Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Limited, also known as IFFCO, is the largest cooperative fertilizer federation in the world based in India which is registered as a Multistate Cooperative Society. IFFCO has 40,000 member cooperatives. IFFCO has been ranked 37th in the top Indian companies in 2011 by Fortune India 500 list.

History

On November 3, 1967, the Farmers' Allowance Cooperative of India (IFFCO) was registered as a Multi-Unit Co-operative Society. It received recognized recognition under the provisions of the Multistate Cooperative Societies Act of 1984 and 2002 later.

Plants

Initially, IFFCO commissioned an ammonia - urea complex in Kalol and the NPK / DAP plant in Kandla, both in the state of Gujarat in 1975. Another ammonia - urea complex was established in Phulpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh in 1981. Ammonia - IFFCO recently acquired a unit of NPK / DAP and phosphoric acid fertilizer at Paradeep in Orissa in September 2005. The marketing of IFFCO products is channeled through cooperative societies and institutional agencies in more than 29 states and Trade unions Territories of India.