By: ICN Bureau
Last updated : September 01, 2022 3:15 pm
This year’s campaign builds on an initiative which the company started in 2020 to promote the adoption of safe agricultural practices aimed at preventing accidental cases of poisoning amongst the farming community
FMC India, an agricultural sciences company, today launched the third year of its safety awareness and stewardship campaign around pesticide use for the farming community in the Indian district of Akola, in partnership with the agriculture department of the Maharashtra government.
This year’s campaign builds on an initiative which FMC India started in Akola in 2020, to promote the adoption of safe agricultural practices aimed at preventing accidental cases of poisoning amongst the farming community.
Elaborating on the awareness campaign, Ravi Annavarapu, President, FMC India said, “FMC is heavily invested in the welfare of the farming community in India. As such, we have been training farmers on safe and sustainable agricultural practices over many years. Our campaign in 2021 reached 7,500 farmers in different villages throughout Akola. We firmly believe that this year’s campaign will scale up to new levels and reach an even wider farmer community to improve their awareness and knowledge.”
As part of the campaign, FMC India collaborates with the government’s agriculture department, health department, and Krishi Vigyan Kendra (agricultural extension centers in India) to organize farmer meetings and education sessions about the proper usage of pesticides in different crop seasons and crop varieties. Mobile vans are mobilised on a mass scale to ensure education sessions are offered to a large number of villages and farmers throughout Akola.
This year’s campaign was launched in the presence of honorable guests including Akola District CEO Saurabh Katiyar; Akola District Zila Parishad President Pratibhatai Bhojane; Additional CEO Dr. Saurabh Pawar; Akola District Superintendent of Agriculture Aaarif Shah; former Zila Parishad President Pushpatai Ingale; Akola District Agriculture Development Officer Muralidhar Ingale; District Quality Controller Milind Janjal; and FMC India’s Area Marketing Manager Hiraman Mandal.