Government, Industry and Farmercan work together to makeFarming More Profitable

in Maharashtra and in India

Crop Care Federation of India

Crop Care Federation of India

At Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Gateway, Mumbai.rdOn 23 January 2019

Conference on

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' WelfareGovernment of India Government of Maharashtra

Agriculture in India is at the threshold of transformation. From the brink of starvation in the 1960s to

food surplus today, agriculture in India has changed from man-driven to science & technology-driven.

Agriculture has come a long way in providing Food Security, Employment Generation and has also

become a Foreign Exchange Earner.

The nation witnessed an all-round development in the agriculture sector in the last few years. The

country recorded a good harvest in most areas. Good rainfall backed by Farm Extension work provided

by the Government and Private Public Partnership helped food grain production soar to a record high of

285 million tonnes. There was also a bigger improvement in crops like horticulture crops.

Despite the commendable strides in food production – from a very poor base since independence, we

have always crossed our targeted growth. We have been able to keep agriculture production ahead of

population growth. This has been a challenging task for our farmers, our industry and our scientists in

Research Institutes has played an important role in increasing the production.

Agriculture production growth in 1970-2000-2016. There is an urgent need to increase our crop

productivity and there are basic inputs in agriculture like seeds, fertilizers, irrigation, crop protection

chemicals, farm machinery etc. For all this, substantial investment (finance) is required for the creation of

infrastructure like village roads, transport facilities and suitable storage facilities.

Today the Private sector is playing a very important role in all the facets of agricultural production. There

are large numbers of private sectors producing seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, farm machinery and other

scientific instruments. An important contribution is also being made by public sectors for the

development and improvement of agriculture in the country. Private Sectors have to invest much more

money in the agriculture sectors. Banks and Financial Institutes can play a very important role.

The challenge before us is to double the farmers' income. We are today the second largest producer of

agriculture in the world. We are the largest producer of milk, poultry, cotton, rice and other commodities.

We have global opportunities knocking at our doors. Though we are price competitive, we are lacking in

marketing ability. We also have large numbers of hungry people to feed. Only agriculture can remove

hunger and poverty from rural India.

The problems in our rural sector are in abject poverty, illiteracy, poor status of health, nutrition,

sanitation, roads and communication and other infrastructure. There is no income-generation

measures in rural areas. All these can only be solved by improvement in agricultural productivity.

With increase in population, and increase in per capita food consumption, we can increase the

agricultural productivity. We can accept the challenges of doubling farmers income with the support of

science and technology.

There are some examples in some pockets in our country where productivity has improved. If the Private

Sector with the support of the Government works together, then we can take up the challenge of

doubling the income of farmers in the future.

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURE

Welcome Address Shri Rajju Shroff

A Film on (Chairman, CCFI)

PPP and farmer’s success story

Address Shri Parshottam Rupala ( & Farmers’ Welfare)Minister for State for Agriculture

Address Shri Sudhir Mungantiwar (Minister, Finance & Planning, Forest-Maharashtra)

Address Shri Chandrakantdada Patil (Minister for Agriculture & Horticulture, Maharashtra)

Address Shri Nitin Gadkari (Minister of Road Transport & Highways; Minister of

Shipping & Minister of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation)

Address Shri Radha Mohan Singh (Union )Minister for Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare

Inaugural Address Shri Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister of Maharashtra)

Vote of Thanks Shri Sanjay Aggarwal ( ) Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare

INAUGURATION SESSION9.30 a.m. to 11.30 a.m.

NATIONAL ANTHEMLIGHTING OF THE LAMP

Shri Devendra FadnavisChief Minister of Maharashtra

Shri Nitin GadkariMinister of Road Transport & Highways;

Shipping; Water Resources;River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation

Shri Chandrakantdada Patil Minister for Agriculture &Horticulture, Maharashtra

Shri Sanjay AggarwalSecretary, Ministry of Agriculture

& Farmers’ Welfare

Shri Parshottam RupalaMinister for State for Agriculture

& Farmers’ Welfare

Shri Radha Mohan SinghMinister for Agriculture

& Farmers’ Welfare

Shri Sudhir MungantiwarMinister, Finance & Planning

Forest-Maharashtra State

Shri Rajju ShroffChairman, CCFI

11.30 a.m. to 11.45 a.m. Tea Time

11.45 a.m to 1.00 p.m. How the Government and Industry can work together to help make farming more profitable

Chairman Dr. Ashok Dalwai (CEO, National Rainfed Area Authority)

Co-Chairman Shri Eknath Dawale (Secretary, Agriculture, Maharashtra)

Speakers Mr. Anil Kakkar (VP, Excel Crop Care Ltd)

Dr. Krishan Bir Chaudhary (Farmer Leader)

Dr. P. K. Chakraborty (ADG - PP & Bio Safety, ICAR)

1.00 p.m. to 1.30 p.m. Lunch

1.30 p.m. to 2.30 p.m. Research and Development in Crop Protection

Chairman Prof. (Dr.) G. D. Yadav (Vice Chancellor, Institute of Chemical Technology)

Co-Chairman Dr. Ajit Kumar

(Chairman, Technical Committee - CCFI)

Speakers Mr. Rajesh Aggarwal (MD, Insecticides (India) Ltd)

Dr. Birja Shankar (Vice President Technical, UPL Ltd)

Mr. R. K. Shetty (Director, Heranba Industries Ltd)

2.30 p.m. to 3.00 p.m. Training and Education of Farmers

Chairman Dr. Vilas Bhale (VC, Dr. PD Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola)

Speakers Mr. Sagar Kaushik (COO, UPL Ltd)

Mr. J. N. L. Srivastava (Former Secretary, MoA)

Mr. Deepak Shah (CMD, Sulphur Mills Ltd)

3.00 p.m. to 3.30 p.m. Health and Medical Care

Chairman Dr. Manish Shrigiriwar (Dean, SVN Govt Medical College Yavatmal)

Speakers Dr. Tejas Prajapati (Consultant Medical Toxicologist, AMC, MET Medical College, Ahmedabad)

Ms. Nirmala Pathrawal (Head, CCFI)

Mr. R. C. Bishnoi (COO, Indofil Industries Ltd)

3.30 p.m. to 3.45 p.m Tea Break

3.45 p.m. to 4.45 p.m. Cooperation between Regulatory Authority and Industry in doubling farmers income

Chairman Ms. Vasudha Mishra (Additional Secretary, MoA & Farmers’ Welfare)

Co-Chairman Mr. Sachindra P. Singh (Agriculture Commissioner, Govt of Maharashtra)

Speakers Mr. Pradip Dave (President, PMFAI)

Mr. Rajesh Malik (Director (PP) & Plant Protection Advisor, MoA & Farmers’ Welfare)

Mr. Manmohan Kalantri (President, All India Agro-input Association)

4.45 p.m. to 5.15 p.m. Agrochemicals - Myths, Realities and Remedies

Chairman Dr. Anupama Chikara

(Prof. & Head, Division of Agricultural Chemicals, IARI)

Speakers Dr. K. K. Sharma

(Coordinator, All India Network Project on Pesticide Residue, IARI)

Mr. S. Ganesan (Advisor, CENTEGRO)

5.15 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. Post Harvest and Agriculture Exports

Chairman Dr. D. P. Mohapatra (Additional DGFT)

Speakers Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala (Chairman, NABARD)

Mr. Vijay Pandey (GM, Uniphos Envirotronic Pvt Ltd)

Mr. Jaideep Bhatia (Head - Post Harvest, UPL Ltd)

6.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. Valedictory

Chairman Hon’ble Shri Sudhir Mungantiwar (Minister, Finance & Planning, Forest-Maharashtra State)

Co-Chairman Shri Sanjay Aggarwal (Secretary, MoA & Farmers’ Welfare)

Speakers Dr. Ashok Dalwai (CEO, National Rainfed Area Authority)

Dr. Vilas Bhale (VC, Dr. PD Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola)

7.00 p.m. Dinner

Platinum Sponsor

Gharda Chemicals Limited Sulphur Mills Limited

Excel Industries Limited

Meghmani Organics LimitedInsecticides (India) Limited

Silver Sponsor

General Sponsor

Gold Sponsor

Bharat Rasayan Limited

Indofil Industries Limited

Atul Limited

Nichino India Pvt Limited

Heranba Industries LimitedParijat Industries (I)

Pvt Limited

UPL Limited

Punjab Chemicals And Crop Protection Limited

Coromandel International Limited Nagarjuna Agrichem Limited

Excel Crop Care Limited

Pesticides Manufacturers &Formulators Association of India

ASTEC

Rallis India LtdA TATA Enterprise

SWAL Corporation Ltd Arysta Lifescience India Limited Crystal Crop Protection Pvt Ltd

Sudarshan Farm Chemicals Ltd Hemani Industries Ltd Hikal Ltd

Astec Lifescience Ltd

AGROCELINDUSTRIES PVT LTD

HI

LPROTECT TO PROSPER

PI Industries Ltd

R3 Crop Care Pvt Ltd Godrej Agrovet Ltd

Biostadt India Ltd

Spectrum Ethers Ltd

India Pesticides Ltd Hindustan Insecticides Ltd Tagros Chemicals India Ltd Shriram Fertilizers & Chemicals

Add Value Agencies Agrico Organics Ltd Agrocel Industries Pvt Ltd Crop Growth (India) Pvt Ltd Dhanuka Agritech Ltd TML Industries Ltd

TMLTML INDUSTRIES LTD.An ISO 9001:2008 and 14001:2004 company

We salute Indian farmersndwho made India the 2 largest producer

of Agriculture Commodities in the World.

Crop Care Federation of India