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THE ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF INDIA

THE ASSOCIATED CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY OF INDIAthASSOCHAM Regional Office, 4 Floor, Heritage Tower, B/h. Visnagar Bank

Ashram Road, Usmanpura, AHMEDABADPhone: (079) 2754 1728-29, 2754 1876 • Fax: (079) 3000 6352

E-mail: assocham.ahd1@assocham.com, assocham.ahd3@assocham.com

thThursday, 25 August, 2011Mr. Akshay S. ShethRegional Director

E-mail: assocham.ahd1@assocham.com

CONTACTS

Mr. Murali R. Pai(M): 96620 64557

E-mail: assocham.ahd3@assocham.com

Government of Gujarat

HOTEL PRIDE, AHMEDABAD

PARTICIPANTS PROFILE

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uFood Processing Companies.

uCold Storage and Supply Chain Management Companies.

uTractor and Agriculture Implements Manufacturing Companies.

uMachineries & Equipments companies.

uAgri-Biotech & Nanotech Companies.

uPackaging Companies & Agri Retail Companies.

uPublic and Private Sector Banks as well as Other Financial Institutions.

uConsultants and Service Providers.

uCentral & State Government Departments, Corporations and Officials.

uProgressive Farmers & Representative of Farmer Groups and Farmer's Organizations & Cooperatives.

uHeads of Agricultural Research and Extension Organizations.

uPolicy Makers and Other Stakeholders from Union and State Governments.

uExperts / Representatives from Multilateral, Bilateral and Other International Organizations.

uRepresentatives from NGOs and State Agricultural Universities.

Seeds, Fertilizers and Pesticides Companies.

CONFERENCE RATIONALE

Continued growth of rural sector especially agriculture is important for

ensuring food and nutritional security as well as for enhancing purchasing

power of the rural poor. The issues of food security, food safety and food

quality are becoming further challenging and demand for food increases in

national and international markets. To meet these challenges, rural economy

especially agriculture must attain a healthy growth. Pre requisite to unleash

growth of Indian agriculture is technology application supported with

investment in the rural infrastructure.

Government of India has been pressing to achieve 4 percent annual growth in

agriculture. In this scenario agricultural science and technology has potential

to meet supply side challenges but requires larger investments for longer

period. In fact, this is high time to bring reforms in the primary sector to

ensure credit flow, a good risk mitigation system and efficient extension

services and marketing mechanisms for enforcing backward and forward

farm linkages.

AGRICULTURE GROWTH IN GUJARAT

The Sardar Sarovar dam is transforming the agriculture growth in the State. Substantial improvement in

the yield per hectare in principal crops has been witnessed in the last two decades.

Sr. No. Name of Crops 1980-81 2009-10

5.

6.

4.

3.

2.

1. Cereal

Pulses

Food grains

Oilseeds

Cotton*

Tobacco

1026 1778

655 706

969 1559

756 1121

189 511

1460 1616

* (1000 Bales each of 170 Kgs)

(Yield in Kgs.)

ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE DECADE

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thThursday, 25 August, 2011Hotel PRIDE, Judges Bungalow RoadOff S.G. Road, AHMEDABAD

(Rupees in Crores)

Sr. No. Particulars 1990-91 2010 - 11

1. Agricultural Income 14,663.00 59,180.00

2. Marine Exports 625.00 1,838.00

3. Agriculture Insurance Policy for all 46.61 lakh farmers has been provided.

4. Highest milk purchase price paid to milk producers

Keeping in view the above background ASSOCHAM is organizing a daylong Conference on “Green

Revolution – II” to bring stakeholders cutting across the domains together to deliberate on how to share

the science and technology resources as well as services for enabling healthy growth in agriculture. There

will also be deliberations on national and global issues of concern so as to promote agricultural growth and

enhance scientific research efficiency as well as foster partnerships to pave way for evergreen revolution.

uGlobal Challenges: responses and investment opportunities in agriculture.

uIndian Agricultural: managing carbon foot print, greener and energy efficient farms.

uInnovations & Partnerships: partnerships in agricultural research, extension and marketing;

public private partnerships, cost recovery models.

uAgricultural Retail: aspects, expectations and future.

uAgri. Commodity exchange & future trading: importance, success and future concern.

uLab to field: Strengthening Institutional framework, enhancing agricultural productivity and

rural development.

uHi-tech agriculture: protected cultivation, precision farming, farm mechanization.

uFarm economics & management: theory to practice, managing for higher returns, credit facilities

and management.

uAgricultural diversification: inclusive business models for raising farm income.

uEnsuring high agricultural growth: role of government, policy implications, infrastructure

development.

uAdvanced ICT in agriculture: satellite imaging, traceability & Integrating agricultural value chain

(backward and forward linkages)- approaches and novel models.

uSustaining the sustainability: surviving the climate change & changing cropping patterns,

increasing water use efficiency.

uAgriculture and Food security: addressing the challenges in production & productivity, storage &

distribution, postharvest management and Biotech-Nanotech implications in evergreen

revolution.

uFuture Agenda for agricultural development.

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