The Castor Seed futures contract expired on 15^th September, and its Final Settlement Price was fixed at Rs. 4790.50/ Quintal.

The highest open interest recorded for Refined Soy Oil was 32460 MT, Soybean was 28410 MT, Mustard Seed was 27100 MT, Chana was 21950 MT, Guar was 8380 MT, Guar Gum was 2590 MT, Castor was 3600 MT, and Sugar was 480 MT.

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Kotak group-the anchor investor in the Exchange has pioneered many business practices existing in the financial services industry over the last 25 years. With Ace, they bring to the market a new, state-of-the-art trading platform which combines the operational efficiency of global exchanges with deep domain expertise in each commodity vertical, be it Agriculture, Bullion, Base Metals or Energy.

Patna, 10 August, 2011 – With more than 80% of Bihar’s population employed in its agricultural production system, agriculture has been the cornerstone of the state’s economy. Supporting the state government’s seed plan, Pioneer Hi-bred, a DuPont business, has consistently offered corn hybrids in the past which has led to growth in yields, thereby improving the livelihood of farmers in Bihar. The total yield of corn in the rabi season of 2008-2009 was 3828kg/hectare, an increase from 2005-2006 seasons’ 3048kg/hectare and Pioneer® corn hybrids were major contributors to this growth.
In the last planting season alone, Pioneer® brand corn hybrids 30V92, 30B11, P3404 and P3785 were adopted by two lakh corn growers in Bihar with 30V92 occupying close to 25% of the total planted corn area, during the Rabi season.
“Pioneer has been working with the farmers of Bihar more than 30 years now and leads the industry with innovative technologies that reduce the time taken to bring new products to farmers, thus meeting specific agricultural growth challenges,” said Dr. K V Subbarao, country manager for PHI Seeds Private Limited, India. He added, “We look forward to introducing two new corn hybrids in the forthcoming Rabi season in Bihar, Pioneer® hybrid P3522 and P3396.”
New hybrid features

P3396 has a unique plant structure that enables growing of higher number of plants per acre. It has distinguishing features like excellent stalk rot tolerance, good stand ability and a high shelling percentage, while grown during appropriate cultivated conditions.

P3522 the new offering from Pioneer is set to further this corn revolution it initiated. It has a value based offering of big-sized cobs, excellent tip filling, attractive grain color, ability to grow higher number of plants per acre and being a consistent high yielder. With an offering of six distinct hybrids, Pioneer has the best wide ranging capability to offer superior hybrids to farmers and help achieve agricultural sustainability in Bihar.

For more than 30 years Pioneer has been developing and characterizing hybrid seed for farmers in India, while continuing to be one of the nations’s leading suppliers of improved seed varieties. New hybrid launches are the result of rigorous localized breeding and testing that helps ensure Pioneer meets customers’ needs on a field-by-field basis. Pioneer works closely with more than 2.5 million Indian farmers to get the right product on the right hectare to maximize their productivity and profitability. The company also strives to educate and train farmers on the scientific methods of cultivation, right agronomic practices and crop management techniques to improve corn yields and profitability during the post and pre season.

Pioneer began research and parent seed operations in India in 1970. Products developed and sold by Pioneer in India include corn, pearl millet, sunflower, hybrid rice and mustard.

Pioneer Hi-Bred (www.pioneer.com) ; a DuPont business headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, is the world’s leading developer and supplier of advanced plant genetics, providing high-quality seeds to farmers in more than 90 countries. Pioneer provides agronomic support and services to help increase farmer productivity and profitability and strives to develop sustainable agricultural systems for people everywhere. Science with Service Delivering Success™.
DuPont (www.dupont.com) is a science-based products and services company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to work by creating sustainable solutions essential to a better, safer, healthier life for people everywhere. Operating in more than 90 countries, DuPont offers a wide range of innovative products and services for markets including agriculture and food; building and construction; communications; and transportation.

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Speaking to newsmen, Narendra Murkumbi, President, ISMA said that the sector unfortunately continues to suffer the burden of excessive controls and regulations far in excess of those imposed on any other sector in agriculture or industry in India.

Deregulation of the Sugar Industry

Sugar industry in India is totally controlled by the Government. Certain percentage of sugar produced by the sugar manufacturers has to be given to the Government on administrated price for distribution of the same under PDS. In no other country in the world – not even in small countries like Kenya, Tanzania etc – such type of levies have been imposed on sugar industry. We have raised our demand before the Government to de-regulate the industry in phased manner. To start with, the following two steps may be initiated by the Government:-

a) Abolition of levy sugar obligation on sugar mills

Direct procurement by Government will increase Government subsidy by Rs.2500 crores only. This amount is negligible in comparison to about Rs.70000 crores of Food Subsidy Bill of the Government which is expected to go to about Rs.1.00 lakh crore after promulgation of Food Security Act. Earlier also, the Finance Ministry, Commerce Ministry and Planning Commission had supported proposal for abolition of levy sugar obligation. But the same could not be implemented due to various reasons.

b) Abolition of monthly regulated release mechanism

In our country, sugar mills did not have any freedom to plan their sales and cash flows. This is multiplied by burden of carrying large stocks of sugar due to the monthly release mechanism which is not successful in controlling sugar prices in the recent past as accepted by the Ministry of Food in its Note for the Cabinet.

We therefore, reiterate our demands of de-regulation of sugar industry in phased manner by implementing the above two steps in the direction of de-regulation of the sugar industry.

Losses suffered in current year

The current sugar season has been a surplus sugar production year and the industry is burdened with unprecedented stocks of sugar. Most of the mills do not have adequate storage capacities and cash flows to manage the surplus inventories of sugar with them which leads to distress sale of sugar. Currently, the value of stock balance with sugar mills would be approximately Rs.30,000 crores.

The cost of production of sugar is around Rs.2,900 per quintal in UP and Rs.2,700 per quintal in Maharashtra and Karnataka. However, due to surplus sugar in the country and continuance of stockholding limit on traders, the ex-mill sugar prices are below the cost of production. Such a situation will only erode the finances of the sugar mills and adversely impact their paying capacity to the farmers. With high sugar production next year and lack of similar opportunities to export sugar from India, the sugar mills will no longer be able to pay to farmers.
As per estimates, even after considering the recent permission to export 5 lakh tons of sugar, the opening balance for 2011-12 would be about 60 lakh tons. This is still about 10 lakh tons more than the normative 3 months consumption opening balance for next year of around 50 lakh tons. Considering, likely surplus sugar production next year also, there is immediate need to reduce sugar stocks held with sugar mills by way of export of another 10 lakh tons and removal of stock holding limit on traders.

With low domestic ex-mill prices and improving international sugar prices, the mills stand to gain about Rs.700 per quintal extra from sugar exports. With a surplus sugar year next season also and expected sugar surplus in the international market from Oct 2011, it is prudent to export maximum possible quantities immediately.

With surplus availability of sugar in India and when the country is trying to export sugar even under OGL, it neither makes much economic sense to have a duty free regime for imports of sugar nor any commercial sense to import now. This is hurting market sentiments and sending wrong signals to the market about clarity of Government policies and intentions.

Building cane price arrears will also harm the farmers who may move out of sugarcane in 2012-13 i.e. just about 18 months later. With increase in domestic demand, the country will have to import at high prices. Not only will the sugar industry and cane farmers suffer, but the consumers will have to bear very high sugar prices, a situation the country had to face, though for a short time in 2010.

Ethanol Blending Programme

Traditionally, molasses, a by-product of the sugar industry, has been used in India to produce rectified spirit and alcohol of about 95% purity for producing liquor for human consumption and various chemicals. However, with technological developments in the recent past, molasses has been effectively used to produce bio-ethanol for blending with petrol as a fuel.
Brazil and USA are the two largest producers and consumers of fuel-ethanol in the world. These countries have flexi-fuel cars which can run solely on ethanol. Japan, China, Thailand, European Union etc. have embarked on ambitious plans of ethanol blending with petrol (EBP) programmes. Some of them who are deficient in ethanol, import the same from other countries. USA even provides huge incentives and subsidies for production and use of bio-ethanol and is slowly moving on to higher levels of blend percentages.
EBP programme reduces India’s dependence on fossil fuel imports and allows the nation to move slowly but surely towards energy sufficiency. Being the best oxygenate, it helps petrol burn better, thereby reducing environmental pollution that fossil fuel are infamous for. More importantly, researches carried out by the public sector oil companies in India, have confirmed that 5% ethanol blended petrol gives same mileage and lower emissions than petrol.

Since the EBP programme was conceived to directly benefit the sugarcane farmers, the Ministry of Petroleum and Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) put a specific condition in September 2010, for procurement of ethanol for blending with petrol. As per this condition, ethanol should be produced from domestic molasses only. It therefore required that molasses or alcohol cannot be imported by the ethanol producers and the ethanol will have to be produced only from molasses and not sugarcane juice or food grains.

All sugarcane crushed in the country by sugar and khandsari manufacturers produces molasses. With 346 million tons of sugarcane in 2010-11 of which 80-85% would have been used by the sugar industry and khandsari manufacturers, 290 crore litres of alcohol would be available in the country. With a demand of 100 crore liters by the potable liquor industry and contracted amount of 60 crore litres for the EBP programme, around 130 crore liters is the balance available to meet the demand of other sectors. Demand of chemical industry is known to vary between 25 to 60 crore liters (depending on crude oil prices). It is because of excess production of molasses, a part of which could not be sold, that a good quantity of molasses over 600,000 tons had to be exported out of the country during the current year. If this molasses could have been converted into ethanol, it could have displaced 1% of the country’s petrol requirement. With an estimated 7-8% increase in cane production in 2011-12 sugar season, the total quantity of alcohol available would still be higher.
The expert panel under Dr. Saumitra Choudhuri, for pricing of ethanol has recommended in March 2011 price of ethanol linked to price of petrol. Accordingly, the ethanol procurement price will always be lower than the ex-depot petrol price and at present the OMCs are able to save about Rs.12 over the price of petrol. EBP is therefore financially beneficial to the OMCs. The Committee has also recommended to pass part of the savings to petrol consumers.

To ensure more supplies of ethanol for the programme, it is important for the Government to quickly finalize the ethanol price, recommendation for which is now pending with them for over 2 months. The national bio-fuel policy, approved by the Government, has plans for a 20% ethanol blending programme by 2017. This can be achieved only if we continue with the approved plan of the Cabinet, reiterated again and again by the Government. Questions and doubts are being raised by vested interests who procure alcohol at a throwaway price for other uses.

The EBP programme is essential for the energy security of the nation, which will reduce pollution from fossil fuel and improve our use of renewable energy in the form of fuel ethanol.

About ISMA

Indian Sugar Mills Association (ISMA), the oldest industrial association in the country was established in 1932. It is recognized by the Central and State Governments as the Central Apex Organization to voice the cause of the sugar industry. Sugar mills in the private sector as well as the public sector are eligible to become members of ISMA. Its total strength of membership as on date stands at 226 and accounts for about 55% of country’s total sugar production. ISMA’s history is thus synonymous to the growth of the sugar industry in India which also began in early 1930s.

It is an Apex organization and maintains close contact with all regions in India through a network of regional associations and with international organizations and associations through international bodies. ISMA is the interface between the industry and Government on matters relating to sugar policy, statistics on production, sales, exports/ imports, prices etc.

ISMA maintains database for the sugar industry which is shared with all the member factories, media and also various Government organizations. India entered the sugar export market for the first time in the year 1957 which was entirely the initiative of ISMA.

ISMA’s R&D Cell on sugarcane has successfully identified promising sugarcane varieties in improving sugarcane productivity which received recognition from various research institutions and Government organization etc. The results have been significant in the recent two years.

ISMA interacts closely with International Industry Associations including International Sugar Organization, World Sugar Research Organization, World Association of Beet and Cane Growers and Global Alliance for Sugar Trade Reforms and Liberalization. India is largest consumer of sugar and 2nd largest producer in the world.

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KBSK’s programme to cover remote rural areas & virgin mouzas across India

New Delhi, July 2, 2011: In a bid to brighten the lives of hundreds of villagers residing in remote areas cut off from the mainland and without electricity, Krishi Bikash Shilpa Kendra (KBSK) recently introduced in the capital, a Solar Energization Programme at Constitution Club of India.

Present on the occasion were Hon’ble Shri Oscar Fernandes (Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha and Ex Minister Journal Secretary AICC), Hon’ble Shri Jai Prakash Aggarwal (Member of Parliament from North East Delhi Constituency and President Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee, GOI), Hon’ble Shri Mahabal Mishra (Member of Parliament from West Delhi Constituency, Government of India), , Hon’ble Shri Tarwinder Singh Marwah (Parliamentary Secretary to Chief Minister of Delhi, GOI), Hon’ble Shri Captain Jai Narayan Prasad Nishad (Member of Parliament) and speakers from KBSK.

The programme focuses on Solar Energy as Reliable Source of Energy for Village Electrification. It is tailor-made to fulfill the electricity needs of remote rural areas and virgin mouzas across India. The states to be covered under this programme include Delhi NCT, all the states of North Eastern Region, Uttranchal, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jammu & Kashmir. The programme is being introduced under Point No 18 Grameen Oorja (Energization of Rural Area) of National Programme – Tpp-2006.

Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Anindita Bhattacharya – Executive Director, National Level, KBSK – said, “It is a matter of grave concern that even after 63 years of Independence a significant part of rural India is still living in a dark age owning to lack of electricity. Through Solar Energization Programme, KBSK has taken an initiative towards uplifting the condition of hundreds of villagers residing in remote areas across the length and breadth of our country. As per the National Electricity Policy, non-conventional energy sources like solar systems hold the key to the energization of remote villages.”

Mr. Prosenjit Bose – Managing Director of KBSK said it is true needs to generate electricity from every possible source. Since, the Hon’ble President of India sanction for continuation of the implementation of the demonstration programme on providing support of Solar Home Lightening and other small solar systems to generate electricity. We know very well solar power is the most Eco-Friendly, our effort should concentrate on tapping, this renewable source. Moreover, increasing our dependence on this form of energy can lessen our needs for nuclear power and hence prevent any Fukushima – Type Catastrophy. The Government of India should make it mandatory for all multi storied buildings to have the where withal to harness solar power.

KBSK – revealed that, “Initially, KBSK has plans to install solar energy equipment in 50 villages across different states of India. However, in the expansion phase of the programme, KBSK will implement the total system of solar home lightening and street lightening in villages.”

For the successful execution of this major initiative, KBSK has already tied-up with Jyotirgamaya, a company having vast work experience in Solar Energy since 1990. KBSK, has its Rec cum Administrative office at 9/3, Behari Mondal Road, Haltu, Kasba, of Kolkata in West Bengal. KBSK make a group of experts (Headed by Mr. Chandan Sarkar, a well-known pioneer name in West Bengal) in the field of solar energy that is responsible for formulation, design and proper implementation of the projects related to Solar Energy.

According to information by WBREDA, Department of Power & N.E.S, Govt. of West Bengal, there are about 2,000 villages only in West Bengal and as same the other part of country also where conventional electricity line cannot be extended due to prohibitive cost and improper infrastructure. KBSK has taken the initiative because the problems can be solved by the solar energy route. As part of the programmer KBSK will install Solar Home Lighting Systems & Street Lighting Systems in those 2,000 remote rural villages & islands of West Bengal during the next five years and this initiative will also create employment opportunities for about 50,000 unemployed youth across the country.

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Over the years, many estrus detection aids have been incorporated into commercial farms worldwide in the attempt to combat the issue of estrus detection. One of the most popular methods of combating this issue, at least on large farms, is the use of hormone synchronization or timed artificial insemination (TAI).

Timed-AI programs are designed to synchronize ovulation among a group of animals that are often in various stages of the estrous cycle at the initiation of the program. To accomplish this, most timed-AI programs utilize the sequential administration of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH-1), prostaglandin F2? (PGF), and a second administration of GnRH (GnRH-2).

Timed AI programs suffer from the following drawbacks:

1.A large number of cows must be gathered and secured to have the hormone shots administered – requiring considerable time and labor. Moreover, the stress related to the gathering, along with the time that the cow stands in headlock, have a marked negative effect on milk production.

2.Each synchronization program requires sequential administration of specific injections. A 95% percent compliance rate throughout a five shot program brings the ratio of correctly treated cows to about 77%. Therefore, the synchronization program practically leaves almost a quarter of the designated cows unaffected.

3.Once a synchronization program has been implemented, the farmer must wait about 30 days following insemination for a pregnancy check to see if the cow is pregnant or if additional treatment is needed. Considering that conception rates of around 40% are considered good, about 60% of cows need to be retreated.

4.Timed AI “forces” the cow to cycle, not allowing the farmer to find fundamental problems that are causing cows not to cycle. Therefore, the fundamental problem may be left unattended for long periods of time.

Fortunately, farmers can now rely on electronic heat detection to solve the problem of estrus detection efficiently, and without the unwanted effects that timed AI systems typically produce. Since its market launch in 2004, SCR\’s heat detection solutions became the new industry standard of heat detection technology, achieving worldwide renown, and having been installed in over 2,500 farms with over 300,000 monitoring tags deployed.

The main factors behind the Heatime system\’s success are:
Unparalleled accuracy – Customers report up to 95% heat detection accuracy;
High reliability – infrared communication, with no regulatory constraints;
Simplicity of use – intuitive, detailed graphic information only a few keystrokes away;
Simplicity to install – stand-alone SCR\’s heat detection technology can be deployed in a matter of hours.
Data scalability – stand-alone SCR\’s heat detection technology can be easily integrated into the Data Flow herd management system.

About SCR

SCR is the world\’s largest provider of dairy farm automation solutions and the undisputed leader in the field of electronic collar tags. Committed to the highest industry quality standards, SCR presents distributors, integrators, and manufacturers with a broad spectrum of unique technologies and solutions aimed at helping them achieve a competitive advantage in the dairy industry.

For additional details about SCR and its offer of products and services, please visit http://www.scrdairy.com

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Sole producer of freshly milled Oats in the UAE drastically reduces transportation lead – time from months to days.

UAE, 22 March 2011: Al Ghurair Foods, the leading Middle East foods manufacturer which recently unveiled the region’s first-of-its-kind factory for freshly-milled oats has quickly paced itself in expansion plans across the MENA region.

With an annual milling capacity of 33,000 tons, in addition to ensuring the region’s food security, the state-of-the-art facility falls in line with the company’s commitment to provide high quality healthy products.

Ibrahim Al Ghurair, Director and Head of Oats Business Unit said, “The 6000 square meters plant comes to serve the rising demand from different industries on freshly manufactured oats. The new Oats facility is a valuable addition to Al Ghurair Foods’ series of milestones, standing as the region’s first of its kind, next to a huge flour plant with a daily 5,000 tons capacity and the Middle East’s largest oil refinery.”

“We continue to witness steady demand growth on our products in the Middle East, Sub-continent (India, Srilanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc) and African markets. Till date, oats were being imported to the Middle-East and the sub-continent with a lead time of at least 5 to 6 weeks. But now, due to our strategic location and close proximity to the sub-continent and Africa, the lead time has drastically reduced to a few days”.

“With the growing demand for the multiple-usage of Oats around the world, our healthy product will be used in several other industries. “Food manufacturers especially across the MENA region as well as the sub-continent will no longer need to import oats in bulk from international markets in Europe, Australia and Canada, as this premium facility will be able to attend to all their requirements” elaborated Ibrahim Al Ghurair.

“The new facility not only serves the UAE, as a key international trading hub and the world’s third largest re-exporter of agricultural products, but also the wider GCC region, the Sub- continent and the African market and we are proud to be a major contributor to local and regional economies around the world”, he added.

According to him, this facility will generate a significant ripple effect, adding value to the operations of numerous wholesalers, manufacturers, retailers and other entities in the food services industry at both local and regional levels.

“The new freshly-milled oats plant, will ensure shorter lead times and flexibility of production according to customers’ needs. Oats produced in the UAE will be distributed across the MENA region and the sub-continent to service the high demand across numerous industries including healthcare and food services,” he indicated.

“The facility is far beyond a great economic contribution that spreads out from the UAE to the region, it is also a provider of a very healthy product with proven health benefits that help address several of the health issues not only prevalent in the UAE but across the world over, including obesity and abnormal cholesterol levels which are generating worrying rates of diabetes and heart diseases,” he added.

The region’s giant player in the food sector has been implementing numerous projects by enhancing its capacity to ensure sufficient food security in the UAE and the region, in addition to encouraging a healthy and active lifestyle within the region.

About Al Ghurair Foods
Al Ghurair Foods entered the foods industry sector in 1976 through the creation of National Flour Mills. Since that time, a diversified portfolio of food products has been developed through a regionally proactive and forward thinking participation. Growing from a small flour mill to a technologically advanced, multi- product manufacturing enterprise, Al Ghurair Foods’ market presence has grown to over 50 countries with a customer base in 4 continents. Jenan is the key brand offering products in various categories that include Flour, Pasta, Edible Oils, Noodles, Poultry, Oats, Pulses, Maize and Rice.

For further information, please contact:

Sameera Fernandes
Group Corporate Communications Manager
Al Ghurair
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MONOCIL is a systemic insecticide cum acaricide with contact and stomach action which controls broad spectrum of pests in a wide range of crops and is one of the largest selling molecules.  With this IIL’s basket of products have become very strong and impressive with Lethal, Victor and Thimet.

IIL is going to launch 7 more molecules in the first phase namely Metro, Shark, Rambo, Super Star, Victor Gold which comes in the insecticides category, Dyanamite Plus – a powerful Acaricide and Ultra is a fungicide.   IIL regularly adds new products to its range of products with its aim to provide the best solution to the even small and marginal farmer’s at the most competitive prices.

According to Mr. Rajesh Aggarwal – Managing Director, Insecticides (India) Ltd., “MONOCIL and these 8 new products will help us to strengthen our customer base. We have always strived hard to provide complete crop solution to the farmers in IIL’s umbrella. We are also going to manufacture  Monocrotophos technical shortly, and will consume a big share internally which certainly help us  to improve our top line and the bottom line.

According to Mr. Garg VK- General Manager, There is big demand of Monocrotophos in southern region. Last year its sale in south was about 3800 kl which may cross 4200 kl this year. This is the second largest selling molecule in this region.  This acquisition will help us in heighten our sales by way of broadening our customer base.

As a part of our CSR activities, we are encouraging the farmers for the inclusion of Pulses/Vegetables in crop rotation to increase farm income. We are promoting new agricultural techniques amongst the farmers through crop seminars, farmer meeting, demonstrations and field days at farmers fields etc. We are also providing literatures etc. for the control of various pests like weeds, insects-pests & diseases to create the awareness amongst the farmers. We are also educating the farmers for the safe and judicious use of agro chemicals. Adoption of schools and girl child education has been also part of our CSR agenda for last 4 years.”

About IIL

Insecticides (India) Ltd. (IIL), BSE & NSE Listed Company is one of the premier agro-chemical manufacturer in India. IIL, with wide acceptability of Tractor brand – its umbrella brand of about 90 agro products and the largest selling brands Lethal, Victor, Thimet, Indan 4G, Hijack and Sharp today has a pan India presence. The strength of IIL is the confidence and commitment of its distribution network spread across the country.

For production of a wide range of agro-chemicals and pesticides, IIL has set technical and formulation units at Chopanki (Rajasthan) and Samba (Jammu) respectively. Two new units at Udhampur (J&K) and Dahej (Gujarat) are ready to roll out the production very soon. IIL has established an R&D centre recognized by Department of Scientific & Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and technology to identify, develop and manufacture high value added, complex new molecules for introduction in generic market.

The Agrochemicals Market in India 2011

Increasing food grain requirements and pest pressure in farmlands is boosting the overall production capacities in this market thereby providing lucrative opportunities for players. The sector is dominated by multinationals in India with their large production capacities and large number of product registrations. Indian manufacturers are generally formulation producers and generic product producers. The market is regulated by government with focus on the ban of use of unhealthy pesticides in India. Growing awareness among farmers will lead to healthy and efficient use of agrochemicals to boost the overall production and consumption capabilities in the country leading to growth in the food grain production. ( http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=167432&rt=Agrochemicals-Market-in-India-2011.html )

The report begins with an introduction to the agrochemicals market indicating the types of agrochemicals used in India as well as a brief description. It provides an indication of the kinds of pesticide producers in the market. The market overview section provides details about the production levels of pesticides in India. The market size of the agrochemical industry has been highlighted stating the usage of the various types in India. It also includes state-wise consumption of pesticides in India. The import and export market of pesticides has been described stating the requisite figures for the same.

An analysis of the drivers explain the factors for growth of the industry including increasing food grain production, lack of sufficient usage of pesticides, patent expiry of molecules providing opportunity and government support. The key challenges include the flaws in the registration process, emerging threat from Biotech seeds and health issues with use of banned pesticides. The major government bodies regulating this sector have been described with their key roles, activities and functions. Major Acts launched by the government have been included. It also includes the registration procedure for import, manufacture and sale of any pesticide in India.

The competition section provides an overview of the competitive landscape in the industry and includes a detailed profile of the major players in the market including their financials. The key developments in the sector over the past year have been highlighted.

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Agriculture and Food Industry in India 2011

The agriculture and food industry in India has been growing steadily with strong impetus from the government through various initiatives. Sectors that have witnessed strong private participation in the industry include seeds, fertilizer, farm equipments, warehousing, cold chains, food processing and organic foods. ( http://www.bharatbook.com/detail.asp?id=167431&rt=Agriculture-and-Food-Industry-in-India-2011.html )

The report begins with an overview of the agriculture and food industry. It provides an introduction to the market and includes information regarding growth in agriculture, food consumption levels as well as the primary factors leading to a growing industry. The value chain in the market has been highlighted and includes the major sectors in the market.

Each of the sectors in the industry namely seeds, fertilizer, farm equipments, warehousing, cold chains, food processing and organic food markets have been analysed in detail offering the market size and growth, segmented share, drivers and challenges as well as the major trends. The report also discusses the segments with the maximum growth opportunities based on investment levels. It also enlists the various PE investments and M&A deals in the market.

A global comparison has been provided for the organic foods segment with information regarding market segmentation by product. Drivers identified in this segment include increasing health consciousness of the people, huge export market, increasing organized retail, government initiatives while challenges covered are high prices, certification barrier and lack of integrated supply chain.

A competitive landscape has been provided for each of these sectors which includes information regarding the major players in the market. The Annexure contains a snapshot of their corporation, business highlights and their product portfolio, providing an insight into the existing competitive scenario.

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Addressing the Roundtable on “Enhanced Engagement of Private Sector to Meet India’s Food Challenges”, organized by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Mr Subhash C Garg, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, said private sector is the service provider for the agriculture sector and it has been around in this sector except production, extension and part of seeds. Mr Garg said that industry should come forward and invest in agriculture to increase its present production levels. He said that industry should shift its focus to the eastern part of the country which is having potential to become the food bowl of the nation. The need is to provide customized solutions to the problems of Agriculture in India said Mr Garg.

Speaking at the session, Mr Balvinder S Kalsi, President (South Asia), DuPont, said that there are three priority areas where private sector contribution will be critical in finding a solution to this huge challenge and where a partnership model is imperative to succeed. First, science must be made a part of the solution. Second area of importance is research & development. There is a need for massive and consistent investments and therefore makes a perfect case for Public Private Partnership. Research based R& D companies can bring their global R&D capability to this partnership. The third area of priority must be on building access to the users and help them use the new technologies appropriately by providing training and inputs that will help improve the yield on farm. Mr Kalsi said that each sector brings strengths and there are tremendous opportunities to pool resources and work toward a common goal- that of delivering food security to our people.

Dr Swapan Dutta, Deputy Director General (Crop Science), Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR), said that the challenge ahead   is quality seeds production & efficient supply chain, dynamic and flexible  agri-policy and efficient regulatory system for farmers benefit and public confidence, and adequate investment for commissioned projects relevant  to increased food productivity. He said that the country need good  environment for convergence of Private Sector towards agri-industry   keeping human face of economics leading to Food Security

Mr Salil Singhal, Co-Chairman, CII National Council on Agriculture and Chairman and Managing Director PI Industries Limited, said that private sector participation in agriculture supply chain will make it more efficient and enables the farmer to get a reasonable price for his product. It will also eliminate the existing marketing inefficiency due to multiplayer structure of intermediaries and will also help farmers overcome the challenges of fragmented farms and weak infrastructure.

Mr Singhal said CII will work towards academic institutional collaborations in the field of high value agriculture and sharing the new technologies of Agri Institutions like ICAR, in raising the productivity.

Some of the key persons who addressed the seminar were Mr Ajay Jakhar, President, Bharat Krishak Samaj, Dr N K Dadlani, Director,National Seed Association of India (NSAI), Mr Gokul Patnaik, Chairman, Global AgriSystems Pvt Ltd., Mr M Srinivas Rao, Chief Executive Officer, Cereals System Initiative for South Asia (CSISA), Dr Ramanathan Vairamani, Director (Rice Research – Asia), Pioneer (a DuPont Business) ,Mr Girish Aivalli, Country Head and Executive Vice President, Yes Bank  and Dr Arvind Kapur, Chief Executive Officer, Raasi Seeds Pvt Ltd.

New Delhi

24^th December 2010

Neelam Joshi

Media Desk

Confederation of Indian Industry

23, Institutional Area

Lodi Road

New Delhi – 110 003

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Jaipur, 10 December. Morarka Foundation, promoters of natural agriculture in the country since last 10 years, has recently tied-up with GTZ Saudi Arabia to develop their organic farming sector.
“With our vast experience and knowledge in the farming segment, the Agriculture Ministry of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia selected Morarka Foundation as resource organisation for technology transfer to develop organic agriculture in that country,” the Foundation’s Executive Director Mukesh Gupta said.
The Foundation is already providing technological know-how to countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Australia. “with Saudi Arabia, we have now entered into Middle East countries with our expertise. We are now looking to expand in the Middle East and other Asian nations in developing organic agriculture,” he said.
Saudi Arabia mainly produces date palm, grains and horticultural products, Gupta said, “We will take step by step approach in converting farming in Saudi Arabia. We will begin with date palm and then extend to grains, vegetables and fruits.”
Presently, 15000 hectares are under certified organic farming in Saudi Arabia and another 30000 hectares are under conversion. It takes about three years for converting any farmland into an organic farm.
A 30-member delegation, including 20 progressive farmers and 10 senior officials from the agriculture ministry of Saudi Arabia will visit Foundation’s organic project sites in Bhuj in Gujrat, Patankalan and Nawalgarh in Rajasthan to have first hand experience, he said. Besides Saudi Arabia has also participated in 3-day international organic trade fair – BioFach India 2010 that began in Mumbai on 7th December 2010 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon.
“The overall objective of the tie-up is to develop a state-of-art organic sector in production, marketing and certification to satisfy consumer demands for healthy organic food in Saudi Arabia,” GTZ Team Leader Dr. Marco Hartmann said.
“GTZ also aims to offer opportunities to farmers and producers within the domestic and export markets to keep up with global food production quality standards.” He said.
Saudi Arabia is looking to convert its livestock into ‘organic livestock’ , however, this will take tine, he added.
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CII ANNOUNCES AN APPLE FEST, SAFFRON FEST AND RAJMAH & BASMATI FEST IN JAMMU

AGROTECH 2010 A BIG SUCCESS: FARMERS GET EMPOWERED TO MOVE UP THE VALUE CHAIN

45000 FARMERS VISIT AGRO TECH; IMPACT WILL BE
FELT BY MILLIONS OF FARMERS NATION-WIDE

While the Jammu and Kashmir Minister asked the CII to hold such AgroTech in his state, the Chairman of the CII Northern Region, Mr R.M.Khanna, announced the CII would hold three conclaves in regard to saffron, apple, basmati and Rajmah.

Mr. Ghulam Hassan Mir, Agriculture Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, who was the Chief Guest at the valedictory function of the 4 day CII AgroTech 2010 here today, appealed to the help upgrade and modernize agriculture in his State so that J&K could be “part of the glory of India.”

Stating that even though J & K was the No. 1 producer in India of apples, his visit to CII AgroTech had been an “eye-opener for him on the type of advanced technologies being used in different parts of the world.” The farmers of J&K need exposure to all these developments and he hoped CII would help in facilitating this.

Responding to the Ministers request, Mr. R M Khanna, Chairman CII Northern region announced that CII would shortly organize an Apple Fest, a Saffron &

CII Agro Tech 2010, which was held from December 3-6, 2010 at Chandigarh, achieved one of its primary objectives of focusing on Sustainable Agriculture and bringing farmers face-to-face with the latest state-of-the-art technologies both in terms of machinery as well as agri-practices. It empowered them to look at the possibilities of moving up the value chain and ensure their long term prosperity. Enthused at the response generated from the farmers, 97% of the exhibitors stated that they would exhibit at Agro Tech 2012.

The 4-day Fair was visited by over 45,000 farmers from a number of States from as far as Kerala in the South, Meghalaya in the East, Gujarat in the West and J&K in the North. The farmers showed interest in large machines like combined harvesters, high powered tractors and also low cost agricultural machinery items. In addition, the farmers were also able to procure new varieties of high-yield seeds and learn about the latest agri-practices which could help them increase their yields, cut down on wastage and give a quantum jump to their incomes.

The other primary objective that Agro Tech successfully achieved was in terms of generating long term business for global and Indian companies, becoming a successful platform for a number of launches by them and facilitating the finalization of joint ventures/MOU between these companies. The International Buyer-seller meets ere a big success. Overall, 846 Joint Ventures/MoUs/deals estimated to be worth at least Rs 50 crores were finalised at CII AgroTech 2010 while the final enquiries figure was still being tabulated.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India was the partner of Agro Tech 2010 and there was a huge showcase of technologies and best practices by them. State Governments also extended support to Agro Tech 2010, with Punjab & Haryana being the Host States. The Food Expo and Apple Fest were supported by APEDA, Food Tech by All India Air-conditioning & Refrigeration Association and Livestock Expo by the Compound Feed Manufacturers Association of India. Canada, France, Germany, South Korea and UK had set up their pavilions while companies from Australia, Italy, Spain and USA showcased their products and services. South Korea and France had set up pavilions for the first time at Agro Tech. This was strong evidence of growing international interest in the Indian agriculture sector.

There were 230 participants over 6500 sq. m of exhibition area, of which 63 participants had come from overseas. All the 9 concurrent shows saw huge crowds. Five international conferences on contemporary issues in Indian agriculture were held in which some of the leading experts and policy makers in the field of agriculture presented their views. Over 150 conference delegates participated in the Conferences.

After the resounding success of CII Agro Tech 2010, the 10th CII Agro Tech will be held from 1-4 December 2012.

Chandigarh,

December 6, 2010

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