Press Release

17th September; 2020; New Delhi: World’s biggest processed fertiliser cooperative major IFFCO distributed more than 1 lakh vegetable seed packets to farmers and trained more than 40,000 women farmers in a nationwide campaign in association with ICAR to commemorate the 70th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi under the campaign called as PoshanAbhiyan-2020.

The inaugural event of the Poshan Abhiyan-2020 & Farmer Women Training campaign was held in New Delhi in Krishi Bhawan in the presence of Union Agriculture Minister Shri Narendra Singh Tomar. This campaign was launched in association with agri-research body ICAR and Kisan Vigyan Kendras. Shri Tomar inaugurated the event & addressed the women farmers at 714 KVKs though video conference connected by Department of Agriculture Research and Extension. Dr. U S Awasthi, MD, IFFCO, Mr. Yogendra Kumar, Marketing Director was also present along with senior scientists & representatives from ICAR.

Union agriculture minister Sh. Tomar lauded the efforts of IFFCO and stated that the cooperative have always came forward for the service of farmers and contributed in agricultural growth of country.

All state offices of IFFCO actively participated in this event and distributed at least 100 packets of vegetable seeds to 1 lakh farmers across the country. Each seed packet contained the seeds of 5 nutritious vegetables of the season including Carrot, Reddish, Spinach, Fenugreek (Methi).

IFFCO's MD, Dr U S Awasthi said that we have always played our role in helping farmers to maximize their agricultural output and earn optimum profits. IFFCO believes in transforming agriculture through timely & innovative ideas which can be implemented on the fields and can accelerate the transition of food system thus ensuring food security and promoting sustainable agriculture. IFFCO is committed in making Aatmanirbhar Krishi a success and contribute in the PM’s vison of doubling the farmers’ income by 2022.

This distribution of nutritious vegetable seeds to farmers will certainly help them to look towards alternative of cash crops also. This is somehow an added value for them.

About IFFCO :

IFFCO, world’s biggest processed fertiliser cooperative which was started in the year 1967 by only 57 Indian cooperatives with an aim for the betterment of farmers and ensuring food security for the country. Over the past 53 years, IFFCO has remained committed to this cause by providing world class soil nutrients and agri-services to the Indian farmers thus, play an important role in empowering them.

IFFCO provides its services to more than 5 crore farmers with more than 35000 cooperative societies across the country. The biggest processed fertiliser cooperative in the world with a turnover of INR 29,412.44 Crore & Total Group turnover of 57,778 crore (in FY 2019-20) has five state of the art fertiliser manufacturing plants in India producing 91.42 Lakh MT of fertilisers. IFFCO contributes to around 32.1% of Phosphatic and 21.3% of Nitrogenous fertilisers produced in India and was ranked first amongst the Top 300 Cooperatives in the world (by Turnover on GDP per capita basis) by the World Cooperative Monitor Report. IFFCO has moved to 58thposition in the fortune 500 list of companies.

An organization with Local and global reach, IFFCO has been constantly contributing to increase in the food productivity through its diversified range of Nitrogenous, Phosphatic , Bio fertilisers along with other speciality fertilisers. With Joint ventures in Senegal, Oman, Dubai and Jordan, IFFCO has made its presence global. Besides Fertilisers, IFFCO has diversified into sectors like General Insurance, Rural Mobile telephony, rural ecommerce, SEZ, Oil and Gas and international trading, food processing, urban gardening, Organics and E-Bazar in Rural retailing amongst others. IFFCO over the years have demonstrated its commitment towards socially responsible practices through its initiatives like CORDET and IFFDC that aim at empowering the entire farmer community. As a leader in the fertiliser Industry IFFCO understands its heightened responsibility therefore, believes in finding the best solutions through interaction and collaboration with research institutes.

Issued by PR & Brand Communications Department, IFFCO