• A game-changing Integrated Pest Management solution designed to enhance crop yields while reducing chemical dependency.
• Engineered to target over 80 pest species across 30+ crop families, empowering farmers with sustainable and cost-effective technology.

PUNE: Wavar, a leader in sustainable agricultural innovation, has introduced Wavar Jadugar, a revolutionary product designed to transform how Indian farmers manage pest challenges. Built on advanced Integrated Pest Management (IPM) technology, Jadugar offers a powerful and eco-friendly approach to improving crop health and farmer profitability.

Jadugar works by targeting specific pest species that threaten crops, using innovative mechanisms to disrupt their life cycles. Unlike conventional methods that rely heavily on chemical pesticides, Jadugar integrates automation and precision to attract and neutralize pests, reducing their impact on crops.

A key differentiator of Jadugar is its time of operation. The product works autonomously during the critical evening hours, a period when pest activity peaks after sunset. This targeted approach ensures maximum effectiveness in protecting crops. Additionally, Jadugar is completely powered by solar energy, making it an environmentally friendly solution that keeps operational costs low for farmers while promoting sustainable farming practices.

Speaking at the launch, Sanjay Shirodkar, Co-founder of Wavar, said, “At Wavar, our mission is to enable farmers to overcome agricultural challenges through sustainable and effective solutions. Jadugar represents a significant leap forward, offering a practical, efficient, and environmentally conscious way to address pest-related issues. By adopting this technology, farmers can achieve better outcomes while protecting their land and future generations.”

Wavar Jadugar is designed for versatility, catering to over 30 crop families, including chili, tomato, brinjal, soybean, maize, turmeric, and vegetables. The product is engineered to work round the clock, providing continuous protection without the need for constant human intervention. Farmers using Jadugar have

reported not only improved crop health but also significant savings on pesticide costs, underscoring its dual benefits of cost-effectiveness and ease of use.

The technology behind Jadugar reflects Wavar’s commitment to innovation and sustainability. Focusing on breaking pest life cycles rather than merely controlling visible outbreaks, it ensures long-term results that align with sustainable farming practices. Field trials and early adoption have demonstrated its effectiveness in reducing crop losses, ensuring that farmers can rely on it as a dependable solution.

Wavar’s journey in promoting sustainable agriculture has seen significant milestones through its collaborations with Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) across India. With the launch of Jadugar, the company is furthering its vision of revolutionizing agriculture by empowering farmers with tools that not only address immediate challenges but also ensure long-term ecological balance.

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PUNE: Insecticides (India) Limited (IIL), one of the nation’s leading crop protection and nutrition companies, has unveiled a new-age insecticide called Mission, effective for control of different lepidopteran pests in crops like soybean, sugarcane, paddy, vegetables, etc.

This will be available in liquid and granular formulations, having a unique mode of action that controls pest resistance to other insecticides. The mission is safe for the beneficial insects to the crops. These benefits make Mission an excellent solution and provide better productivity to the farmers. 

Mission’s technical and formulation is being manufactured in India by IIL, it was being imported earlier to India. This “Green” category insecticide is under the IIL’s “Make in India” initiative to benefit even the small and marginal Indian farmers pan India. The mission has contact & systemic action and due to this, insects are effectively controlled after ingestion.

Commenting on the launch, Rajesh Aggarwal, Managing Director, IIL, said, “We are pleased to launch Mission today under our Make In India Initiative after Torry, Green Label, Dominant & Stunner. The mission is the latest technology insecticide which can be used on a variety of crops and provide good control to farmers against lepidopteran pests, ensuring good crop health and high yield. We are confident that Mission will help our Indian farmers to improve their income through effective protection for a superior harvest.“

“Mission is the new addition to the IIL range of products and we are all excited to take this to even small and marginal farmers so that they get the maximum benefit from the same. We look forward to a good response to Mission from the Maharashtra market. We thank our R&D team, who have worked tirelessly to provide us with this product.” Added Mr. Sanjay Vats, Vice President, IIL.“The mission is based on technology, which is completely safe for the applicators as well as the environment. We are confident that Mission will become a leading brand in Maharashtra. Our brands like Hachiman, Hercules, Torry, and Shinwa are already very popular among the farming community.” mentioned N. B. Deshmukh, DGM (Marketing).  

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PUNE: Syngenta – a leading science-based global agtech company – today announced the introduction of the Crop Doctor feature in its Cropwise Grower App, an AI-powered tool offering swift, simple and effective solutions for farmers to identify pest or disease attacks and get an instant remedy. Syngenta also completed the Drone Yatra in 13 states completing a milestone of 17,000 Km to create awareness of drone spraying among farmers.

Announcing Crop Doctor Susheel Kumar, MD, and Country Head, Syngenta India Pvt Ltd said that globally farmers are facing challenges including climate change, soil erosion, and biodiversity loss, as well as having to manage to change consumer expectations. “We work on supporting farmers by further improving the way crops are grown and protected, and work with partners to find solutions that address environmental, societal, and economic challenges. The newly added Crop Doctor feature in the Cropwise Grower App will be very helpful for the farmers,” he added.

The Cropwise Grower App, with this unique feature, assumes critical significance in view of the growing need to check crop losses as the world is going to have projected two billion more people to feed by 2050, while India will have 1.66 billion people to feed said Susheel Kumar, Managing Director, and Country Head Syngenta India Pvt Ltd.

“Using the Crop Doctor feature, all a farmer needs to do is click a photo from the Cropwise Grower app; Crop Doctor will help identify pests or diseases, and details of which Syngenta products are to be used. The App is available in 10 major languages including Hindi, Marathi, Punjabi, Telugu, Gujarati, Bengali, Odia, Tamil, Kannada, and English and promises to add tremendous value to farmers”, Sachin Kamra, Head, Farmer Centric Ecosystem, Syngenta India Pvt Ltd.

Adoption of productivity-boosting technologies, innovations, and enabling interventions will not only transform agriculture in a sustainable manner but will also empower farmers by helping and guiding them on how to irrigate, fertilize and apply crop protection products to their crops. “The App features 10 major crops Paddy, Tomato, Corn, Watermelon, Cotton, Soybean, Hot pepper, Sugarcane, Potato, and Sweet Corn with more crops to be added soon,” added Kamra.

Cropwise Grower App, which was launched in August this year, has received a tremendous response from farmers across the country. “Our app has been installed by more than three lakh farmers in just 75 days,” informed Kamra.

The use of the latest technology to make agriculture profitable for farmers has been Syngenta’s priority. Syngenta has extensively worked with various state governments on the demonstration of the use of drones in agriculture, especially for spraying which can help farmers save time and money. Syngenta has already received Drone-use label claims for some of the products, while other products are in the pipeline. Drone services are being expanded across India in a DAAS (Drone as a Service) model. “Currently, our commercial spray operations are live in five states – Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and Telangana,” said Kamra.

A unique Drone Yatra, which was flagged off from Syngenta India headquarters on July 15 this year, traveled to 13 Indian States, making over 15,000 farmers aware of best practices in spraying agrochemicals with the use of drones, which will save their time and cost – thus increasing income in the long run. Shri Kamal Patel, Madhya Pradesh Agriculture Minister, Shri Surya Pratap Shahi, Agriculture Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Culture joined the Drone Yatra in their respective states.

“During Syngenta Drone Yatra, over 130 demonstrations were made to farmers, with the focus on highlighting the value of drone spraying in agriculture. The Drone Yatra covered over 17,000 km across India, passing through Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka and has returned to Pune today to complete the journey,” said Dr. KC Ravi, Chief Sustainability Officer, Syngenta India Pvt Ltd. As many as 10 mega events were conducted during the Yatra with excellent support from the state governments and local administrations.

“The Drone Yatra is a part of our efforts to make farming profitable and sustainable so that farmers are motivated to pursue agriculture as it is not only becoming more complex but also the return on investment is not attractive,” added Kumar.

“Our service charges are in line with what farmers invest in spraying through other mediums, but with many additional benefits like water saving of up to 90 percent as compared to manual sprays, uniform coverage and reach for the entire field crops, better residual control and reduction in the human exposure, assuring farmer and operator safety”, informed Kumar.

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