Post on 08-Feb-2017
“Pre Sale Campaign on Arize Hybrid Rice”
Presented by:Saurabh Kumar
Post Graduate Diploma In Management- Agriculture ICAR- National Academy of Agricultural Research Management
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Flow of Presentation
Global and Indian Seed Scenario
Company overview
Objectives
Methodology & Sample size
Company Product’s Details
Promotional Activities
Analysis of Retailer survey
Analysis of farmer survey
Key learnings and Suggestions
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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2019E0
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US$
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Global & Indian Seed Market
CAGR(2009-13) :14%
China India Indonesia Bangladesh Viet Nam0
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Area Production yield
Source- Agricultural-Statistics-At-Glance2014 & AURUM
(ISF) estimates the global seeds market size at US$45 bn in 2013
China and USA account for ~50% of the market despite of only 20% arable land
Indian market is estimated to be 4% of the global market despite having 11% of the global arable area.
Value of domestic market is $2000 million(ISF)
• The composition of seed industry, by volume of turnover has reportedly reached ratio of 60:40 between private and public sector
Area -M Ha Production- MT Yield- Kg/Hectare
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120135
INR
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Indian Seed Market
Global seed Market
CAGR(2010-14): 19%
World Rice Area, Production & Yield
Global Trends impacting Rice farming
RICE PRODUCTION
+30%of 2010 production
Increase of 135 millionby 2030
POPULATION GROWTH
9.6 billion people in 2050
7 billion people on the planet today
HECTARES OF FARMLANDPER CAPITA
1950: 0.522010: 0.20
2050: 0.15
HUNGER AND POVERTY
1 in 8 goes hungry today
LABOR SHORTAGE
Industrialization, Urbanization and aging population
More productivity is needed, especially in India
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Source- Bayer Report & USDA
Company Profile
• Bayer is a Life Science company with a more than 150-year history in the areas of health care and agriculture (Established in 1863)
• Global headquarters are in Leverkusen, Germany.
• The Bayer Group comprises around 307 consolidated companies in 77 countries throughout the world.
• In 2015 valued the Bayer brand at €6.3 billion.
• Bayer Group had 116,800 employees worldwide.
Bayer in Asia Pacific Region
• 12 Billion Dollar Sales• 28800 Employee• 55 Subsidiaries• In India, Established in 1896 (120 Year
Mumbai)
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Consumer Health
Crop Science
Animal Health
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Bayer CropScience
Complete Crop Solution
Bayer CropScience is a sub group of Bayer Ag ,is one of the world’s leading innovative crop science companies in the areas of seeds, crop protection and non-agricultural pest controlCrop Protection comprises of Herbicides,Fungicides,Insecticidees and Seed TreatmentEnvironmental Science deals with Non Agricultural pest and weed control products where as Bioscience business unit focuses on Seeds and Plant traitsWith 36 production and packaging sites Total sale are:Crop protection-$bn 7.52
Fungicides
Herbicides
Insecticides
SeedGrowth
Seeds
Key Crop:-• Rice • Cotton• Fruit & Vegetable• Corn • Oil Seed• Wheat • Sugarcane• Sugar beets• Soybeans
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Project Objectives
To plan and Implement the brand promotional activities for “Arize” Hybrid Rice.
To map the Perception of Company at Dealer Level and effectiveness of all the promotional activities.
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To analyse the perception of farmers about adoption of hybrid rice.
All Bayer Rice Hybrids are sold under the "Arize®" umbrella brand name.Variety Characteristics
Arize® 6444 Gold
•India’s highest selling hybrid rice•Resistant to Bacterial Leaf Blight (BLB)•Consistently yielding 25-30% higher than popular inbred varieties•Medium duration (135-140 days)•Higher number of productive tillers per plant (12-15)•Wider adaptability•More than 70% milling•Suitable for Direct Seeded Rice (DSR) system•Notified by Government of India
Arize® 6129 Gold
•India's first BLB resistant Short duration hybrid•Consistently high yield 20-25% more than the other high yielding varieties of same duration•Early duration Hybrid (115-120 days) with Maximum productive tillers•High grain filling>90% & more grain per panicle(275-300)•Less water requirement & wider adaptability•Fits well in vegetable/Potato & wheat crop rotations
Arize® Idea
•Mid-early duration (125-130 days)•20-25% more yield than other high yielding varieties•Short Slender (SS) grain having excellent cooking quality
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• Data collection tools – Interview Schedule and Questionnaire
• Data types: Primary and Secondary data
• Choice of survey location- purposive sampling
• Choice of farmers- simple random sampling
• Targeted crop:-Paddy
• Location :- Distt Kanpur Nagar and Kanpur Dehat (Uttar Pradesh)
• Sample size -146 farmers and 44 dealers from 2 districts
Methodology
• Data Analysis-• The data collected were properly decoded and used for analysis. The
data were analysed in MS Excel. Graphical tools like bar graph, pie charts etc. were used.
• Limitations of the Study-• There may be bias in response from the respondents(eg-Exact sale
value).
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Location selected for studyKanpur Dehat Kanpur Nagar
• Geographical area of the district is 3.02 lakh ha• Population- 15.63 lakh• major crops are wheat, paddy, maize, pulses, oilseeds and potato• Area under paddy- 53868 hectare
• Total geographic area is about 2.99 lakh ha• Population - 41.68 lakh• major crops are wheat, paddy and maize• Area under paddy- 38229 ha
Source: http://agriculture.up.nic.in/Bette
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Promotional ActivitiesSNo. Different promotional Activities for
pre saleSNo. Different promotional Activities
for pre sale
1. Ghar Ghar Dastak 7. Rampat & Rani Bala Big Show
2. Small Group farmer Meeting 8. Kala Jatha Show
3. Organize farmer meeting 9. Tele Campaign
4. Jeep Campaign with Magic Show 10. Point of Purchase Display
5. Big Magic show 11. Dealer & Retailer meetings
6. Give Awards to Progressive Farmer 12. Night Meetings
• All the above mentioned plans were implemented in the entire Kanpur territory near about more then 120 villages for Arize Hybrid rice.
• Plan and Implement the brand promotional activities:-
List of potential villages are prepared. List of potential dealers are prepared.
Progress of work is monitored regularly. Visit plans are made accordingly
Effective resource utilization
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Ghar Ghar Dastak• Selection of small village with high potential.• Visit Ghar to Ghar (Home) of Sarpanch and
some big progressive farmer.• Telling about product and educate them for full
crop solution (Bayer Labhsutra)• Convincing them to take a demo plot in his field. Small Group farmer Meetings• These meetings were unorganized, number of
farmers usually 20-25.• Giving company’s message and educating them
for full crop solution.• Procedure :-
Select Village Progressive farmer
Deliver message Feedback
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Cont…
Organize farmer meetings• Selection of Big village with high potential.• Invite the farmer 2-3 days in advance.• Tell about product and educate them for full
crop solution (Bayer Labhsutra)• Some time awards are given to the progressive
farmer.• Number of farmer 50-70
Jeep Campaign with Magic Show • Pre recorded message are played• Small meeting were also conducted• Preparation of best route map • Small Magic show for entertainment of
farmers• It helps to cover remote area.
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Big Magic show• Selection of Big village or market with
high potential.• Invite the farmer 0f 10-12 villages .• Telling about product and educate them
for full crop solution (Bayer Labhsutra)• Awarded the progressive farmer.• Number of farmer around 1000.
Rampat & Rani Bala Big Show & Kala Jatha Show
• Entertainment of farmers • Selection of big market. • Invite the farmer of 20-25 villages.• Awarded the progressive farmer.• Number of Farmer more then 1200.
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• Tele Campaign “02233598484” Toll Free Number
• Calls and messages are given to farmers in order to recall them about Arize, so they can go and ask from dealer.
• Point of Purchase Display Poles, Dealer and retailer shop decorated with our banner and poster. Arize gate provided to big retailers.
• Dealer & Retailer meetings• Awards for the Progressive
Farmers ( Arize SarTaj)
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Radio
Advertise-ment
Campaign
Van
Pre sale Farmer Meeting
Post sale Field Day
With Govt. dept.
Best tool for promotion of hybrid rice
Field
Demonstration
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• Pre-sales farmer meetings, Field demonstration and post sales field days are the best tools for promotion of the hybrid rice in the region.
Perception of Retailers about effectiveness of Promotional Activities
Objective-2
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43%
55%
45% 43%
68%
Main Constraints in sale of hybrid paddy seeds
Suggestions for improving the sale of hybrid paddy seed
• Main Constraints in sale of hybrid paddy sale is that it is more expensive followed by less cooking quality.
• Main Suggestion for improving sale is more field demonstration followed by high incentive to dealer.
Cont…
42%
15%15%
10%5%
13%
2014Bayer Dhanya Kaveri Pioneer Rasi Other
46%
16%
14%
10%4%
11%
2015Bayer Dhanya Kaveri Pioneer Rasi Other
Comparison of market share of various companies
Margin offered
Credit period offered
Better demand of product
Special offers/gifts Transparency in dealing
Promotional activities
Quality of product
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Retailer’s preference of attributes while dealing with company
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• Bayer is the market leader with more than 40%
market share.
• Local players are also doing well because of low
cost seeds
• Quality and better demand of product are
preferred attributes by retailers.
Cont…
4 being“ Most Important”1 being “Least important”
Irrigation Status of Kanpur Region(surveyed area): -
• Out of the total surveyed area, 80-85 % area was under Irrigation.
Study was conducted in major paddy production area.
In this area most of area covered by Bore well Tube well and canal.
Varietal Distribution of Rice in surveyed Region
Hy-brid; 86%
OPV; 13%
Paddy Cultiva-tion
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17%29%
28%
No of Respondents = 38Narendra 359 Pusa Basmati Kranti other
Total Area = 121 acre
45%
18%
13%
13%
11%
Bayer Dhanya Kaveri pioneer other
Hybrid Cultiva-tion
Total Area = 822.5 acreOPV Cultivation
In OPV cultivars, top three varieties have about 72% share .
In Hybrid Cultivars Arize (Bayer) is the market leader with 45% followed by Dhanya and Kaveri.
Objective-3
Factors influencing the purchase of rice seeds
14%
49%
29%
8%
Every Year Every Two Year Every Three Year Not at All
Seed Replacement Rate
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Reasons for growing multiple varieties • Fellow farmers and dealers have tight hold on purchase of rice seeds.
• Most of the farmers replace seeds every two year
• Farmers go for multiple varieties due to different land type & to mitigate the risk.
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30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
73%62%
49% 53%
23%
No of respondent = 146
Fello
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Marketing Campaign
Govt. Agency
Company offica
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Dealer
Want to tr
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0%20%40%60%80%
82%
38% 50%23%
79%
18%
No of respondent = 146
Cont…
Repitative Grower; 88%
Drop Out; 12%
No of respondent = 146
Cultivation of Hybrid Rice
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0%20%40%60%80% 63%
11%
82%
45%
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No of respondent = 129
Reasons for repetitive hybrid rice cultivation
Commodity price
Yield advantage
Better stress tolerance
Pest and Disease resistance
Good cooking quality
Less fertilizer requirement
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Perception about Hybrid Rice
No of respondent = 146
• Repetitive grower is more than 80%
• Yield advantage is the main reason to continue growing Hybrid rice.
• Farmers’ perception about hybrid rice is yield advantage and less fertilizer requirement
Cont…
4 being“ Most Important”1 being “Least important”
45%
55%
Rice Miller Local Trader
No of respondent = 146
Selling pattern of rice
Up To- 15 %; 47%
15-30%; 26%
30-35%; 14%Above 50 %; 12%
Up To- 15 % 15-30% 30-35% Above 50 %
No of respondent = 118
Self-Consumption of Rice
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Low Price in
Mark
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Inbalanced use of in
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Lack o
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More expensiv
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Shorta
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lack o
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ss 0%
10%20%30%40%50%60%70% 60%
18%13%
45%
15% 12%
Constraints in cultivation of hybrid rice
Low co
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Good Cooking Quality
weather r
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Training for n
ew Technology
Pest & Dease
se Rest.
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%
55%62%
43%
23% 24%
Suggestions for improving the cultivation of hybrid rice.
Cont…
More Concentration on Demonstrations and field visits.
Frequent visit by field officer to farmers and dealers, pre-sale and post-sale both.
Take an initiative to train the farmers for new technology.
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Key Learning’s An experience to work with a top class MNC.
Work Culture and Time management.
How to organize a farmer meeting & survey/study research.
Interaction with People at different geographic locations.
Brief knowledge about Seed market and Industry
ThankYou!
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