A Brief about the Products by IFFCO

Established in the year 1967, IFFCO began operations with about 56 cooperatives. Under the able leadership of its managerial staff, especially Dr US Awasthi, the CEO and MD of IFFCO, the organisation has grown by leaps and bounds and today has more than 36000 cooperatives as its members. IFFCO, with an aim to offer their services for the betterment of Indian farmers, offers a number of products. Here is a brief introduction to some of the more popular products by IFFCO:

Primary Nutrients

· Urea

The most important nitrogenous fertiliser in the country, Urea has high N content (about 46%).

Besides being used in farming, it is also used as cattle feed supplement. It works great in replacing a part of the cattle’s protein requirements. Urea also has several industrial uses, like being used in the production of plastics.

· NPK

NPK complex fertilisers are produced by IFFCO at Kandla and are DAP based grades. While in granular form the NPK complexes do not pose problems during handling or storage, exposure to high humidity can lead to caking.

· NP

IFFCO also produces NP (Grade 20:20:0:13). This is an ammonium phosphate sulphate fertiliser that provides nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulphur to the crops.

· DAP

DAP by IFFCO is a source of crucial nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus, and is an integral part of nurturing the earth. This fertiliser is suitable to be used with all kinds of crops.

Water soluble fertilisers

As the name suggests, this is a product that is readily soluble in water. It releases essential plant nutrients at the root zone. From there, the nutrients are absorbed by the plant. This method of fertiliser application is referred to as fertigation, where the fertiliser is incorporated within the irrigation water via the drip system.

Bio fertilisers

These are good sources that can be used to enhance the availability of nutrients in the soil and plants. Bio fertilisers are low cost, effective, and environmental friendly sources of nutrients that supplement fertilisers.

While these are the main product offerings by IFFCO, there are other products available as well. IFFCO also provides secondary and macronutrients, like Zinc Sulphate Monohydrate, and plant growth promoters, like Sakarika.

A Brief guide about IFFCO - The multi-state cooperative society

IFFCO, short for the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited, is amongst the country’s largest cooperative societies, which is wholly owned by the Indian cooperatives. It was founded in 1967 with only 57 cooperatives. At this time, IFFCO comprises of a total of 36,000 Indian Cooperatives that have diverse business interests, such as Rural Telecom, General insurance, etc. US Awasthi (IFFCO MD) is always in the news because of the different initiatives launched by IFFCO regularly. Read on to know more about the vision and mission of IFFCO.

 Vision

The vision of IFFCO is to increase the income of farmers by assisting them in increasing their crop productivity by utilizing energy efficient fertilizers and maintaining the health of the environment. Plus, it also wants to make cooperative societies democratically and economically strong. It basically works in empowering rural India.

Mission

The mission of IFFCO is to make the lives of Indian farmers prosperous with the in-time supply of high-quality and reliable agricultural services and inputs in a way that is sustainable for the environment. IFFCO wants to take up activities that contribute to their welfare. Here is a little more about the mission:

• To give farmers supreme quality fertilizers at the correct time and in sufficient quantities so as to increase the productivity of their crops.
• It commits to the safety, health, forestry, and environment department to improve the community life quality.
•  To get, assimilate, and make use of efficient, cost-effective, and reliable technologies.

Vision 2020

Vision 2020 is the new corporate plan of IFFCO and is guided by the below-listed objectives:

• Achieving particular targets related to energy saving by modernizing current plants.
• Creating fresh fertilizer products and setting up agro-chemical projects and ago-processing units.
• Start a credit rating agency for the cooperative societies

You can also know more about the company by reading the IFFCO MD news  and his take on the recent developments.

Salient features of the Vision 2020 include becoming an international leader in production of fertilizers. It also includes bringing into force sustainable development strategies.

This was a brief about the company. IFFCO has always worked for the upliftment of farmers in India and has helped farmers by carefully assisting them all these years.