Hyderabad : Valagro, a global leader in the production and marketing of biostimulants and other speciality nutrients, on Saturday launched two new products—Opifol and YieldOn on the Indian market. This comprehensive and effective solution according to Luca Fornara, Country Manager of , Italy headquartered, US $ 150 company aims to improve the quality and productivity of row crops.
The products are launched nationally at Hyderabad. The Italy based Valagro,uses Hyderabad as its base for Indian operations.
Addressing the media on the sidelines of the meeting held to discuss improving crop yield in row crops held in the city hotel, Luca Fornara said market needs increase land profitability. India leads in the world in terms of acreage in rice cultivation, but its yield is 20% below the world average.
40 million hectares of Rice is grown. Still that doesn’t meet food demand which is constantly growing. And the farmers Income is less than their potential. They must get their fair Income.
With the two products the average yield will grow by 15 to 20%, Lucas informed.
Our forecast for these two new products for the year 2018 is 25000 litres of YeildOn and 20 metric tonnes of Opifol, Lucas informed.
We will consolidate our position in South and then we expand to other markets he said.
By 2022 India will become the world most populated country (from 1.3 to 1.4 billion people) with only the 30% of the arable land(land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops)available as compared to China. The pressure on food production, and thus on farm-land, will increase accordingly. As such, improving yield and productivity for crops like rice, cotton, soybean etc.. can help meet the ever-growing demand.
Valagro uses science in the service of mankind to improve nutrition and quality of life while respecting the environment.
Leading Indian farmers, technicians and distributors, the country’s leading academic and research institutions graced the launch ceremony.