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India needs to increase food grains production to 450 million tonnes by 2047: FAI Director
May-22-2026

Fertiliser Association of India (FAI) Director General SK Chaudhari has called for a significant boost in India’s food grain production, aiming for 400 million tonnes by 2030 and 450 million tonnes by 2047, the country’s 100th year of independence. He urged making information and communication technology (ITC) -driven agricultural efficiency a national priority, emphasizing that smart technology use in agriculture and the fertiliser sector is no longer optional - it is crucial for India’s food security and growth.

Calling for a fundamental shift in the fertiliser industry, he said ‘Our target is not the farmer but the plant root, and when the industry orients itself around delivering the right nutrient, in the right quantity at the right location and at the right time’, it opens the door to an entirely new class of innovations in precision nutrition, sensor-based delivery, and specialty fertiliser formulations.

Noting that India, with its deep agrarian knowledge base dating back to the Vedic period, is uniquely positioned to lead this conversation globally with natural farming, organic farming, conservation agriculture and regenerative agriculture as frameworks. Highlighting the transformative potential of digital tools, he stressed that blockchain technology was capable of reshaping the fertiliser sector's logistics and governance, enabling traceability and transparency from port-of-entry to the farmer's farm gate.

ICT, when applied across the fertiliser value chain from production planning and risk management in plants to supply chain optimisation, remote sensing, GIS-based soil mapping, satellite imagery and AI-driven advisory systems, can drive meaningful gains in energy efficiency, policy compliance, and agricultural productivity.

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