies control almost 80% of the market share. The market share of large players

Since the Indian agricultural sector is highly dependent on monsoons, the market for agrochemicals is expected to grow at a conservative growth rate of 7.5% to reach ~ USD 1.95 Bn by FY14. Key market drivers include:

Herbicides Herbicides are the fastest growing segment of agrochemicals. Their main competition is cheap labor which is employed to manually pull out weeds. Sales are seasonal, owing to the fact that weeds ﬂourish in damp, warm weather and die in cold spells. Bio-pesticides Bio-pesticides are pesticides derived from natural substances like animals, plants, bacteria and certain minerals. Currently a small segment, biopesticides market is expected to grow in the future owing to government support and increasing awareness about use of non-toxic, environment friendly pesticides. Others

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1. Growth in demand for food grains India has 16% of the world's population and less than 2% of the total landmass. Increasing population and high emphasis on achieving food grain self-sufﬁciency as highlighted in the FY10 budget, is expected to drive growth.

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2. Limited farmland availability and growing exports India has ~190 Mn hectares of gross cultivated area and the scope for bringing new areas under cultivation is severely limited. Available arable land per capita has been reducing globally and is expected to reduce further. The pressure is therefore to increase yield per hectare which can be achieved through increased usage of agrochemicals. Indian agrochemical exports accounted for ~50% of total industry size in 2009. 3. Growth of horticulture & floriculture Buoyed by 50% growth experienced by Indian floriculture industry in last 3 years, Government of India has launched a national horticulture mission to double production by 2012. Growing horticulture and floriculture industries will result in increasing demand for agrochemicals, especially fungicides. 4. Increasing awareness As per Government of India estimates, total value of crops lost due to non-use of pesticides is around USD 17 Bn every year. Companies are increasingly training farmers regarding the right use of agrochemicals in terms of quantity to be used, the right application methodology and appropriate chemicals to be used for indentified pest problems. With increasing awareness, the use of agrochemicals is expected to increase. Key Challenges 1. High R&D costs: R&D to develop a new agrochemical molecule takes an average of 9 years and ~ USD 180 Mn Indian companies typically have not focused on developing newer molecules and will face challenges in building these capabilities, while continuing to remain cost competitive. 2. Threat from Genetically Modified (GM) seeds: Genetically modified seeds possess self-immunity towards natural adversaries which have the potential to negatively impact the business of agrochemicals. 2. Need for efficient distribution systems: Since, the number of end users is large and widespread, effective distribution via retailers is essential to ensure product availability. Lately, companies have been directly dealing with retailers by cutting the distributor from the

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value chain thereby reducing distribution costs, educating retailers on product usage and offering competitive prices to farmers. 3. Support for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) & rising demand for organic farming: Promotion of IPM, zero budget farming and usage of bio-pesticides by Indian Government and NGOs is gaining momentum. With increasing demand for organic food, farmers in certain states like Karnataka have reduced chemical usage and have adopted organic farming. Agrochemical companies will have to tackle the rising environmental awareness and address concerns on negative impact of pesticide usage. 4. Counterfeit Products: The spurious pesticides market size in India is estimated to be USD 233 Mn in 2009. This negatively impacts the revenues of the organized sector. Key Opportunities 1. Scope for increase in usage: With ~35-40% of the total farmland under crop protection, there is a signiﬁcant unserved market to tap into. By educating farmers and conducting special training programmes regarding the need to use agrochemicals, Indian companies can hope to increase pesticide consumption. 2. Huge export potential The excess production capacity is a perfect opportunity to increase exports by utilizing India's low cost producer status. 3. Patent expiry: Between 2009 and 2014 many molecules are likely to go off patent throwing the market open for generic players. The total viable opportunity through patent expiry is estimated at over USD 3 Bn 4. Product portfolio expansion: Threats like genetically modiﬁed seeds, Integrated Pest Management, organic farming etc. can be turned into opportunities if the industry re-orients itself to better address the needs of its consumers and broadens its product offering to include a range of agri-inputs instead of only agrochemicals.

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R&D-LED STRATEGY VITAL TO PROTECT CROPS FROM PESTILENCE India loses 15-25% potential crop output due to pests, weeds, diseases

hri Hukmdev Narayan Yadav, Chairman, Standing Committee of Parliament on Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, has called for concerted efforts to forge a R&D-led strategy to save the loss of crops due to pests, weeds and diseases. An estimated 15-25% of potential crop production is lost due this menace at a time when India needs not only to raise production but also ensure food security and nutrition for its growing consumption needs. Addressing the sixth National Agrochemicals Conference â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2016 on the theme 'Next Generation Indian Agriculture â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Role of Crop Protection Solutions', organised jointly by FICCI and the Department of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers Welfare and Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Government of India here today, Shri Narayan said that the need of the hour was to adopt a holistic approach to be implemented in a very systematic manner to farming sector in India. The strategy would have to be implemented with full involvement of farmers who are the main stake holders, he added. He invited the farming community to imbibe latest knowledge and technologies and thus empower themselves. He also suggested for more focus to R&D for ensuring sustainable development. Expressing concern at the rising menace of spurious pesticides incl. biologicals laced with chemicals, Shri Narayan suggested that the situation should be tackled collectively by farmer associations, industry players, government and pesticide regulatory bodies in a time bound manner. On the occasion, he released a Knowledge Paper on the theme of the conference,

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prepared by FICCI in association with the Tata Strategic Management Group. Tata Strategic Management Group (TSMG) is the Knowledge & Strategy Partner for the conference while Panjab Agriculture University, Ludhiana; Institute of Pesticide Formulations & Technology, Gurgaon and Delhi University are the Academic Partners. A UN study on global population trends predicts that India will surpass China to become the most populous nation in the world by 2022. With a present size of 1.32 billion, India currently supports nearly 17.84% of the world population, with 2.4% land resources and 4 % of water resources. It is also noted that about 15-25% potential crop production is lost due to pests, weeds and diseases. Keeping pace with these growing numbers, the country will not only have krishiduniya.com

following sections of the report provide an overview on the challenges faced by the Indian agriculture sector, the Indian crop protection market, next generation crop protection and crop enhancement solutions and govt. of India Initiatives.

to raise its agricultural production but also the productivity to ensure food and nutrition security of the nation. Crop protection and crop enhancement solutions, based on best global practices and the latest technologies available are the answer. There are good emerging trends and solutions for sustainable crop protection which include crop protection chemicals, agronomy, fertigation, seed treatment, bio-technology development etc. The next generation agriculture in the country will have to encompass all such possible solutions using the best mode in a given scenario. The sector has huge unrealized potential for growth, given the presently very low levels of application of crop protection chemicals, as compared to the global norms coupled with fast increasing awareness in young, educated farming class. The sector faces many challenges and solution to same can lead to India becoming a global manufacturing hub of quality crop protection chemicals. The conference debated various challenges faced by Indian Agriculture, such as High monsoon dependence/ Unpredictable weather patterns/ Falling water tables/Reduction in arable land (per capita availability)/ Decreasing farm sizes/Low per hectare yield/Increasing pest attacks/A very long supply chain (dominated by middle men) etc. Various speakers advocated for application of best solutions, be that linked to agronomy, Plasticulture, fertigation, seed treatment, crop protection chemicals, bio-technology, precision farming etc. The conference covered topics of relevance to the sector, incl. Facilitating ease of doing business. Making India global manufacturing hub of quality crop protection solutions , Key Issues and challenges faced by the industry, export potential of the sector as also some of the futuristic technologies such as Vertical Farming( a concept on which a party from Belgium made a presentation) etc. in a sustainable manner.

To accelerate high growth and ensure sustainability, combined effort in terms of technology, policies and institutional support has to be adopted. At present the sector is yet to realize its full potential in terms of bringing in efficiencies across all the stages in the value chain. The population of marginal cultivators is now seen to increase whereas the landholdings are decreasing thus making the agriculture profession unviable for marginal cultivators. Besides this, the sector is highly susceptible to vagaries of the nature. Difficulties in adopting modern farming technologies and lack of knowhow about modern farming processes and agri-inputs are creating immense pressure on the agriculture sector to undergo transformation. Agriculture holds a prime importance in the socio-economic fabric of India. The sector has remained backbone of the Indian economy and presently accounts for ~15% of the country's GDP. Nearly 58% of the rural households rely on agriculture as their principal means of livelihood. Being a source of livelihood and food security of the nation, higher growth in agriculture assumes great importance and is matter of concern. Critical Challenges faced by India Agriculture High monsoon dependency: Indian agriculture is heavily dependent on monsoon. Poor rains could potentially hurt the agricultural output and lead to food inflation. In India, rainfall is the primary source of water, three-fifths of land under cultivation is watered only by rainfall; therefore the agriculture in India is often held hostage to the

Next Generation Indian Agriculture - Role of Crop Protection Solutions The next generation agriculture practices, there is a need to do more with less and increase the yield by optimizing the available resources. Therefore it is essential to adopt modern methods to ensure more optimized and make productive usage of the resources to harness the growth potential of this sector. The

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vagaries of rainfall. Heavy reliance on rainfall, underscored by dim prospects will continue to hamper productivity and disrupt yields. Unpredictable weather patterns: Across the globe, changing weather patterns are a major concern not only affecting crop productivity but also impacting lives of the farmers. India has also experienced delayed monsoon and severe drought like conditions in several regions of the country for the past two years which has resulted in low agricultural output in those regions. On the other hand, unseasonal rains in some parts of the country like in South India affect crop schedules or cause mass destruction and spoilage of crops. This has had a negative impact on crops like rice, wheat and also horticultural produce. Reduction in arable land: As per Indian agriculture census 201011, per capita arable land availability in India has consistently declined from ~0.34 ha in 1950s to ~0.15 ha in 2000s. With rising population it is further expected to reduce to ~ 0.07 ha by 2030. Decreasing farm sizes: As per Indian agriculture census 2010-11, the average size of operational holding in India has declined from 1.23 ha in 2005-06 to 1.16 ha in 2010-11. The 2011 Census of India indicates that 85% of farms are less than two hectares in size. While the average size of landholding is decreasing the number of operational holdings is increasing leading to poor harvest and low incomes for the farmers. Low per hectare yield: As per World Bank statistics for FY14, per hectare yield in India is amongst the lowest in the world. Yields in India stand at 3 tons/ha compared to the global average of 4 tons/ha. Developed countries like USA (7), UK (7), France (7.5) and Germany (7) are able to achieve higher per hectare yields than India due to better farming practices. Increasing pest attacks: The total number of pests attacking major crops has increased signiﬁcantly from 1940s. For instance, the number of pests which are harmful for crops such as rice has increased from 10

to 17 whereas for wheat have increased from 2 to 19 respectively. The increased damage to crops from pests and subsequent losses poses a serious threat to food security and further underscores the importance of agrochemicals. The most recent example is the large scale whiteﬂy infestation of Bt cotton crop in North India last year. Due to this, cotton area in Punjab & Haryana has declined by 27% to 7.56 lakh hectares in this year (FY 17 crop year) as farmers shifted to other crops after incurring huge losses owing to whiteﬂy pest attack. Indian Crop Protection Market India is world's second largest nation with a population of 1.3 Bn which is approximately 18% of the Global population. The Global population is expected to cross 9 billion by 2050. Rising population has led to increasing food demand. To meet the food & nutrition needs of a growing population requires a sustainable approach that puts thrust on increasing productivity against the background of lower yields & decreasing farm sizes. It requires a push from all stakeholders – t h e f a r m e r, t h e g o v e r n m e n t a n d t h e agrochemical industry collectively so that the changing needs of the nation are met. Approximately 25% of the global crop output is lost due to attacks by pests, weeds and diseases which doesn't predict well for farming given the critical challenges ahead and thus agrochemicals have an increasing role to play. Agrochemicals can play a major role in enhancing productivity and crop protection post-harvest. They are diluted in recommended doses and applied on seeds, soil, irrigation water and crops to prevent damage from pests, weeds and diseases. Insecticides are the largest sub-segment of agrochemicals with 60% market share, whereas herbicides with16% market share are the fastest growing segment in India. India is the fourth largest global producer of agrochemicals after the US, Japan and China. This segment generated a value of USD 4.4 billion in FY15 and is expected to grow at 7.5% per annum to reach USD 6.3 billion by FY20. Approximately 50% of the demand comes from domestic consumers while the rest

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goes towards exports. While the domestic demand is expected to grow at 6.5% per annum, exports are estimated to grow at 9% per annum during the same period. Fy15 has been a challenging year for crop protection chemicals market in India as well as throughout the world. As per Economic survey of India, agriculture sector has grown by 1.1% in FY15. The country faced weak monsoons with rainfall falling 12% short of expectations. A number of states were affected due to drought like conditions especially during the Kharif season. FY15 has been a stagnant year for Indian crop protection industry which experienced a marginal growth of 2%. On the global front, crop protection chemicals sales in almost all the regions declined in 2015, with the sharpest falls occurring in Europe and Latin America. Weakening herbicide prices, varying weather including the El Nino phenomenon and weak rainfalls caused a slump in sales. One of the worst droughts was encountered in parts of Brazil and USA. Moreover, commodity prices declined worldwide, making it imperative for farmers to moderate costs. Currencies weakened against the US Dollar in several countries. Crop protection chemical purchases were postponed or not done as a result of which companies had to grapple with high inventories. As a result, exports from India increased marginally by ~2.5% in FY15. This year, monsoon in India is predicted to be better. This should help recover farm and related economic growth. El Nino effects are gradually fading in India and paving way for La Nina, which would be inductive to more rains and consequently increased farm production. This will translate into a better demand for crop

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protection chemicals. Input prices for crop protection chemical companies are likely to remain subdued in the near future which will impact selling prices for farmers. Due to this, while the market could grow in volume terms, but in value terms, growth would be moderate. The long term drivers like increasing population, current low capita consumption of pesticides, decreasing arable land, focus on productivity and increasing purchasing power would continue to remain intact and will drive the global crop protection market. Every year in India pests and diseases eat away on an average 15-25% of food produced by the farmers. Due to the rising population and decreasing arable land, demand for food grains is increasing at a faster pace when compared to its production. This therefore necessitates putting more thrust on crop productivity enhancement as well as crop protection methods. Use of crop protection chemicals can increase crop productivity by 25-50%, by mitigating crop loss due to pest attacks. Thus, crop protection chemicals are also very essential to ensure food and nutritional security. Traditionally, agrochemicals have been manufactured through chemical synthesis but lately biochemical processes are also gaining popularity. Usually, agrochemicals involve an active ingredient in a deďŹ nite concentration along with adjuvants which enhance their performance, safety and usability. The agrochemicals are diluted in recommended doses and applied on seeds, soil, irrigation water and crops to prevent the damages from pests, weeds and diseases. Therefore to improve crop performance, yield or to control pests, agrochemicals is the most relevant and reliable solution in the current context. Agrochemicals are substances that are manufacture through chemicals or bio-chemical processes. They contain active ingredient in a deďŹ nite concentration along with other material which increases performance and enhance safety of crops. Compared to the past the environmental and toxicological property of these chemicals has increased considerably. Research aims to improve chemicals that are not just potent but are speciďŹ c for the required process while not affecting the environment in any other way.

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CRYSTAL

A Farmer’s friend from sowing to Harvesting

behind Crystal`s meteoric rise over the last four decades is its strong innovation led culture with its long standing commitment towards R&D. Inspired by the noble cause of serving Indian agriculture, Crystal Group is a 34 year old company established by the visionary industrialist Shri Nand Kishore Aggarwal. Crystal engages in the technical manufacturing, formulation and marketing of agrochemical products – Insecticides, Fungicides, Herbicides, Plant Growth Regulators / Micro Nutrients. Under the adept guidance of Mr. Nand Kishore Aggarwal and his 38 years of rich experience, Crystal has evolved as a market leader in the growing agro-chemical industry of India over a period of time.

he most common and dependable means of plant health management is the Crop Protection Chemicals. Crop Protection Industry in India has developed to accommodate the varying needs of the Indian Farmers. Crop protection industry has played a crucial role in India`s Food Security. It has not only helped in protecting the crops from nefarious pest and disease elements, but in the process has helped farmers in safeguarding their livelihood. It is very unfortunate and misguided attempts of using crop protection chemicals without proper guidance have resulted in problems of pest resistance, antibiotic resistance and pesticide residue. Chemical residue on the fruits and vegetables is still a myth or reality? To check the same Krishi Duniya took an initiative to discuss the issue with the big players in the market. Among the top players in the agrochemical industry, Crystal`s agrochemical division is engaged in technical manufacturing, formulation and marketing of 90 different agrochemicals in 400 SKUs. A pioneer in introducing the latest molecules that have revolutionized crop protection, Crystal`s agrochemicals division has a rich array of products to boost of. The Agrochemical product portfolio comprises the Plant Growth Regulators including the Fungicides, Herbicides and Insecticides. Krishi Duniya team interacted with the Chairman Shri N K Aggarwal, Crystal Group to know his vision and mission in view of the broad Indian and Global scenario of crop protection business? Crystal Crop Protection is a 360 degree farming input solutions company catering to the needs of farmers right from sowing of seeds up to harvest. The driving force

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Crystal had introduced several chemical components that aim at good yields for the farming community. Some of them are Imidacloprid 17.85% introduces under the brand name Confidence 555 in 2002 available at affordable prices. Crystal later launched several eco friendly molecules like Buprofezin 25% SC named as Tribune and Abamectin 1.9% EC launched as Abacin and Emamectin Benzoate 5% SG given the name Missile. With such new products endowed with benefits for farmers had made Crystal a success in the agro–chemical industry. Shri Nand Kishor Aggarwal, has been as the Chairman of the Crystal Group since its inception. A true leader, visionary and guide with a keen business acumen, he has been instrumental in taking Crystal Group to new height. Currently, he is looking after all major areas like R & D, further diversification and backward integration of the company.

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Shri N.K. Aggarwal has been the progressive vision behind adopting of some of the most innovative technology for the Company. He commands more than 32 years of experience in manufacturing, formulation and marketing of a wide spectrum of agriculturally important agrochemicals. Foreseeing the growth of agrochemical industry in India, he visited China and other parts of the world to learn more about the technological developments in the agricultural sector happening across the globe.Under his leadership Crystal Group has been successful in introducing many new and important molecules, which have proved to be a boon to Indian agriculture. After completing his Master in science (Chemistry), Mr. Aggarwal joined his family business of Fertilizers and Pesticides, which was on the biggest trading set-ups during that period(196872). In the year 1972, implying his self-developed technology, he started manufacturing Zinc Sulphate and introduced the same in North India for the ďŹ rst time. In 1974, he took to monitoring of the production process in the new pesticide plant established by the Company. Later, he was exposed to other signiďŹ cant fronts of the business including marketing and played a great role in giving modern and innovative approach to his ancestral business.

Fenvelarate, Imidacloprid, Abamectin Buprofezin, Emamectin Benzoate and umpteen other such compounds to the Indian farmer community at relatively cheaper prices. Under his encouraging and positive guidance, the R&D Division of the company has successfully conducted multiple ďŹ eld trials and educated the Indian farmers about the judicious use of many agro-chemicals. Apart from being a successful and a passionate professional, he is also a philanthropist. Mr. Aggarwal has been associated with Maharaja Aggarsain Welfare Association as an Executive Member & Advisor. Nagrik Suraksha Samiti as Convener and as a member in various other Social Welfare Organizations. He is actively involved in Social Religious & Political activities in Delhi. He has been the President of HPMA, active member of CAPMA and also Director of CCFI. He has the vision to give direction and a productive push to the Indian agriculture growth. He outlines a roadmap of growing good quality of Agriculture Production with an increase in yield by 20 percent. He works towards of the rural community and also believes that India can be the world's leading country within no time if its citizens work towards that common goal with passion and commitment.

Shri N.K. Aggarwal has introduced Cypermethrin,

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TRACTOR BRANDS FROM A TO Z Tractor and its Manufacturing in India Agricultural tractors, which represent 66 % of total farm equipment production, are expected to continue to grow at a steady pace of 5 %. Combines and other agricultural machine production should increase in a similar way at a 5 % CAGR. The key growth driver is increased mechanization and the shift from how to higher horsepower machines as farmlands consolidate. Looking at the top 10 tractor suppliers, the market has remained fairly stable and is dominated by domestic players. India is also a good base from which to export tractors to the surrounding markets of South Asia and the Middle East. The agricultural equipment manufacturing market remains concentrated, with the top five companies representing 83 percent of the market. The market is forecast to trend toward higher outputs in the next decade. Mahindra recently announced plans to launch more than six new models under the Mahindra and Swaraj brnads in the years to come. India will continue to rise in the next 10-15 years with India representing 12 percent of global equipment produced by 2020. The following are tractors brand from A to Z manufactured by the Indian Companies for the domestic as well as the International Market.

ANGAD TRACTORS Angad Tractor has been well accepted by the farmers. More than 5000 'Angad' tractors are running in the Indian soil right now. Launched in November 2004, SAS Motors Limited (Angad) is a public limited company incorporated in April 2003 with the mission of making low-cost farm mechanization technology available to Indian farmers. Its agship product is 'Angad' 240 D tractor. The company is engaged in sourcing, assembling, manufacturing, and marketing of 'Angad'. SAS Motors also provides a range of agricultural equipment

According to a survey 90 percent of the buyers of 'Angad' tractors are first time owners of tractor; this is in contrast with the tractor industry scenario where about 50 percent of the sales come from the replacement market. SAS Motors Limited follows a model of sourcing standardized mass-produced components available at economic price and adding a few selected customized components to enhance the efficiency of the tractor and make it suitable for the specific applications in the Indian condition. The cost of transportation of tractor from the factory to the farmers' hand can increase the price of a low cost tractor significantly. Hence, SAS Motors Limited, has adopted the unique model of regional assembly set up and the markets in a region are catered to from the assembly plant closest to that region to keep the transportation cost low. SAS Motors Limited is currently manufacturing the following products: Tractors • Angad 240D, 22 hp Tractor • Angad 350D, 35 hp Tractor Power Tillers • Angad 150PT PowerTiller • Rotovators • Diesel Engines • Power Weeders / Mini Tillers

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BALWAN TRACTOR

CAPTAIN TRACTORS

Force Balwan 500 is a very good agricultural tractor with 50 HP power and durable build quality, it is priced very competitively and offers many features.

Since its inception in1994, Captain Tractors Pvt. Ltd. is growing immensely as leading manufacturers and exporters of Tractors in India. Previously known as Asha Exim Pvt. Ltd., it was started by two visionary farmer brothers, Mr. G. T. Patel & Mr. M. T. Patel of Rajkot, Gujarat, India. Company started business by developing a Mini tractor ﬁrst that can be quickly arranged by small or medium farmers to complete their routine tasks. The plant is located at Veraval Shapar, Dist. Rajkot, India.

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Company continuously struggle for almost four years in manufacturing our ﬁrst mini tractor with 20 HP series. In 1998, we got a new direction to move forward. After this successful completion, our ﬁrst product was sent to Central Farm Machinery Training & Testing Institute (C.F.M.T. & T.I), Budni for testing purpose. Luckily we receive positive test report, which helped to get the compact tractor Enlisted with NABARD, for further approval like availability of Loans from Banks, and the Subsidy from the Govt. Further due compliance with The Automotive Research Association of India, PUNE (A.R.A.I.) was done to obtain C.M.V.R to ensure the R.T.O. Registrations in different states in India.

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Innovation of Mini Tractor The company has all latest tools, equipments, advance machineries, R & D lab, quality control instruments and well trained staff to design and manufacture high quality workable products. As the leading tractor exporters and manufacturers, we ensure defect free production line as per industry norms. They are serving their clients from different offshore locations in India. The technical details and dedicated customer support make them more popular among dealers and clients. Captain Tractors Pvt. Ltd.,had also developed various attachments and implements necessary to increase overall capacity of tractor. Besides compact tractors, we are also developing self propelled reapers which can be operated by petrol, diesel or kerosene for wheat, rice, and soya bean harvesting. We have also expanded our manufacturing network in foreign countries without making any compromise on quality standards. For more information, you can discuss with our quality team and manufacturing department. After restless effort, a real innovate product ﬁrst time in India the perfect, all season use prime tractor in the segment of "MINI TRACTOR" has been rolled out of the factory. This CAPTAIN Mini Tractor shall be really boon small farmers to achieve fast progress.

there is an Eicher tractor for everything and a tractor for all. Eicher 380 Super DI Features of Eicher 380 3 Cylinder Fuel injected 2500 cc engine Single peace hood easy too open Top Speed of 30 Kmph 45 liters fuel tank capacity 1980 KG total weight Good ground clearance of 350 mm Automatic Depth and draft control. \

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Comparatively operation carried out by Captain Mini Tractor is better than other Mini Tractor and Power Tillers. Captain Mini Tractor consumes nearly 40% less fuel in compare to other tractors. The heart of Captain Mini Tractor is an engine, which is tested and certiﬁed by ARAI as norms for pollution controlling. Price of the Tractor is very competitive. The need base simple and transparent technology dealers. Company provides an Operator's Manual to maintain the same.

A leading agricultural equipment brand, Escorts Agri Machinery (EAM) offers the widest range of tractors to suit the needs of every farmer and contractor. A part of Escorts Group, EAM is one of the most awarded brands for its trail blazing and accessible technology which improves farming efﬁciency and productivity.

For better output and facilities of customers. "CAPTAIN" has introduced products like several type of Accessories and Applications (i.e. Power Reaper, seed drill etc.) including organic fertilizers (after studying its advantages over chemical fertilizers), and which are used in agriculture ﬁrm from beginning to end with Mini Tractors.

EAM currently provides technologically superior range of 12 HP to 75 HP tractors with its two stars Farmtrac and Powertrac. EAM has earned success and goodwill amongst customers by empowering them to be successful cash crop producers and other agricultural related professionals. EAM's widest offerings of innovative products and services includes a full line equipments from tractors to other crop solutions that is complemented by customized ﬁnancial services from an arena national and regional

EICHER TRACTOR The Eicher brand of tractors are one of the oldest names in the industry, and with the all new and refreshing Eicher È` symbol, are a household name in India, and a respected mark of trust in various parts of the world. A reputed brand in the agriculture vista, Eicher tractors are renowned for their high value for money proposition, providing cost-effective and proficient products packed with some of the finest global technology. Synonymous with ruggedness and reliability. Eicher tractors are efficient, economical and offer an Ummed se Zyada experience. Blended with precision technology and the promise of TAFE,

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PLANT PROTECTION

Technologies from IARI Agricultural Chemicals Hydrophilic polymers have been prepared by grafting synthetic monomers on starch, a naturally occuring polysaccharide polymer for improving the water absorption and delaying its loss. Some polymers based on carboxymethyl cellulose developed recently have shown nearly 33000% m/m water absorption. These hydrogels can be used in diverse areas of agriculture such as dryland/rainfed agriculture, hi-tech horticulture and oriculture, nursery raising in soil less media, soil reclamation, agroforestry, artiﬁcial lawns and landscapes, terrace gardening etc.  Synthetic pesticides, neem emulsiﬁable concentrate (EW), Azadirachtin-A concentrate, neem oil microemulsion/ microemulsion forming concentrate and processes of making dihydroazadirachtin- A concentrate under ambient conditions have been developed  A process for preparing an herbicidal composition comprising of neem leaves extract for the control of Phalaris minor weed without affecting the growth of wheat has also been developed  Natural and synthetic polymers, either alone or in combination with inorganic inert have been successfully developed as seed coats. Such coats have been developed employing botanical active ingredients ex. neem meliacins etc. Seed coats based on botanical pesticide will help in improving germination, viability, plantability of a seed or vigour of an agronomic plant that is grown from a treated seed that is planted in a pest infested location, by preventing the fungal/nematode/insect infestation that is a pest for the agronomic plant and against which a meliacin compound has bioactivity

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Neem oil coated urea (NOCU), Pusaneem GOlden urea and Neem bitter coated urea has been developed. Field efﬁcacy established on rice showed yield increase from 7-17%

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Dillapoile, an undesirable constituent present on the tune of 20-40% in the essential oil of Anethum sowa ROxb., and its dihydro derivative prepared in laboratory have been developed as indigenous substitutes for the imported and internationally recognized synergist piperonyl butoxide (PBO)

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Controlled release formulations of phorate have been successfully developed through its monolithic dispersions in polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, polymethyl-methacrylate, polyethylene glycol and cellulose acetate, ethyl cellulose and starch xanthate. These formulations have been found to provide comparable pest control at one half to one fourth of the phorate content as compared to Thimet 10G, its commercial product

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A technology fo rmosquito larvicidal preparations based on Rabdosea melissoides has been developed. The essential oil of r. melissoides and its phenolic and non-phenolic constitutents have been developed as potential mosquito larvicidal products.

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Novel pesticidal oxime esters, alkane diol/polyol mono/di/poly alkanoates, 4-methyl-6-pentyl-a-pyrones have been developed as potent wide spectrum pesticidal products. The compounds are effective particularly as nematicides against Meloidogyne incognita and Rotylenchulus reniformis and fungicides against polyphagous fungi Rhizoctonis solani and Sclerotium rolfsi

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Plant Pathology

Entomology

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Diagnostic kit for graft transmissible pathogens in citrus: A cost effective and user friendly diagnostic kit for graft transmissible pathogens in citrus has been developed which includes an inexpensive simplified unified nucleic acid (NA) template preparation for both RNA and DNA pathogens and uniform PCR conditions. Uniform PCR conditions coupled with unified NA template preparation will not only reduce the cost of detection but also reduce the time and energy particularly in view of the fact that citrus is hosts of multiple infections of graft transmissible pathogens. The kit also provides information on important viruses and greening bacterium affecting citrus in India

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Biocontrol Technology for Crop Growth Promotion and Disease Management: Biological management is an important alternative supporting system of crop protection in which microorganisms have been widely exploited for managing fungal, bacterial, viral and nematodal disease. This technology is an important component of Integrated Pest Management and Organic Farming System. Fungal bioagents Aspergillus niger and Trichoderma harzianum and Trichoderma viridae have been utilized to develop bio-formulations.

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Insect Pest Management in Cole Crops

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Insect Pest Management in Okra

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Insect Pest Management in Brinjal

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Insect Pest Management in Tomato

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Insect control in Soybean

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Management of insect pests of Pulses

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A novel bio-pesticidal formulation based on an indigenous heat tolerant species of entomopathogenic nematode,Steinernema thermophilum, incorporated and immobilized into water insoluble superabsorbent hydrogel matrix, has been developed for the ﬁrst time by a simple method that comprises swelling of the xerogel in appropriate volume of aqueous suspension of the nematode. The formulation obtained has improved shelf life ranging from few hours to 36 months at storage temperatures verying from 5 to 500C. The formulation is not infected by any microorganism and hence does not require any anti-microbial or anti-fungal chemicals Application technology for using entomopathogenic nematodes against foliar pest: Follow spray of 2000 infective juveniles ofSteinernema thermophilum per ml liquid formulation, has been found useful for managing diamond backmoth (Plutella xylostella) on cabbage, cotton boll worm (Spodoptera litura) on cotton and whitey (Bemisia tabaci) on brinjal and tobacco

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Photorhabdus luminescens formulation for insect control

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Heterorhabditis indica - phagostimulant based alginate beads: The entomopathogenic nematode Heterorhabditis indica(IARI strain) is a highly virulent nematode with the ability to kill insect pests belonging to several orders of economic importance. The infective stage juveniles of the nematodes are embedded in sodium alginate beads along with an insect phagostimulant. The bead can either be broadcast in the soil or applied as spot treatment. Laboratory trials have shown the mortality of Spodoptera litura, Helicoverpa spp., Holotrichia spp., within 48 hours. The shelf-life of the beads is 6-8 months

Technologies for Farmers Ever since its inception, the Institute has generated technologies and processes of relevance to Indian agriculture. In keeping with the national mandate and to make the country selfsufficient in agriculture, these technologies and processes were passed on to the farm-related communities free of cost. In monetary terms, the benefits that accrued to the nation must be to the tune of several trillion worth of US dollars. The increased food production through the application of the improved technologies has been the corner stone of India's food security and overall agricultural success. Agricultural Technology Information Centre (ATIC) of IARI is effectively providing products, services and information to different stakeholders through single window delivery system. On an average about 12000 farmers/entrepreneurs/ development departments' officials, students, NGO representatives etc. from almost all the states of country are visiting ATIC for farm advisory, diagnostic services, purchase of technological inputs and trainings.

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New wheat varieties developed by IARI, with higher yield potential and better resistance to rusts, are increasingly becoming popular with farmers in the northern, eastern and central plains of the country. The country was losing up to 10% of wheat yield due to rust disease. The strategic research done at the Institute in identifying different wheat varieties resistant to races of pathogens has saved wheat losses to the extent of 6.8 m.t., worth Rs. 2,500 crores annually. The percentage share of IARI varieties in total breeder seed production in the country varies from 20.432.9% in wheat.

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Control of Ear-cockle and tundu disease of wheat.

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level and gives a net income of about Rs. 20,000 per ha. Due to the consumer acceptance, Basmati rice export has increased coincidently over the years. At present, 'Puse Basmai-l' constitutes nearly 60% in terms of volume and almost 50% (Rs. 1000 crores) of the foreign exchange earning through the export of Basmati rice. 'Pusa 44', developed by the Institute for Kerala, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu became very popular in Punjab on account of its stiff stem, non-lodging habit, high input response and suitability for combine harvesting and very high yield potential (10 tlha). Hybrid rice, 'PRH- 10', the ﬁrst basmati quality hybrid in the world, signiﬁcantly outyields 'Puse Basmati l' and has been taken up by large number of seed companies. The recently released varieties like 'Pusa Sugandh-2' and 'Puss Sugandh-3' and 'Pusa Sugandh-5', with improved productivity from 2.5 tlha to 5-6 tlha have spread over more than 10,000 ha. 

Improved varieties of chickpea, pigeon pea and mungbean developed by IARI have contributed signiﬁcantly to rainfed crop production. These varieties are of short duration and most suitable for crop rotation, leading to increase in foodgrains production and improvement in the protein status in Indian diet. Improved oilseeds varieties developed at IARI have contributed signiﬁcantly to the national oilseeds production. Widespread adoption of the IARI variety 'Puss Bold', was instrumental to the success of the Technology Mission on Oilseeds.

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Vegetable varieties and germplasm support of the Institute has led to the development of a seed industry, which has helped in the spread of IARI varieties throughout the country. The cultivation of these varieties is highly proﬁtable to the marginal and small farmers, and generates direct and indirect employment for the rural and urban population. Further, many of the IARI varieties are early or late-sown, giving a price premium advantage throughout the year. This has also diversiﬁed the food basket and increased the consumption of vegetables, both in rural and urban areas. The Institute has developed 200 improved vegetable varieties of 43 crops. More than two dozen hybrids have also been developed in commercially-important vegetable crops. More than 50% area is under cultivation of veg of the Institute.

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The Institute has developed improved technology for vegetable production like low-cost polyhouse for raising off-season nursery, low-cost polyhouse cultivation technology for highvalue vegetable crops, easy and economical hybrid seed production technology in important cucurbitaceae vegetables, onion production technology in kharif season, cauliower cultivation in different seasons, cultivation of unusual exotic vegetables etc. Growth of the seed industry in the country has been possible mainly due to the availability of high quality breeder seed of more than 160 varieties of ﬁeld and vegetable crops developed by IARI.

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through techniques developed at IARI. The Institute has developed and popularized the High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) pipe-based sprinkler unit. The drip irrigation system developed and popularized by the Institute is contributing signiﬁcant increases in the area under fruits and vegetables and their production every year. The Institute has designed a prefabricated concrete lining technology suitable for several irrigation projects for the sandy and sandy loam areas of northern India. This technology has the potential to save 5 million ha-m of surface water, which will irrigate 10 m ha of additional crop area and increase foodgrain production by 10m t annually in the country. 

Technologies, such as pesticidal oxime ethers, alkane polyol alkanoates, azadirachtin and reduced azadirachtin concentrates (insecticides); mancozeb, thiophanate methyl substituted a-pyrones (fungicides), substituted aromatic alkenes (nematicide), Rabdosia based mosquito larvicide, neem oil EW, water dispersible granules of DDT and temephos, oating granules of butachlor, carbaryl EC and controlled release products (pesticide formulations); natural and synthetic stabilizers for azadirachtin, di and tetrahydroazadirachtin, preparation of 5-substituted-1,3,4oxadiozole- 2- thiols as urease and nitriﬁcation inhibitors, and trichloro-benzenes (pesticide adjuvants) are available for commercialization.

IARI has provided technological support for agro-based industrialization and exports. Rice variety 'Pusa Basmati-1' has led to the modernization of rice mills and exports. The horticultural crops, through increased production, have induced a growth in the processing industry and exports of value-added products. The private agro-chemical industries got a boost from the indigenous technologies for pesticides and agro-chemicals developed at the Institute for commercial adoption. The technology in respect of two bio-formulations, namely, Kalisena SD and Kalisena SL, found effective against c'evastating soil borne pathogens, and promoting plant growth and crop yields, has been translerred to Mis Cadila Pharmaceuticals Ltd. by the Institute for marketing these bioformulations in India and abroad.

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Coconut Deshelling to Milk Extraction from Gem Allied Industries Private Limited

em Allied Industries Private Limited is the name in the industry known for its remarkable presence since 1999 as a leader manufacturer, exporter, supplier and trader for providing a huge range of Industrial machines. They have developed machines for various industrial and commercial purposes. Headquartered at Kolkata, West Bengal (India), The company is operating all business affairs from the ofﬁces located at Kolkata, West Bengal (India). The product range includes Industrial Dryer, Flour Sifter Machine, Sterilization Tank, Vibratory Table, Steam Radiator, Fired Heater and many more. The specialty is as of Leading Manufacturer of Coconut Deshelling Machine, Coconut Dehusking Machine, Coconut Grinder Machine, Coconut Cutter Machine, Coconut Oil Expeller Machine and Coconut De Shelling Machine from Kolkata. Coconut Deshelling Machine The company is involved in offering a wide range of Coconut Deshelling Machine. These machines are engineered using advance technologies and as per world

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Coconut Milk Extraction Machine Coconut Milk Extraction Machine as per capacity. The Company is a part of GEM group and an export house recognized by Government of India. An ISO 90012008 certiﬁed company. The products are manufactured incorporating innovative engineering methods and high quality materials procured from certiﬁed vendors of the

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industry. The products being durable in quality and manufactured as per set compliance of the industry; are extensively demanded by the customers. The company export 90 percent products to Japan, Australia, Fiji, USA, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia, South Africa, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, China, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Argentina, Burundi, Congo, Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Rwanda, Turkey, Russia, M o z a m b i q u e , E t h i o p i a , M y a n m a r, Cameroon. S/Shri Prashant Garg, Shashank Garg and Nishant Garg are the mentors under whose shrewd governance; the company is reaching Sterling Heights of victory regularly. They attains a vast experience in the conﬁned that enabled them to take improvising and important steps for the beneﬁt of the organization. They have profoundly knowledgeable about changing market trend and policies thus they always work with strategies and plans. They always insists on incorporating new methods of production, and fair marketing practices so as to stay in pave with the market. There are large number of workers who keep themselves engaged in different working section of the company pertaining to their technical skills and knowledge. They are expert in their domains and accomplish each task with their utmost dedication. They are focused towards the assigned goal and work beyond their comfort level in order to achieve the same in prompt manner. The company

also give rewards and incentives to their workers as per their performance and contribution to the organizational growth. It is well segmented in to various departments so as to execute activities like quality processing, sales, packaging and logistics etc. in an independent manner. The Gold Medal Award by Transworld Fair, Udyog Ratan Award for Best Performance and The Certiﬁcate of Export Excellence presented to us by the Engineering and Export Promotion Council, India in the year 1999.  Cost effective solutions provided for coconut processing industry.  Over 40 years experience in manufacturing of food processing machinery.  Supreme production and infrastructure facilities in India.  Very sound technical and engineering team.  Prestigious turnkey projects for coconut processing executed by the company successfully worldwide.  Many satisﬁed users worldwide.

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SOLAR POWERED Agricultural Tools in India

olar energy is an alternative renewable energy that is increasingly becoming mainstream due to cost feasibility and higher efďŹ ciency. Apart from producing power for ofďŹ ces and households, solar energy can be used to power dryers, cookers, solar stills, lighting, refrigeration and even air conditioning. There is increasing usage of solar energy for agricultural purposes, which consumes considerable amount of power in India. Solar power technology would be a reasonable choice for agricultural tools. Solar Photovoltaic cells (SPV) directly convert the light energy from the sun into electricity. Concentrated solar power (CSP) systems use an indirect method for the conversion process. Other than SPVs and CSPs, there are other new techniques such as dye-sensitized solar cells, luminescent solar concentrators, bio-hybrid solar cells, photon enhanced thermionic emission systems, etc. All these tools can be produced in small volumes; they are portable which makes it easier to use them in agriculture.

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Solar Farming Solar farming uses power generated from solar energy to operate agricultural or farming tools. It is simple, cost effective, reliable and long lasting. Most common agricultural tools such as tractors, watering systems, rotator, roller, planter, sprayers, broadcast seeder etc. work on battery power and fuel oil. In solar farming, the battery power is replaced with solar power, so that the usage of electricity from grid-power and non-renewable sources can be reduced. Here is a list of agricultural tools that are currently being operated in India using solar energy: Solar Water Pumping System A solar photovoltaic (SPV) water pumping system consists of solar panels, an on-off switch, a control & tracking mechanism, and a motor pump. This system essentially uses SPV cells for converting solar energy krishiduniya.com

into electric current. A SPV cell array capacity can range around 200 watts to 5KWp (kilowatt-peak) based on the needs of different water sources such as bore-wells, open wells, reservoirs, streams, etc. Parameters such as the daily water requirement, water source and geographic location must be kept in mind before selecting a suitable solar pump. Although its operation is similar to other pump systems, the duration and quantity of pumping water might vary, depending on the solar radiation intensity, location, season, etc. A system with 1,000Wp capacity can irrigate about two acres of land, pumping approximately 40,000 liters of water per day. A solar pump system with 5HP capacity costs around INR439,000. Some states in India offer subsidies of up to 80% to farmers

for encouraging the use of solar energy. Several manufacturers such as Kirloskar, Schneider Electric, Tata Solar, etc. offer a wide range of solar pumping systems in India. Solar water pumping requires less power and is cost-effective because they do away with the need for expensive fuel like diesel to operate. A solar pumping system with 1,000Wp capacity can give savings of up to INR45,000 per year as compared to a diesel-operated pump. The system's environmental impact is nearly zero since there is no internal combustion engine as found in regular motors. Solar Dryer Solar dehydrators or dryers are used in farms to dry crops before sending them to the market. These krishiduniya.com

dryers commonly use passive solar panels for generating energy. A large-scale solar dryer usually consists of a shed, drying racks and a solar collector (panels). The crops are dried when hot air is circulated through the shed by natural convection or using a fan. Domestic and compact solar dryers can handle farm produce like vegetables, fruits, spices, etc. Solar cabinet dryers can be used for drying perishable, semiperishable and wet processed food material (such as potato chips, leafy vegetables) without contamination. Forced circulation solar dryers use an array of solar collectors connected together to maximize airď&#x20AC;&#x201A;ow. This type of dryers have components such as solar air heaters, an electric blower, connecting ducts, a drying chamber and control systems for air temperature and ď&#x20AC;&#x201A;ow rate. These dryers are used to dehydrate high value products. Natural convection solar tunnel dryers are another type that can be used for drying bulk material with high moisture content. These dryers have exhaust fans at the upper end of the tunnel to drive away humid air. Adequate insulation is ensured on the ď&#x20AC;&#x201A;oor and upper sides of the dryer to prevent heat loss. Dryers are sold in India by various manufacturers within a cost range of INR15,000-20,000. Subsidies are also available for dryers just like any other solar installations. Solar Greenhouse Solar Greenhouses make optimum use of solar energy for providing heating and insulation. Specialized solar greenhouses can collect and store energy for night-time use or during cloudy weather. SPV cells can be used to collect solar energy for additional insulation in colder climates. Another solution is to use water tanks heated by solar power for circulating heat, which maintains the temperature at a level suitable to grow vegetables throughout the year, enabling vegetable

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production during offseasons. Such greenhouses using passive solar technology have been built for costs starting at INR30,000 in Ladakh. In warmer climates, solar greenhouses can be used to create a cooler zone required for certain crops. Cooling pumps can be powered by SPV cells placed either on top or along the sides of the greenhouse. Greenhouses also require proper ventilation with exhaust mechanisms to reduce humidity and get fresh air inside. Solar energy can be used for such ventilation systems. Simple vents using natural convection and heat from the sun is one option and another is to have a solar-powered exhaust fan. Solar powered electric fences Solar powered electric fences are highly effective and dependable for large ďŹ elds and cattle farms. These fences typically consist of a SPV unit as a source of power, an energizer that produces high voltage impulses (8kv) emitted in intervals of 0.9 to 1.2 seconds, along with a 12V battery. The impulse carries 10 mA of current and delivers a shock lasting for a fraction of a second. The batteries can be recharged using readymade solar fence chargers. Battery operated solar fences may cost from INR45,00050,000 per acre. Cheaper versions costing as low as INR10,000-25,000 per acre have been developed using locally made materials in some places in India. Solar Milking Machine Milking machines for cows operated on solar power instead of diesel or electric power are another innovation. A SPV module connected to batteries powers the machine. A mobile milking machine along with solar panels and battery backup is available for INR70,000. Some states like Karnataka provide subsidies of up to 50% for these

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machines. There are manual milking machines that can be either hand operated or connected to solar power as well. Solar Mowers & Tractors Solar electric mowers are available with cordless and rechargeable battery options. These lawn mowers do not emit toxic fumes and do not require frequent

refueling to run. Only a few hours of recharging from a solar-powered battery charger are required. It is also possible to convert an existing fuel or electric lawn mower into a solar mower. Similarly, tractors and planting machines are available with solar panels on top to power them. Solarpowered tractors can easily handle non-energy intensive operations like planting and harvesting. Their operating costs would be a fraction of those of conventional tractors. However, the technology is relatively new in India and used in a few places along with conventional tractors. May be in a decade, we will have fully solar-powered agricultural machineries. Electronic sensors used to determine soil moisture, precipitation, and location-speciďŹ c weather data can also be made to work with solar energy. They can also be programmed to be remotely operated. Advantages of solar powered farming So solar farming is not only environmentally friendly, but also reliable and cost effective. Maintenance cost is low, since there will be fewer moving parts and lesser impact of oil corrosion. The Indian government is also helping farmers by providing subsidies and loans to acquire solar powered agricultural tools. Agricultural experts are being encouraged to guide farmers in operating them. The time has come to switch to solar power on Indian farms! Thirumagal Jayaraman krishiduniya.com

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