The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) fertilisaser plant here has so far produced 94.35 lakh tonnes of bulk fertiliser, according to an official release. In 2014-15, it had produced 16.06 lakh tonnes of sulpheric acid, 6.46 lakh tons phosphoric acid, 10.54 lakh tonnes of DAP and 4.21 lakh tonnes of NP fertilisers.
The IFFCO Paradeep Unit gives prime importance for the welfare, health and safety of both employees and local population. It has undertaken various types of CSR works in the field of agriculture, cooperation and allied fields to enrich the economic status of farming community in Jagatsinghpur and Kendrapada districts.
The IFFCO has been providing financial support for running two numbers of Homoeo Clinics and the District Red Cross Medicines Bank at Jagatsinghpur and has provided an ambulance to the DHH. Besides, it has giving financial support to sports and cultural organisations in the two districts too. Besides, the unit has been providing strong support to run relief operations in Odisha during floods.
The IFFCO distributed forest saplings in 70 villages under 11 districts in Odisha. It has also provided 1,000 forest saplings to MMITC and 1,000 saplings to Baldebjew High School, Hasina in Jagatsinghpur.
It has grown plants on both the sides of 12 km stretch of Jagatsinghpur- Kandarpur Road.
The IFFCO Paradip has so far got the FAI Environment Protection Award 2015, Greentech Environment Award 2015, Kalinga Safety Award 2014, CII 16th National Award of excellence in energy management 2015, Paradip Port Trust award for handling highest tonnage raw materials 2015 and Krushak Bandhu Award 2012.
The IFFCO’s Vision Plan 2020 would be implemented from 2016 which emphasises on modernization of existing plants and setting up credit rating agency for cooperative societies for farmer’s requirement.