DhanukaAgritech to honour outstanding achievement in farming with Dhanuka Innovative Agriculture Award

New Delhi, 4th January, 2018,Dhanuka Agritech limited, one of India’s leading Agrochemical Company, today launched the first edition of ‘Dhanuka Innovative Agriculture Award’ (DIAA) to recognize and encourage innovative farming techniques adopted/practiced across India. The nominations which opened today invites entries in 30 categories by farmers/dealers and agri-institutes/scientists/KVK’s(KrishiVigyan Kendra)who have made outstanding contributionsto this sector.

 Dhanuka Agritech Limited, since its foundation, had been a forerunner in serving the farming community and this is another step in the similar direction supporting Hon’ble Prime Minister’s mission of ‘Doubling the Farmers’ Income by 2022’. This initiative by Dhanuka is to incentivize and encourage the adoption of new technologies by farmers; these awards will recognise the outstanding efforts of Farmers/Research Institution with cash prize and citation on March 22, 2018, during the World Water Day 2018 conference (WWD), which isto be held in Delhi NCR.The jury of the Dhanuka Innovative Agriculture Award 2018 has been constituted under renowned scientist under the chairmanship of Chancellor of Central Agriculture University, Imphal, Padma Bhushan, Prof. R.B. Singh.

Under this initiative Dhanuka Agritech invited applications from progressive farmers / Research Institutions / SAUs (State Agriculture Universities)/CAUs( Central Agriculture Universities) / KVKs( KrishiVigyan Kendra) / NGOs ( Non- Governmental Organizations) / SHGs( Self-Help Groups) / Panchyats etc. across the country who, through their innovative farming practices, are helping to regenerate India’s agricultural landscapes, communities and food systems, which will contribute to Food Security and help in doubling the Farmers’ Income. It is expected that the Award Winners will be Leaders,serving the farming community as a model for rational management of resources, including land, labour, capital, knowledge/Technology/Water/Agri-inputs etc. The Awardees were the spark-plugs for motivation and examples for others to follow.

Commenting on the launch of the award, Shri R.G. Agarwal, Chairman, Dhanuka Agritech Limited said,“With a vision of changing the agricultural landscape of our country, Dhanuka Agritech has always been at the forefront of bringing revolutionary thoughts and practices for betterment of the farming community. DIAA (Dhanuka Innovative Agriculture Award) is the first such initiative wherein we aim to acknowledge the innovation done in the farming sector. With these small incentives we can encourage our farmer friends to come and share their practices to enhance the crop productivity and farmers’ income”.

 Dhanuka Agritech is among top five agrochemical Formulation Company in India. Recently the company announced its Q2 result where it continued its growth momentum by registering 11.40 % growth in terms of Turnover. The company also launched a new product- SUELO for enhancing the soil health naturally in December last year across India.

 About M/s Dhanuka Agritech Limited:

 M/s Dhanuka Agritech Limited manufactures a wide range of farm input products to support the farmers in their pursuit for better crop, better farming and better life. The Company has a pan-India presence through its marketing offices in all major states& 4 manufacturing unit in India,with a network of more than 7,500 distributors & dealers,1500 skilled employees and 15 Dhanuka Doctors selling to approx. 80,000 retailers across India and reaching out to more than 10 million farmers. They have world class NABL Accredited Laboratories. The Company has technical tie-ups with 4 American and 6 Japanese companies.

Dhanuka Agritech is among the top five companies in India, in Brand sales. With more than 200 registrations and/ 350 active SKUs, the company has one of the largest market penetrations. Dhanuka Agritech currently has 30 Branch offices across India and 48 warehouses.

 Dhanuka is a preferred Brand among progressive farmers. Growth drivers are the intensive marketing network penetrating even the interiors of India, increased farm income, enhanced awareness about the cost-benefit ratio of agro-chemicals, highly diverse product range with solution for almost all problems in all crops, innovative marketing strategies and international technical tie-ups. The company is working towards farmer welfare by strengthening Agri-inputs dealer as a strong extension service provider for that our DEASI program in association with many Agriculture universities stabling new milestone.  The Company keeps adding new products every year through its collaborations and is continuously on the lookout to bring the latest technology to Indian Farmers.

 To know more about us please visit: www.dhanuka.com

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 Compiled by :Sangeeta