India is mainly an agrarian society with more than half of its population still residing in the villages. Because the rural sector accounts for the majority of the country's GDP, a lack of development in villages relates to a lack of development in India. In agriculture, start-ups, cooperative societies, and farmer-owned organizations, all play important roles.
Keeping this in mind, Krishi Jagran held a curtain-raising conference for its Agri Startup, Cooperative, and FPO Summit 2023 to reveal the date of events. The Agri Start Up, Cooperative, and FPO Summit is co-organized with Dr. Ajay K Jha, Co-Founder of the Institute for Global Agriculture and Technology Transfer (IGATT). The 3-day Summit will be held on 24,25,26 February 2023.
To give their blessings and show their support for the Summit, the conference held today was honored with the presence of several Agri experts studded guest list. Among them were:
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Ajay K. Jha, Co-Founder of IGATT
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Anand Kulkarni, Country Lead, ICL India
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Dhruv Sharma, Asst. Vice-President, FPO Linkages of AgriBazar
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Dr Dinesh Chauhan, Vice Presddinet, Dehaat
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Kamal Somani, COO and MD, Somani Seeds
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Prof. Amit Sinha, Advisor, AFC
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Subin Sharma, CMO, and Co-founder, Fruitfal
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Savita More, Bhartiya Kisan Sangh
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Gurpreet Singh, Director, HYBA Seeds
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Manoj Kumar
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Ved Prakash, COO, B-able
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Dr. Mallika Verma, Director of Govt Affairs
The event started with a briefing on Krishi Jagran's history and the mission of the Summit. Dr. Ajay revealed the date of the summit in his speech, “Dominic is a long-term investment to me. We have been in touch with each other for 25 years and we were planning for this Summit all these and finally, the time has come. The date of the Agri Startup, Cooperative, and FPO SUmmite 2023 are 24,25,26 February 2023.”
M C Dominic gave a heartfelt speech about the ambition behind this Summit. He expressed his gratitude to Dr. Ajay in his speech, “It was Dr. Ajay who helped me start at the beginning of Krishi Jagran. Dr. Ajay will be bringing global expertise to us. Startups are guiding the new generation. In the coming years, FPOs will support farmers globally and not just in India. “
Dr. Ajay said, “In my 10 years of working in India, I bought 300+ companies into agro tech. We will give Indian farmers access to US markets and we would like to bring that opportunity to this Summit. We will be focusing on farmers to farmers, B2B contacts, and company contacts so that everyone can freely interact with each other.”
Professor Anchal Arora, Director of IGATT said in her speech, “Farmers are the ones who run the company, not the government. No matter how digitalized India gets, you can’t download chappati’s from Google. Farmers are the present and future of our nation and technology in agriculture is the need of the hour. Through this summit, we will be combining agriculture and technology to drive farmers and this country to success.”
Kamal Somani, “ It is said in India that if a child fails to build his career, he takes up farming. But this generation is willing to move toward the agriculture sector in a new and innovative way. They are using technology and new methods of farming to get the best outcome. Farmers can benefit from them by learning what to grow and the right techniques for farming. I wish Krishi Jagran all the best with this great initiative.”
Pramod Mishra congratulated Krishi Jagran on this great initiative and highlighted the major issues faced by farmers which have never been discussed. He explained that if you want to think for the benefit of the farmers then you must go to the fields and talk to each farmer. He hopes that the Summit is successful in its mission. My father gave the slogan “Chalo Gaon ki Or” to Krishi Jagran when Krishi Jagran was still a young media house.
Ved Prakash said that there are three major pillars needed for the success of the agriculture sector; Technology, investment, and skills. This Summit in collaboration with IGATT will be a great success and hopefully, this initiative will bring new changes to the agriculture sector.
Dr. Pant gave the vote of thanks to the guests and thanked them for coming. Krishi Jagran was truly honored to be in the presence of such experts from the industry.
