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Dr. M. Ramanan, Director, Deen Dayal Institute of Rural Development, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, discusses the new financial avenues for Agri business. India has come a long way to become the 3rd largest economy in the world. But the sad part of it is though an agrarian country, we still do not have...

Mr. Sanjay Varma, Regional Head, Andreas STIHL India, Bangalore, Karnataka, talks about the current agro-machinery usage and benefits. We are developing products for various sectors such as agriculture, forestry, horticulture, landscaping, and cleaning. We are world number one in producing...

Mr. Saket Kashyap, Director of Kash Fisheries, Sangrampur Motihari, Bihar, discusses the problems faced during fish breeding. In 2016, we started the hatchery business with the help of state government who had announced a scheme to invite people to start hatchery business. We started with two...

Mr. Piyush Kumar, pursuing B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture at Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab, explains the production technology of mango. The botanical name of mango is Mangifera indica and belongs to family Anacardiaceae. it is a drupe kind of fruit, falling after getting ripe...

Mr. N. Sreenivasarao (NS), Business Head, Research Paddy and Jute, Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd, Hyderabad, Telangana, talks about wheat seed value addition, bottlenecks, and reasons for low wheat production. Wheat and rice are the most important food crops, and India is likely to be the food basket of...

Mr. Mradul Choubey, Manager, Ernst and Young, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, talks about the importance of aggregation, grading, marketing and harvesting practices in a value chain. Mr. Mradul Choubey, Manager at Ernst and Young in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, emphasizes the significance of aggregation...

Dr. Jagadeesh B. Henjarappa, Managing Director, Achyutha Innovations, Tumkur, Karnataka, talks about photosynthetic stimulator technology and implication in enhancing yield and quality in pomegranate crop. We have developed a technology called Photosynthetic Stimulator Technology to increase...

Mr. Hem Prakash Verma, Ph. D Research Scholar, Department of Agricultural Extension, Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, explains in detail about the Farmer Producer Organisation and its status, scope, and the challenges involved. The status, scope, and challenges faced...

Mr. V. Narasimharaju, Managing Director, Coldspace Agrotech India Pvt Ltd, Malkajgiri district, Telangana, talks about post-harvest technologies in banana. What is organised technology market? I will take banana as an example. Earlier people used to cut banana in whole bunches and transport...

Mr. Madhawendra Kumar Thakur, Chairman, Mithila Vegetable Processing and Marketing Cooperative Union Ltd, Darbhanga, Bihar, elaborates on the vegetable value chain in the region of Mithila. In Mithila, we have an 8 month cropping season as 3 to 4 months are flooded with water. It is a challenge...

Ms. Poonam Abrol, Research Scholar, College of Community Science from PAU, Ludhiana, explains value addition and processing of millets. (An in-service Research scholar, posted as Programme Assistant at KVK Jammu, SKUAST-Jammu) Millets, termed as Nutri cereals, are becoming the favourites among...

Dr. Rashmi H B, Assistant Professor, College of Horticulture, Mysore, Affilitated to University of Horticultural Sciences, Bagalkot, Karnataka, discusses the entrepreneurial opportunities in processing and value addition of horticulture crops. It is necessary to understand where India stands in...

Dr. R.P.S Baghel, Dean Faculty, Veterinary Science, Sriganganagar Veterinary college, Tantia University, Ganganagar, Rajasthan, provides details on how a farmer can run successful dairy farm with 20 cows. Dairy farm, when run scientifically, is always profitable and economical. We all need milk...

Dr. Pravinchandra Chaturalal Patel, Chief Soil Health Specialist, Mati Mate Agromart Pvt Ltd, Bhavnagar, Gujarat, talks on the role of super hybrid Napier grass in forage and biogas production. Napier grass is also known as Elephant Grass due to its height and vigorous vegetative growth, and...

Mr. Ashish Singh, Managing Director , Phyto Ingredients Biopharma Pvt Ltd Haridwar, Uttrakhand , explains how to set up ashwagandha extract processing unit and also provides consultancy for setting up any type of herbal extraction unit. . The raw materials for extraction of ashwagandha come in...

Dr. Sachin Ashok Kale, Executive Director, Innovative Agrilife Solutions Pvt Ltd, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, talks about agriculture and business avenues. Anybody who wants to enter into agriculture sector is nowadays keen on low investment and maximum profit. In India, the landholding of farmers...

Dr. S. Prem Mathi Maran, Founder Director and CEO of Clean Green Biosystems, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, explains the nuances of how to set up tomato processing unit. The botanical name of tomato is Lycopersicon esculantum and family Solanaceae. The crop is widely grown all over the world, and India...

Pragati Gokhale, Chief Mentor For Mission Marketmirchi & National Resource Person for Ministry of Rural Development Govt.of India, explains the features of e-marketing for farmers and our learning. In order to provide a free online market for the farmers who are struggling to find proper...

Dr. Arvind Kapur, Managing Director, Agri Seeds Consultant firm, Gurugram, Haryana, talks on the development of hybrids and varietal seeds using new breeding technologies. Providing quality produce to the population and taking care of the farmers’ income are the main talk nowadays. With...

Ms. Bhavyashri Swami is an agriculture expert at Salgem Infoigy Farm Tech Trade, Solapur, Maharashtra. She talks about the nuances of export and import of millets. Nowadays, everyone knows what millets are, how they are important in our lives, and how they can be exported or imported across the...