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FARM ESSENTIALS

Enriching and protecting

The Farm Essentials portfolio Through its network of over
comprises a full spectrum of 700 Tata Kisan Sansars (farmer
products and services that improve centres) in the heartland of India’s
the yield of farmlands in India. northern and eastern states, the
Products include fertilizers, company helps small farmers
pesticides, specialty nutrients, enhance yields by providing them
seeds and agri-services. The with end-to-end solutions. These
company is the pioneer of crop- centres are ‘one-stop-shops’ giving
and region-specific customised farmers access to a wide range of
fertilizers. Its products provide resources and services. They stock
balanced crop nutrition to the soil, seeds, pesticides and fertilizers
boost productivity and improve the and lease out farm equipment and
overall quality of farm yields. implements to farmers who cannot
Tata Chemicals has a dominant afford to buy expensive modern
position in the crop nutrition area. machinery. The centres also provide
Its Rallis subsidiary is a leader in the agronomy services like soil testing,
crop protection business. mapping and fertilizer testing.
The company produces products They facilitate credit finance,
from three key agri-nutrients: arrange crop insurance and provide
nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and buyback facilities.
potassium (K). The nitrogenous The company’s extensive
fertilizer, urea, is manufactured at expertise in chemicals
Babrala in the north Indian state of manufacturing, the agriculture
Uttar Pradesh at one of the world’s and crop-nutrition space, and
most energy efficient fertilizer its research capability through
plants. Phosphatic fertilizers the Innovation Centre have also
DAP and their complexes are manifested in its biofuels business.
manufactured at Haldia in West Tata Chemials is focused on
Bengal and MOP is imported. working with sustainably grown
feedstock for first generation
bioethanol and biodiesel.

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