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.