The business portfolio of Rallis is crafted to empower the farmers through sustainable and path-breaking solutions in its core area of crop care solutions. These include insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, organic fertilisers and plant growth nutrients. The offerings are designed to ensure optimal farm productivity and enrich Indian farmers – the biggest contributor to the country’s rural economy.
Rallis' field force, spread across the country, works closely with the farmers. It is supported by an extensive distribution network consisting of distributors and retailers, with a wide reaching spanning 80% of India’s districts. Rallis also serves select global farming communities directly, besides reaching out to them through global agro chemicals peers.
Another business stream for the subsidiary is the export of technical grade agrochemicals, as well bulk and small pack formulations. Rallis also partners with multiple customers to offer them contract manufacturing services.
The five state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities of Rallis enable production of technical grade agrochemicals and formulations. The Innovation and Chemical Hub at Bengaluru carries out research activities related to its crop care business. Rallis also has a Seed Research Station, spread across diverse agro climatic geographies, besides an Agri Bio Technology Lab at Bengaluru to drive innovation in seeds.
The Seed business is well supported by the Rallis processing facilities based at Hyderabad and the seed production activities in multiple states of India. The frontline sales team carries out product differentiation and pre-season activities to steer demand generation for key crops like Paddy, Maize, Millet, Cotton and Mustard.
The challenging market environment notwithstanding, Rallis continued to stay resilient in terms of its performance. The subsidiary posted revenue growth, though profitability was impacted by the prevailing input cost inflation.
Rallis also remained firmly on track with its expansion plans and introduced new products across its business segments to widen its portfolio. The appreciation received by the customers for these products validates Rallis' core strengths and its strong quality ethos. As the eco-system emerged successfully from the pandemic-catalysed challenges, Rallis went on to further nurture its relationships with its customers and value chain partners, with the aim of propelling their sustainable growth in the future too.
Energised by the emerging opportunities in the Indian market, and enthused by India Plus strategy adopted by global agro chemical peers, Rallis has embarked on a journey of transformation. The journey is marked by enhanced focus on investment in research activities and manufacturing infrastructure to further strengthen the product portfolio for harnessing the future prospects. At the core of this transformation strategy are the company’s People, Sustainability, Safety and Digitalisation.
Rallis believes that Indian Agriculture, as a sector, is at the cusp of far-reaching transformation in response to the new opportunities and the threats emanating from sustainability, climate change, digitalisation, greening food chain etc. This provides Rallis opportunities to further strengthen its presence in its existing business, while giving it scope for widening its presence in the whole agri value chain. Rallis aims to making the most of the opportunity matrix by leveraging its long and trusted association with the Indian farming community.
