Media Overview

Zuari Industries Ltd realises that innovation and the adoption of new scientific techniques in the field of agriculture is the need of the hour, to ensure agricultural prosperity. The company recognises progressive farmers whose ardent efforts and achievements have lead to the betterment of the farming community at large. It is to honour these farmers, that the Krishi Samrat award was established in 1985. The felicitation is awarded to those farmers in Zuari’s marketing area, who have proven themselves as leaders in India’s agro-community.

The first recipient of the award was the late Shri N M Chamankar a pioneer in mango cultivation in the Sindhudurg district of Maharastra. Until date, the award has been bestowed upon three farmers from Maharastra, three from Karnataka, two from Andhra Pradesh and one farmer from Goa. The award compromises of a shawl, a shriphal, a citation, and a cash prize.