Nagpur: The lack of coal that leads to power cuts in China and a more stringent environmental monitoring has made glifosat – controversial chemicals used to make herbicides from various brands that are seen as fast heating by farmers in India – expensive.
Acephate, pesticides used by cotton farmers, also become more expensive for the same reason.
Glyphosate is reported to be widely used by farmers who grow unauthorized herbicide tolerant cotton.
Roundup as known in general terms, Glyphosate is used to clean the weeds of the farm.
The increase in glyphosate prices coincides with agricultural workers also demanded higher wages this year.
Apart from the controversy over the alleged risk of cancer due to chemicals, glyphosate is seen as a cheaper alternative to eliminate manual weed by involving workers.
Market sources say a glyphosate bottle now costs more than RS425 by opposing RS300 to RS340 before.
Fresh stock has been priced at RS435.
Farmers finally spend RS4,000-oddly on the average glyphosate.
Costs increase with land ownership.
A bottle of acephate is now worth RS950 compared to the previous RS650.
The reason is the same.
Bothra Pankaj from M / S Bothra Agro in Yavatmal said with a time level really soaring, farmers have finished spraying.
However, it may have an impact on future input costs.
Higher rainfall this year has caused major overgrowth in the fields.
Farmers also have to cleanse the cotton and soybean plants to clean the soil for rabbi cultivation.
For this, Glyphosate will be needed in a substantial amount.
Sources say the industry depends on Chinese imports to make herbicides and pesticides.
Yellow phosphorus is the main raw material that goes into glyphosate.
Coal deficiencies have regarding the manufacture of yellow phosphorus, in turn, increasing costs for Indian producers.
An industrial veteran shares records that say the Chinese government has increased inspection for environmental protection there.
It also affects yellow phosphorus production, regardless of power outages.
Supply congestion in China has also caused an increase in the cost of pesticide raw materials throughout the board.
A record distributed by leading domestic manufacturer officials shows an average price increase of 50% in the materials used in making almost 18 types of pesticide molecules.
The impact has not been forwarded to farmers in most products.
However, there is a possibility that the MRP can be carried out by 20% in the coming days.
After the MRP was revised, there was little chance to be lowered even after the situation was normalized, the source said.
Harish Mehta, a senior advisor to the Indian Trimbal Care Federation (CCFI), said the only limited molecular price or no production in India has soared.
Large MNC has their units in China and see it as the right moment to build inventory and exploit the situation.
“The situation again highlights the need to focus on Make in India and also includes agrochemicals in the incentive scheme (PLI) connected with products from petrochemicals.
This will encourage custom manufacturing,” said Mehta.
China Lack of Coal: Killers Weed, Costlier Pesticides
