ICETT - LIVE WEBINAR

December 10, 2020

Tarun Bhargava

ICETT Chairperson

Joint General Manager (Coop Relations),

IFFCO, New Delhi (India)

tarunbhargava@iffco.in

‘Human Rights

in Value Chains’

The Producer Cooperative -

IFFCO Perspective

IFFCO – A Cooperative Conglomerate

A Multi-State Cooperative society incorporated in 1967 in India.

Largest Producer & Marketeer of FERTILISERS in India having installed capacity of more than 8 Million Tonnes

Fertilisers marketed through a pan India network of more than 35000member Cooperative Societies.

Only Fertiliser Institution in India to have surpassed

- 9.14 million MT/annum in terms of production

- 13.33 million MT/annum in terms of sales

Human Rights- Multifaceted Approach

To make the cooperative societies economically and democratically strong

IFFCO has added value by appointing select few of its member

cooperatives societies as Franchisees for logistics Manegment storage

and handling of fertilizers which includes Warehousing, Transportation and

Rake handling

IFFCO is working towards farmers for their welfare, prosperity and growth

through its various initiatives likes Rural and Agricultural Development

Programmes, Cooperative and Rural Development Trust (CORDET),

IFFCO Kisan Sewa Trust promoted by IFFCO and Indian Farm Forestry

Development Cooperative Ltd. (IFFDC)

IFFCO is also fostering Cooperative Movement in the country through

“IFFCO Foundation” with an objective to promote cooperative

development.

Product Availablity

• Supply of quality products at their doorstep in remotest areas including through e-commerce

Financial Support

• Sales and Transportation margins to members for selling products

• Providing dividend @ 20% to its Member Cooperative Societies for last 19 consecutive years.

Skill Devlopment

• Visit of members to Research Institutes and Agri-Universities

• Arrange Plant Visit Programme to create awareness about IFFCO’s Operations.

• Training on livelihood activities / scientific agricultural practices

• Skill development to increase income generation

Labour- Human Resources/Workforce

IFFCO has adopted Computerised Enterprise wide Integrated Human

Resource Management System to provide Better Management Control,

Manpower Planning, Succession Planning, Employees Welfare and

Transparency etc.

IFFCO Banned employment of Child Labour across the organization and

during the Covid-19 Pandemic IFFCO strongly encouraged its

employees to do work from home for maximum days in a week to reduce

their physical presence without effecting work.

IFFCO supports Women Empowerment and is continuously working to

remove Inequalities amongst its Workforce. Today women have been

employed across all disciplines likes Engineering, Finance, Human

Resource, IT, Co-operative Relations etc. Further, IFFCO has approved

the reservation of 5 percent seats women delegates seats in its RGB and

has started a Networl Portal for Job Creation for Youth – IFFCOYuva.com

Income Generation Activities for Women

Health Check up Camps for Women

Creating Jobs, Upskilling and Stopping Migration

Environment- IFFCO for Climate Action IFFCO through IFFDC promotes the development of wasteland into agricultural

land to enhance the socio–economic status of the rural poor.

The four operating plants of IFFCO (Kalol, Phulpur, Kandla & Aonla) have been

awarded ISO – 1400 certification for their Environmental Management System in

addition Township of Kalol, Aonla and Phulpur units, CORDET and Hospital at

Phulpur unit have acquired ISO–14001 certification for their Environmental

Management System.

IFFCO actively work on Energy Efficiency Improvement Schemes at Ammonia

plants by adopting latest Technological Developments in the manufacturing of

fertilizers to reduce energy consumption. Today, IFFCO is saving more than

0.4 million kilo Calories per MT of Urea Produced from its plant.

Reduction in CO2 emission through various schemes.

Soil Testing

Soil Reclamation

(Acidic / Alkali)

Organic Sources

Residue recycling,

GM, Composting, Biofertilisers etc

Farm ImplementsWater Resource Development Extension

Services

AN APPROACH

SOIL REJUVENATION & PRODUCTIVITY ENHANCEMENT

37695 ha area promoted

under green manuring

crops like Dhaincha

(Sesbania sp.), Sunnhemp

( Crotalaria sp.), Green

gram, Green peas etc.

Saving of about 5 – 10% of

N application to succeeding

crop

GREEN MANURING

➢ It has led to average yield enhancement of about 15 % in succeeding

Paddy / Maize / Wheat crops.

➢ Seed availability is the constraint. IFFCO has initiated seed

production in farmers field along with cooperatives.

WATER RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

Responsible Purposeful People-Centric Leadership

IFFCO has diversified in allied fields like Insurance, Rural Telephony,

Organic Farming, Nanotechnology based Agri-Inputs etc, including its

presence in multiple countries outside India.

IFFCO follows Transparent Processes, Accountability and Integrity with its

stakeholders across its Business

IFFCO through its Cooperative Principle & Value Based Approach, is also

fostering a culture of Trust, Openness and Mutual concern among the

cooperatives members.

All the Board Meetings / General Body Meetings are well attended by the

members from all across the Country.

The member societies have bestowed so much trust that they are keen to

increase their investment in Share Capital of IFFCO.

1.

Prioritizing Health and Safety of

Members, Farmers and Employees

2.

Review and Conformity to

Business Continuity Plan

4.

Communicate with Key Stake Holders Using Digital Mode

3.

Fighting corona hand in hand with

government

5.

Increase Livelihoods and Farmers Income- THE ORGANIC

WAY

6.

Achieving Self Reliance Through

IFFCO Nano Products

IFFCO - POST COVID-19 ACTIONS

Interactions Over Web-The New Normal

Hon’ble Managing Director IFFCO Dr. U.S.Awasthi interacting with IFFCO Team Using IT Enabled Tools

OUR VISIONInstituted with the noble aim of helping its farmers, our Vision is pretty simple yet powerful.To create

Organic Value Chain in Sikkim and other upcoming Organic States of North East and doubling farmers income by enhancing productivity and value addition.

Our MISSIONThe mission of Sikkim IFFCO Organics is to ensure the availability of “Fully Certified Organic” produce

to its customers as per their requirements. To do this, the institution aids the farmers in multiple activities such as ensuring Traceability of the produce, packaging, and marketing. It is the equal

participation of the Government of Sikkim and its citizens, especially farmers, that has been a big step in restoring the delicate natural ecological balance using adopting Organic farming practices.

IFFCO Opens New Ways to Increase Livelihoods and Farmers Income- THE ORGANIC WAY

Achieving Self Reliance Through IFFCO Nano Products

• Nanotechnology has potential application in field of Agrochemicals, Fertilizers, Animal husbandry, Medical sciences, Food processing etc.

• In Agriculture – Precise & Enhanced use efficiency of nutrients have added advantage for better :

• A) Soil

• B) Environment and

• C) Human Health besides,

• D) Attaining Higher crop yields with minimum resources.

Nanotechnology Based Products for Sustainable Agriculture

IFFCO’s focus is on three main

Human Right Issues in Value

Chains, ie. Labour Rights,

Elimination of Child Labour,

Environmental Rights though it is

not limited to these three.