Farmers are increasingly turning towards science to increase the production for their crops. This has made the global agrochemicals market size to grow and it is estimated that it will reach $246.1 billion by 2025 at a CAGR of 3.4 per cent. However, the market is fraught with challenges such as customers demanding safe and healthy products and the supply chain not being streamlined.
In order to meet these challenges, the companies need to invest in the supply chain in order to strengthen it and also do intricate research and development in order to provide healthy products.
This is where Delhi based agrochemical company Ichiban Crop Science plays a crucial role. Ichiban has majorly invested in a highly sophisticated IT infrastructure consisting of robust ERP, SAP S4 HANA that lets the company achieve optimal production within a continuous supply chain.
The company, inspired by Japanese technology has advanced equipment and uses technologically sound techniques of their quality check parameters in order to achieve a high quality product line to cater to their customers.
Customer centric product designing
When asked about their innovation in product designing, Dr Nikhil Aggarwal, MD of Ichiban Crop Science Limited says, “Our maxim as Ichiban has been innovation and quality through our stringent quality check parameters. Ichiban’s point of convergence when it comes to product designing is customer centric. The products are designed as per market perception.
We go all out when it comes to market research prior to product building. Our approach to market is targeting the suitable segment with apt product and thereby devising the target customers. The paradigm of Ichiban is quality and its essence is core to the foundation we built with our customers over the years. Each unit of our product incorporates requisite ISO standards and compliances.”
We go all out when it comes to market research prior to product building. Our approach to market is targeting the suitable segment with apt product and thereby devising the target customers.
The company has established state-of-the-art NABL accredited laboratories which Japanese technology to design innovation into their PGR (Plant Growth Regulator) Products Insecticides products, Herbicide products and Fungicides Products.
Apart from being a successful company in the agro chemical industry, Ichiban has also taken part in CS (Corporate Social Responsibility) activities such as distributing free books and study materials to the kids of farmers, educating the farmers on safe practice of Pesticide in crop fields and also take part in tree plantation every year.
When asked about the future roadmap for Ichiban Crop Science, the MD says, “Our aim is to be present in every village and every market of the country. We installed our second manufacturing unit in 2020 with more than 100 products so far with markets in India, Nepal and select global markets and we are planning to start a robust export division in the near future. Strengthening our backward integration and establishing our own technical plant are few more things that we are working towards for the near future.”
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