IIL inks pact with IARI to train ryots on best farm practices

Agrochemical company Insecticides India Ltd (IIL) today said it has signed an agreement through IIL Foundation with Indian Agriculture Research Institute (IARI) to train farmers on best farming practices.
Under the initiative, few village clusters will be identified, and selected farmers will undergo a complete training from sowing to harvesting, the company said in a statement.
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed for three years. According to the pact, farmers will be trained by experts from government's premier agri-research body IARI who will also help them adopt the latest technology available.
Complete farming will be done under the supervision of those experts only.

"In India, many farmers still follow subsistence/ traditional farming and are not able to fully utilise the resources available to them. It is imperative for us to help farmers and impart knowledge regarding best agricultural techniques and methods and train them to increase their yield. We look forward to making a difference to the farmers' community," IIL Managing Director Rajesh Aggarwal said.
IARI Joint Director (Research) K V Prabhu said that a collaboration of the academia and the industry is vital for agriculture.