IFFCO beats everyone when it comes to “Lab to Land transfer”: Shah

While dedicating IFFCO’s Nano DAP to countrymen, Union Minister Amit Shah had two major things to says-one farmers should avoid dual use of both solid and liquid (Nano) forms of Urea and DAP and the other message was for national level co-ops to emulate IFFCO’s innovative bent of mind.

Though IFFCO has sent links to about four crore farmers to connect to the online program, more than two crore farmers indeed got linked and listened to the words being uttered by the Minister at the IFFCO Sadan, IFFCO’s headquarters in Delhi on Wednesday.

“IFFCO is a trusted brand and what is written on its bottle could be realized in your field,” said the Minister underlining every bit of IFFCO claim about the Nano range is true. It’s true that forming new habits is difficult but farmers of India are a very adaptable lot and I am sure you should stop using the conventional urea, said Shah in his own convincing style.

“I have come here on the invitation of my friend Dileep Sanghani who is IFFCO’s Chairman. It is an auspicious day as Nano range of fertilizers are precursor to a transformational age”, stated Shah.

Calling IFFCO MD Dr U S Awasthi closer to himself at the dais at the time of the launch of Nano DAP, Shah said Awasthi has been instrumental in giving to the world two unique products in the shape of Nano Urea and Nano DAP.

Shah was also amazed at the speed with which IFFCO built three Nano Plants in one year and said other national cooperative bodies should take a lesson from it. There is no dearth of agri research in the country but when it comes to transferring them from lab to land, IFFCO excels, said the Minister.

Exhorting other co-ops to break the mold and think out of the box like IFFCO, Shah said as the Minister of cooperation he feels proud of the fact that co-ops contribute 132 lakh metric tonnes of fertilizer and IFFCO alone contributes 90 lakh metric tonnes.

But a hard task master that he is, Shah also asked IFFCO not to rest on its laurels and look forward to strengthening the co-op movement in the country. The general reference to this fact became more obvious during media interaction when Shah said that he has talked to the IFFCO Chairman for adopting two states for strengthening PACS through the registrations and training.

Shah said that the new PACS would require skilled manpower such as computer operators, marketing experts, those who know co-op laws and other skills. Co-op bodies like IFFCO could play a major role here, he suggested.