Throughout the crop lifecycle, Indian rice farmers face many challenges, such as poor-quality seeds that translate into low yields or seeds that can’t withstand environmental stresses; insects and diseases that destroy or cause significant damage to rice crops.
From seed to harvest, Bayer partners with the Indian paddy farmer to provide breakthrough products and solutions: seeds that deliver 30% higher yields and best-selling insecticides and herbicides that control a wide variety of pests and diseases.
Bayer’s portfolio of products helps paddy farmers reap richer harvests and substantially grow their farm incomes.
In India, rice is grown and harvested up to three times a year — if it is properly planted and protected. Bayer offers innovative seed-to-harvest solutions that address the unique needs of Indian rice growers.
Bayer is a world leader in the development of hybrid rice seed varieties. Our Arize™ hybrids regularly out-yield in-bred varieties by 30 per cent. We continue to broaden our hybrid rice portfolio to better address the challenges in agriculture and the growing demands of rice consumers globally. We are also developing hybrid rice varieties that are better able to withstand diseases, sucking insect pests, prolonged submergence, or high salt-water conditions. We are a market leader in the Indian hybrid rice seed segment with our Arize™ product family.
Right from nursery bed to harvest, our tested solutions provide protection to the rice plant and optimise its inherent yield potential. In their fight against weeds, rice farmers use Topstar®, another novel product from our laboratories, and several well-established herbicides like Sunrice®, Ricestar® and Adora®.
Rice insecticides such as Regent® and Fame® help farmers control pests such as stem borer & leaf roller. Products like Glamore help farmers with early management of plant hoppers. We focus on alternative mechanisms of action. Nativo® is one example. This fungicide takes care of plant health by managing two major rice diseases – rice blast and sheath blight. For broad spectrum disease control, our integrated offers include brands like Antracol®, Folicur® and Monceren®. K-Obiol® is used to protect the stored grain/ seed from pests like weevils, beetles, moth, etc that infest rice during storage.
We are developing innovative seed treatment solutions to help the farmer produce healthy rice seedlings, giving the plant a better start for higher crop efficiency.
We can offer farmers great value with a combination of our seeds, crop protection, services and application technologies. With our Bayer Labhsutra program, we offer customised solutions and on-farm advice to maximise yields and quality of produce, for additional income generation. We are working on innovative ways to solve farmers’ growing labour availability problems at transplanting time with our Bayer GrowPro program.
Arize® by Bayer stands as India’s top-selling hybrid rice seed, consistently delivering 20% to 30% higher yields compared to in-bred varieties. With a proven track record of adaptability to adverse agro-conditions and high tolerance to pests and diseases, these seed varieties have garnered trust among farmers. For three decades, Arize® has maintained its reputation for providing consistently high yields, benefiting millions of small-holding farmers across India by enhancing farm productivity and safeguarding livelihoods.
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