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India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts normal and well distributed monsoon, raising hopes for farming

Date：Apr. 16, 2019 Category：Markets

The country will experience near normal monsoon in the June-September period this year, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast on Monday.

Indofil acquires Italy-based Agrowin Biosciences

Date：Apr. 5, 2019 Category：Companies

Indofil Industries Limited

Indofil Industries has acquired majority stake in Italy-based crop protection and plant nutrients company Agrowin Biosciences, a statement from Indofil said.

Parijat Industries conferred award from national safety council of India

Date：Apr. 2, 2019 Category：Companies

Parijat Group

Agrochemical firm Parijat Industries has been conferred the Suraksha Puraskar (Bronze trophy) for the year 2018 by the National Safety Council of India.

Parijat Industries been conferred the Suraksha Puraskar award by the National Safety Council of India

Date：Mar. 1, 2019 Category：Companies

Parijat Industries (India) Ltd

Agrochemical firm Parijat Industries has been conferred the Suraksha Puraskar (Bronze trophy) for the year 2018 by the National Safety Council of India.

Deepak Nitrite Limited Conferred With The National Best Employer Brands 2018

Date：Feb. 20, 2019 Category：Companies

Deepak Nitrite Ltd.

In a function held at Taj Lands End, the Global Employer Branding Institute and World HRD Congress conferred Deepak Nitrite Ltd. with NATIONAL BEST EMPLOYER BRA...

Rallis India reported 45 per cent YoY fall in consolidated net profit in December quarter

Date：Feb. 18, 2019 Category：Companies

Rallis India Limited

Rallis reported 45 per cent year-on-year (YoY) fall in its consolidated net profit at Rs 13.76 crore in December quarter (Q3FY19). The Tata Group agrochemicals ...

PI Industries reported strong growth of 33 per cent in net profit in December quarter

Date：Feb. 14, 2019 Category：Companies

PI Industries Ltd

PI Industries reported strong growth of 33 per cent in net profit at Rs 107 crore in December 2018 quarter (Q3FY19). The agrochemicals company had a profit of R...

Saudi, UAE may cut Indian agri imports on quality issues, $2.6 bn at stake

Date：Jan. 28, 2019 Category：Markets

At a time when the government is emphasising on the need for increasing agriculture exports, there is a threat of the $2.6-billion Saudi Arabia and United Arab ...

PI Industries undertaken an agri-based CSR project in India

Date：Jan. 10, 2019 Category：Companies

PI Industries Ltd

Fiinovation, with financial support of PI Foundation which is a CSR arm of PI Industries Ltd., an agri-sciences company and Harsha Trust, a non-profit organizat...

Agri-tech firm Ninjacart raises $35 million from Accel US, Syngenta

Date：Jan. 3, 2019 Category：Companies

Ninjacart, a business-to-business marketing and supply chain platform for agricultural produce, has raised Rs 2.5 billion (approx $35 million) in a fresh fundin...

Price hikes, monsoons push propel India agri input firms' Sept quarter profits

Date：Nov. 14, 2018 Category：Markets

Agri input companies have posted decent growth in revenue and net profit for the quarter ended September 2018, due to an increase in sales volume on normal mons...

Monsanto India names Cherukuri Ravishankar as Managing Director

Date：Sep. 27, 2018 Category：Companies

Monsanto India

Seed firm Monsanto India, a subsidiary of Bayer group, Monday announced the appointment of Cherukuri Ravishankar as the Managing Director for its businesses in ...

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India agri-chemical companies betting on a sales boost on higher rabi sowing

Date：Sep. 19, 2018 Category：Markets

With ample water in reservoirs, agri-chemical companies are betting on a sales boost during the coming rabi season, following a sharp recovery in kharif sowing.

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Excel Crop Care gets board nod for merger with Sumitomo Chem

Date：Aug. 2, 2018 Category：Companies

Excel Crop Care Limited

Agrochemicals firm Excel Crop Care yesterday said its board has approved a proposal to merge the company with Sumitomo Chemical India.

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Smartphones emerging as main farming tools in China

Date：Jul. 11, 2018 Category：Markets

With 96 per cent of China's villages connected to the Internet and each rural household having on an average three mobile phones, the sickle and hoe have been r...

Crystal Crop launches seven new products in India

Date：Jul. 9, 2018 Category：Companies

Crystal Crop Protection Limited

Agro-chemical firm Crystal Crop Protection, which plans to come up with its initial public offer (IPO) soon, has launched seven new products to boost farm produ...

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India extends crop fumigation exemption until year-end

Date：Jul. 2, 2018 Category：Markets

India has extended by six months to the end of 2018 an exemption to its policy for crop cargoes to be fumigated with methyl bromide, a move that should facilita...

Bayer begins process to buy up to 26% stake in Monsanto India for over Rs 13 bn

Date：Jun. 14, 2018 Category：Companies

Bayer CropScience AG

German chemicals and pharma major Bayer group has launched the process for over Rs13 billion open offer to acquire up to 26 per cent additional stake in Monsant...

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India:Normal monsoon to bring cheer for agri input companies in September quarter

Date：Jun. 11, 2018 Category：Markets

The financial performance of agricultural input companies is likely to improve substantially during the first half of financial year 2019 (FY19) due to rising d...

Intellectual property rights allow seed companies to recover R&D investment, says US official

Date：Apr. 26, 2018 Category：Regulations

Protection of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of seed companies is necessary owing to huge expenditure made in research and development (R&D), a senior US of...

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