CropLife India Stewardship delegation visited the Pilot Project in Kakinada, East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh on 24th & 25th April, 2015.

The delegation arrived at Vishakhapatnam on 23th April, 2015 and reached Kakinada by road. A Face to Face meeting of CropLife India Stewardship group was held on 24th April, 2015, followed by a visit to pilot project village, Tatiparthi for a Farmer interaction programme.

The following members of CropLife India Stewardship participated in the delegation:

• Yashwant Patil (Syngenta India Limited)

• Sushil Desai (Bayer CropScience Ltd)

• Ravi Hegde (DuPont India Pvt Ltd)

• Srinivasan Rengan (Makhteshim-Agan India Pvt Ltd)

• Saumendra Kumar Nayak (BASF India Ltd)

• A S Indulkar (Cheminova India Ltd)

• Atimanav Gaur (Dow AgroSciences India Pvt Ltd)

• K. Parmeshwara Rao (Dow AgroSciences India Pvt Ltd)

• G Srivastava (CropLife India) – Participated in the meeting via con-call

• Varun Goel (CropLife India)

Crop LifeINDIA

Stewardship Newsletter

Issue No. 2 April 2015

on Responsible Use of Pesticides and Container Management,

Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh

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Glimpses of the Face to Face Meeting

Farmer Interaction Programme and Training session by Master Trainers, th

24 April, 2015

No. of Farmers who attended the programme: 40 Farmers of Group 2&3

The programme focused on module on usage of pesticides: Security aspects by Master Trainers for Group 2&3. The Croplife India stewardship delegation joined the classroom training session and interacted with farmers. Mrs. Padmashree Assistant Director of Agriculture (ADA) and Mr. Satyanarayana (Village President) also participated and interacted with the farmers and the delegation. Later, farmers of other groups joined the interaction.

The members of the delegation thanked the farmers for attending the programme.

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Farmer gathering at the programme CropLife India Stewardship Delegation

Mrs. Padmashree Assistant Director of Agriculture (ADA) interacting with farmers

Mr. Satyanarayana (Village President) interacting with farmers

Suggestions from the Stewardship Delegation for the Pilot Project are as follows:

• Bringing visibility of the project with wall paintings in the project villages.

• Member companies to make PPE kits available at dealer shops and issuing PPE kits to direct farmers enrolled in the project and ensuring that the kits are used for their intended purpose.

• To find space for CLI office in the village which will house project related posters, modules and provide weather updates.

Pilot Project on Responsible Use and Container Management in East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh

I appreciate the staff of CropLife India for implementing various meetings in our village. The

staff of CropLife India are very cordial and friendly with the farmer's community. They are

conducting meetings with all types of farmers, especially the farmers who are using

pesticides regularly. The programme is very useful to the agricultural community for their

safety and security. The staff recently conducted a big meeting in which all our local leaders

and our MLA, Shri S.V.S.N Varma participated.

In this connection I thank CropLife India for selecting our village for this excellent

programme.

Thanks and Regards,

Mr. Satyanarayana

Sarpanch

Grampanchayat, Tatiparthi

Golaprolu Mandal, East Godavari District

Andhra Pradesh

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PM concepts which are very essential to the farmers, are being implemented by field staff of

CropLife India and are good and appreciated. Field staff of CropLife India are conducting

awareness programmes on protection measures taken while applying pesticides with

farmers at village level regularly. Farmers are also responding in a positive manner and they

frequently request the supply of protection material. It is a good programme and it is very

useful to the farmers. If possible conduct more number of awareness programmes in

different villages which may help the farmer community.

Mrs. Padmashree

Assistant Director of Agriculture, Pithapuram,

East Godavari District

Andhra Pradesh

I am very happy that Croplife India selected our village for this project. Our Village farmers

are gaining knowledge on how to buy and handle pesticides. We are also learning how to

store and spray pesticides. Our village farmers have gained knowledge from the Croplife

India master trainers. We have learnt about different nozzles and using them for spraying.

We are gaining valuable information from this project

Mr. Palla. Vekateshwarlu

(Farmer)

Edida Village, East Godavari District,

Andhra Pradesh

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We are happy that Croplife India selected our village for this project. The Master Trainers

share their knowledge by regularly conducting farmer meetings in our village. They train us

on responsible use and secure storage of pesticides. They also train us on how to store our

crops. These things are very helpful to our village farmers. We are very happy.

Mrs. Haridasula Parvathi

(Woman Farmer)

Edida Village, East Godavari District,

Andhra Pradesh

The Croplife India Master Trainers have explained us on crop protection measure that

should be taken during crop period. They have given detailed explanation on use of

pesticides and also explained the dangers and side effects of using a dose higher than the

prescribed dose of agrochemicals.

Mr. Dasari Nageswara Rao

(Farmer)

Tatiparthi Village, East Godavari District,

Andhra Pradesh

The Croplife India Master Trainers have explained us about the agrochemicals in our field.

They have organised the project in our village in a very systematic way and this project is a

very useful to us in getting knowledge on the use of agrochemicals in our fields. They

explained us the harmful effects of indiscriminate use of agrochemicals on environment as

well as on human health. They also explained us on how to store our produce.

Mr. Saminedu Arjuna Lova Raju

(Farmer)

Tatiparthi Village, East Godavari District,

Andhra Pradesh

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