Innovation-Based Initiatives

Crop Care

Introduction of New Products

• R&D filed 18 patent applications for formulations/processes for both domestic and export markets. Two patents were granted during the year
• Developed new products - Daksh Plus (Herbicide), Clasto (Insecticide), Capstone (Fungicide) and Castello (Fungicide) for domestic; and Anvil Plus (Fungicide combination) formulation for the export market
• R&D has developed new and differentiated products in Crop Nutrition segment e.g. Rallizin
• Scale-up activities continued on active ingredients and formulations developments
• After successful internal evaluation, the Company has initiated regulatory studies for drone-based application of Crop Protection products at agricultural universities across states
• 14 products were registered in India for the domestic/ export market
• Joined hands with Garuda Aerospace, to explore the use of drone technology in agriculture

Seeds

• Received CII-Tata Communication Centre DX-2022 Award under the most innovative category for product acceleration across crops through Genomics; Received Tata InnoVista-2022 global award for Maize herbicide tolerant novel genetic discovery project
• Biosafety Research Level 1 (BRL-1) trials for Maize GM events stacked with insect resistance and herbicide tolerant traits are progressing
• BRL-1trials for cotton insect resistance and herbicide tolerant traits will commence from 2023 Kharif season
• Rallis is developing drought-tolerant maize in collaboration with a leading Israeli biotech company funded by Global Innovation and Technology Alliance (GITA) to address climate change related challenges
• New Paddy hybrids (DR8101 and DR8375) and maize (DM9440) were commercialised during the year; Three Bt Cotton hybrids have been Gazette-notified by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. In Vegetables, four hybrids in Tomato, Sponge Gourd and Bottle Gourd were commercialised
• Seed R&D research focusses on major field crops like Rice, Maize, Millet and Cotton and select vegetables
• The key focus of Biotech research is to improve traits, such as drought tolerance, insect resistance, herbicide tolerance and disease resistance in Cotton and Maize with the use of modern tools and techniques
• Advanced molecular and conventional breeding technologies adopted to accelerate product development

Augmenting Our Digital Vision Further

Rallis continued to embrace the best of digital and analytics solutions to enable agility and excellence in business operations. To bring about increased digital innovation, the Company has planned new initiatives to improve performance across the value chain.