A perspective on agricultural and trade issues of India ….
Indian Agriculture – An Overview…
Challenges facing Indian agriculture &
Syngenta’s contribution…
March 6, 2014

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Some facts….
Total calorie requirement will go up from
2495 to 3000
Food grain production would need to increase by
5.5 MT annually
By 2050 global population will rise to 9 billion….out of which
1.7 billion will be in India alone
Currently..
52% of our population is involved in
Agriculture.... yet it contributes just
13.7% to India’s
GDP
Demand for high-value food commodities will go up by
> 100% due to migration of people into cities, increased wealth, shift towards diets rich in protein

Growing resource constraints
Produce more with less…
Land | Water | Labor
• Much of India’s total arable area already in use (46%)
• Most remaining land has serious soil and terrain constraints
Arable Land (ha) per person
0,5
0,4
0,3
0,2
0,1
0
0,9
0,8
0,7
0,6
Most populous countries have least room to expand
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Source: UN and FAO, 2005

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There is also the problem of….
Decreasing size of landholding
86% growers in India are smallholders
They cultivate
44% of the land and contribute
50% to farm output
Landholding declined from
2.30ha
in the
70s to
1.32 ha in
2000-01
Average size would be a mere
0.68 ha in 2020 and
0.32 ha in 2030

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And the degradation of the production environment….
Soil erosion has degraded 120.72 million ha of land in India
8.4 million ha has soil salinity and water-logging
Water-table & water quality deteriorating
Green-revolution belt exhibiting problems owing to overexploitation and mismanagement of soil-and-water resources

Growing resource constraints
Produce more with less…
Land | Water | Labor
Agriculture is India’s
user of water
lost to inefficient practices
Nearly
agricultural land is rain-fed
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Source: UN-Water and FAO

Growing resource constraints
Produce more with less…
Land | Water | Labor
Farm demographics- aging population and migration to cities influence labor availability
High-tech machines, complex production processes and strict production regulations require skilled labor
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Source: UN-Water and FAO

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● India agriculture has an extensive background which goes back to 10 thousand years. At present, in terms of agricultural production, the country holds the second position all over the world.
● Indian Agriculture has made rapid strides since independence;
- From food shortages and import to self-sufficiency and exports.
- From subsistence farming to intensive and technology led cultivation.
- Today , India is the front ranking producer of many crops in the world.
- Ushered in through the green, white, blue and yellow revolutions
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Economically Active population 2nd
Coarse grains 4th
Fruits and Vegetables 2nd
Implements (Tractors) 3rd
Live Stock (castles, Buffaloes) 1st

● Contributes to 14% of GDP
● Provides food to 1.25 Billion people
● Sustains 65% of the population : helps alleviate poverty
● Produces 51 major Crops
● Provides Raw Material to Industries
● Contributes to 1/6th of the export earnings
● Huge bio-diversity : 46,000 species of plants & 86,000 species of animals Largest producer in the world of pulses , tea , and milk
● India was largest exporter of rice and guar gum, and second largest exporter of cotton and beef (buffalo meat).
● Second Largest producer of fruits & vegetables,wheat,rice,groundnut & sugarcane.
● Our major imports: edible oils (US $11 billion) and pulses (about US $ 3 billion).
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Average YIELD,
1970-1971
Average YIELD,
1990-1991
Average YIELD,
2010 –2011
Crop
Rice
Wheat
Pulses
Oilseeds
Sugarcane
Tea
Cotton kilogram per hectare kilogram per hectare kilogram per hectare
1123
1307
524
579
48322
1182
106
1740
2281
578
771
65395
1652
225
2240
2938
689
1325
68596
1669
510
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Total Geographical Area - 328 million hectares
Net Area sown - 142 million hectares
Gross Cropped Area – 190.8 million hectares
Major Crop Production;
Rice
Wheat
Coarse
Cereals
Pulses
106 million tonnes
96 million tonnes
41 million tonnes
20 million tonnes
Oilseeds 20.9 million tonnes
Sugarcane 29.9 million tonnes
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Crop
Average farm yield in Bihar
Average farm yield in
Karnataka
Average farm yield in
Punjab
Wheat
Rice
Pulses
Oil seeds
Sugarcane kilogram per hectare kilogram per hectare kilogram per hectare
2020
1370
610
620
45510
N.A
2380
470
680
79560
3880
3130
820
1200
65300
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● STRENGTHS
● WEAKNESS
Fragmentation of land
Rich Bio-diversity
Low Technology Inputs
Arable land
Climate
Unsustainable Water
Management
Strong and well dispersed research and extension system
Poor Infrastructure
Low value addition
● OPPORTUNITIES
● THREATS
Bridgeable yield crops
Unsustainable Resource Use
Exports
Unsustainable Regional
Development
Agro-based Industry
Imports
Horticulture
small and shrinking holding
Untapped potential in the size (1.16 ha in 2010-11);
North Eastern part of India
climate variability...high risk .
But the future is safe and optimistic for the next decade and more
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● Small and fragmented land holdings
● Manures, Fertilizers and Biocides
● Shortage of good quality Seeds for poor peasants
● Problem of Irrigation
● Lack of mechanization
● Soil erosion
● Agricultural marketing
● Inadequate storage facilities
● Inadequate transport
● Scarcity of capital
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Classification: PUBLIC Draft

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Syngenta in India is….
• A leading Agribusiness
• Providing Integrated solutions
• Engaging with growers at every step.
• Focusing on 8 strategic crops.
• World class R&T centre and
Manufacturing site in Goa
• Research stations across India
• Seed manufacturing facilities
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Our Strategy
Our strategy has growers’ needs at its heart
Integrate
Innovate
Outperform
Create integrated offers supported by agronomic expertise and understanding of growers challenges
Develop new solutions combining biology and chemistry, incorporating adjacent technologies and building new business models
Outperform on the farmer’s field, gain market share, sustain profitable growth
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Our Philosophy
Taking responsibility for our productsfrom production to safe use, storage and disposal is a priority at Syngenta
17,000 trainings for farmers in 2012
More than
1 million farmers and nearly
1900
Channel partners trained
6500 posters in regional languages distributed
Active participation in
‘ Container
Management Program ’ of
Crop Life India
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More food
Less waste
More biodiversity
Less degradation
More health
Less poverty
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Make crops more efficient
Increase average productivity of the world’s major crops by
20% without using more land, water or inputs
Rescue more farmland
Help biodiversity flourish
Improve the fertility of 10 million hectares of farmland on the brink of degradation
Enhance biodiversity on
5 million hectares of farmland
Empower smallholders
Help people stay safe
Look after every worker
Reach 20 million smallholders and enable them to increase productivity by 50%
Train 20 million farm workers on labor safety, especially in developing countries
Strive for fair labor conditions throughout our entire supply chain network
One planet. Six commitments.

GroMore an integrated rice solution comprising of simple protocols offering timely advice ‘in the language of the farmer’ to establish and protect the crop, delivering immediate yield increases of up to 30%.
Tegra ™: Piloted in South India in 2009. An integrated growing system, delivering more productive tillers and a yield increase of up to 30%.
Project Nirmiti: a program that utilizes a network of local residents to make agricultural knowledge, inputs and services available to smallholders in rural
India to improve farming practices, productivity and livelihoods.
Techno-Commercial Centers: Farmer Producer Companies set up by government in Madhya Pradesh aim to help India’s smallholders access technology and achieve economies of scale in purchasing, marketing etc.
Syngenta Me and Mine utilizes a network of local residents to make agricultural knowledge, inputs and services available to smallholders in rural
India to improve farming practices, productivity and livelihoods.
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Joints projects with PAU “ Popularsing recommended agronomic practices of crop viz
Rice,Corn,Wheat & Potato” Major PROJECT GroMore Rice / MaxWheat

MOU Signed with PAU
Oct. 2011
PAU officials sharing GroMore
Tillers to farmers
August 2012
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Classification: INTERNAL USE ONLY
Sharing GroMore concept
June 2012
PAU officials & growers Counting
GroMore Panicles & grains
September 2012
Actual yield and quality data is expected by Oct end 2012
Syngenta GroMore Pilot
Yield increase – 32%
Syngenta CP protocol – Rs.7731/ha
Grower CP spend – Rs.4790/ha
Additional income – Rs.21917 / ha
Outcome for Grower & Syngenta
Better ROI for grower
October 2012 onwards

Outlining GroMore Project
• Selected 5 Districts in Punjab – Divided each in to two sub districts.
• 5 Villages in each sub district – 10 Villages per district
• 5 Growers per village – 250 Growers in all 5 districts
• Undertaken ½ Acre of Grower for GroMore – 125 Acres Under GroMore
Geograph y
Developin g
Central Plain
Zone
Amritsar
Developed Ludhiana
Sub Mountainous
Undulating Zone
Gurdaspur
Undulating Plain
Zone
Mixed Jalandhar Kapurthala
• Selected 5 Districts cover;
• Major rice agro climatic zones
• 40% of Punjab rice acreage & production
• PAU presence (Farm Advisory Services)
• Both Rice-Wheat & Rice-Potato rotations
Developing Geography
Developed Geography
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Data Summary
• Total Grower Data – 173 (8 Sub Districts )
• ROI - Average yield increase value is R.22K/Ha over farmer practice with Rs. 3K/Ha increase in CP spend.
• Average Increase in Yield & Additional Income across geographies;
Yield Increase - MT/ Hectare
Yield Increase %
Additional Income/ Hectare -
INR
Developing Developed
1.82
1.56
41% 20%
23321 19904
Mixed
1.68
30%
21520
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• Nursery in beds is meaningful
• Line transplantation helped in aeration of crop hence less pests/Disease
& Agri.ops are easy
• Reduced Fertilizer inputs
• Actara drench gives lush-green-healthy seedlings.
• One line off is good
• Thionutri at 15 DAT
• GroMore Plot is like garden – Everyone stops to see.
• Liako prophylactic is unique.
• Fellow farmers who made fun of us are now appreciating.
• More hills/Sq. Meter will yield more.
• Uniform crop emergence/tillering.
• Had to spend
Rs.800 on manual gives more tillers
• Not only preached but practiced too.
weeding in my plot
• The only company having complete solution.
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GroMore is a dream harvest for farmers !!
Better Output Price – because of better quality GroMore crop fetching min 22 $ /MT means 9% higher than farmer practice
Early Harvesting - GroMore harvesting is early by 15 days , means will be able to advance sowing of Rabi crop for a better harvest .
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GroMore Practice
Observe the grain color
Farmer Practice 1 st GroMore harvest in market

I would like to thank
Syngenta rice team for this kind of Unique initiative in our developing area of Rice.
By this unique story telling you are not only doing verbal education of rice cultivation but also demonstrating it in farmer fields….is commendable .
Syngenta rice team team was recognized in annual PAU Kissan expo.
Deputy commissioner Gurdaspur –
Dr. A Trikha IAS
PAU Vice- Chancellor , Dir. of Agriculture Punjab, ADG IRRI, Head of PAU Kissan Club, PAU governing board members
NABARD Team & Deptt of Agriculture officials
We feel good to attend such knowledge dissemination meetings
Dr.MK Saini – FASS ( Farm advisory service Gurdaspur)
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Global Nuffield farming Scholars from Canada/Ireland/New-Zealand & Australia (Guests at
PAU Kisan Mela) have seen GroMore Rice Plots
“PAU & Syngenta have jointly taken a good initiative with Rice project This will surely enhance rice productivity. Farmer will surely get a yield increase of 20-30%.”
Brenda Schlepp 2012 Scholar
Canadian Nuffield Agricultural Scholar
“Hopes of new revolution will come in future with the increase of plant population /m²
More Seedling …More crop/Yield
Good initiative. Keep it up
Mr. P.P.S.Pangali (President PAU kisan Club)
“It is seen first time the way farmers are being advise in such a good manner.”
Jemma Sadler 2012 Scholar ,
Wongan Hills in Western Australia,
“It is amazing to see the difference between the
GroMore Rice Plot & Farmer practice field .The
GroMore Plot is completely free of pest & Farmer
Practices was fully damage with pest”
Robin Schaefer,
Loxton in South Australia
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Farmer excited to see the MaxWheat project results
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Classification: INTERNAL USE ONLY

MaxWheat ProjectAgronomy informationinformation gave to growers
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Safety / Application message….. In all the farmer meeting..
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Seedling phase Vegetative Reproductive Ripening
Establish yield & quality foundation
Strong & Healthy foundation
Strengthen the expectation
Max. yield potential
Turn hope into reality
Protect quality
Maximize yield and quality
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