The head of German chemicals giant Bayer’s South Asia operations said, ‘India cannot become a developed nation by 2047 with ‘backward agriculture’. They hear also many initiatives from the new government are clearly focused on modernizing Indian agriculture. Actually, the investment in herbicides is currently outpacing insecticides in India right now.
The company is ramping up its focus on herbicides in India, responding to a growing labour shortage in agriculture that has become more acute since the COVID-19 pandemic. They’re looking at a labour shortage in agriculture in India. Buyer plans to develop herbicides targeting specific weeds in key crops like paddy, wheat, sugarcane, and maize. Buyer has already registered one biostimulant product in India and plans to introduce more, particularly targeting the horticulture sector.
Presentation – Dibyabharati Nayak
