PMFAI-ICSCE 2022: “Doubling Farmers Income While Keeping Food Inflation In-Check Can Only Come From Agri Exports” says, Vikram Shroff

PMFAI-ICSCE 2022: Pesticides Manufacturers & Formulators Association of India (PMFAI) is organizing “International Crop Science Conference & Exhibition” - An exclusive Agri Inputs Trade Summit (which includes, Fungicides, Herbicides, Insecticides, pesticide and intermediate (solvents, Surfactants, intermediates, etc.), fertilizer, agrochemical packaging, seeds) on 14 & 15 February 2022 in Le Meridien Hotels & Conference Centre, Airport Road, Dubai-UAE.

Krishi Jagran Team is also present at the exhibition. The conference is attended by a large number of dignitaries, participants, and guests, including Vikram Shroff- Director, UPL Ltd. Group he also shared his opinions with us via video.

He begins his speech with an introduction to Food Inflation. He said today, the cost of food has gone very high as we are the first contributors to the food chain,  we know what the prices are likely to be in the next 6 months. Food inflation is a big concern. Our industry is 70 billion dollars industry globally, doing 42 billion dollars worth international trade.

He added that we play an integral part in Global Food Security & Global Food Inflation.  We should be proud to say that our Industry is very self-reliant where as there are other industries where 90% of inputs come from abroad and the government has had to spend Rs 10,000 Crores with PLI Schemes to help them. 

We should be proud that our industry has a robust eco-system, great supply chain & manufacturing capability. All thanks to our great scientist and industry leaders. 

Vikram Shroff Highlights the Success of UPL

• We at UPL are very happy to share with you some of our success. The first thing that I’m very proud of, this is under the leadership of my father & mother that the UPL has contributed Rs 150 Crores to various Covid-relief projects in India.

• Today, UPL ranks number one, in Organic & Natural Agriculture.

• UPL is on the fifth position globally, in agro-chemicals.

• We at UPL hold rank one globally, on the sustainability index, which allows us to get cheaper rates of loans internationally.

• UPL has set-up a university of sustainability and a centre of excellence in chemical manufacturing & safety.

We would like to work with other industry colleagues, our suppliers, our partners, our customers together to take forward our company, in terms of safety, sustainability & good practice. We will be share the experience that UPL has achieved globally as well as other parameters in manufacturing where we have got international & national recognition.

Today every country is looking at its own national interest & national security. We as an industry need to do what is good for India, Indian Farmers & Indian Food Security. We have put together the group of researchers, who have been doing an amazing work and studying data and false acquisitions made by foreign interest and NGOs that are funded from abroad.

We found that the Indian Farmers use our products very judicially, India is a country where we recycle plastic, it is a country where we put water in shampoo bottle & shake it and use it, and then there are some people who say that our people are spraying pesticides without any thought…. This is Impossible!

Some Highlights & Statistics About the Strength of Indian Agriculture

Today, Punjab farmers hold the record of highest production compared to anywhere in the world in wheat. Here you can have full meal of fruits & pulses for 1 dollar.

We are having huge exports of grapes & other fruits that are earning fantastic values in international markets. All these things are because of our industries’ that is helping to produce, protect and export our agriculture commodities. 

Our Hon’ble Prime Minister, wants to double the farmers income. We have to keep food inflation in check, doubling farmers income with keeping food inflation in check can only come from agriculture exports. Global Trade of agriculture commodities is more than one and a half trillion. We can take a small share of that and fulfil our Prime Minister’s dream of doubling farmer’s income.