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Ms. Sangita Dipak Sawalakhe, Director, Vidarbha Biotech Lab, Yavatmal, President VBL Agriculture Research and Health Organisation, Yavatmal, Maharashtra. She explains organic or natural farming is not possible without microorganisms and friendly insects. It is not possible to do organic or...

Mr. Rahul Paharia, Director, Jwala Techno Engineering Pvt Ltd, Mumbai, Maharashtra, talks about how to set up mango pulp processing unit. Mangoes are of special interest for anybody interested to set up a fruit processing plant. Amongst all the fruits exported from India, mangoes are exported...

Dr. Nagaraja T. E., Professor (Plant Breeding), University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, talks about millets breeding. Millets are small grained cereals grown in 131 countries across the globe. Pearl millet and sorghum are major millets and finger millet, foxtail millet, kodo millet...

Mr. Anand Kadakol, farmer, Devataru Farm, Dharwad, Karnataka, narrates the story of creating an organic farm – 14 years in the making. I was working in corporate setups in various countries, and I always had a feeling that we had to go back to India, to our roots, and do whatever we wanted to...

Ms. Reenu Noushad, Research Technician, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture ICBA, Dubai UAE, explains how to improve chilly cultivation productivity. The local names of chilli include mirchi, lal mirchi, and mirchiya. The plant’s botanical name is Capsicum annuum, belongs to the...

Dr. Shivakumar Magada, Professor of Aquatic Biology, KVAFSU, Bidar, Karnataka, discusses about aquaculture, advanced technologies and systems that are available and practised in the country. It is essential to understand the economics of agriculture, and only then it is possible to understand...

Mr. Shaik Akbar Ali, Designated Partner, IIFSA Information and Inputs for Sustainable Aquaculture LLP, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, talks about aquaculture and virtual pond management. We, at IIFSA, are running a set of systematic approach, ICT based pond management services. Aquaculture is similar...

Mr. Arun Ishwar Wandre, Director, Rhizome Bamboo Tech, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, explains about bamboo precision farming and application in industries. Since the last few years, bamboo is emerging as a major commercial cash crop in India, with many farmers coming forward to cultivate bamboo and...

Mr. Prateek Kumar Tiwari, Teaching Associate at Nanaji Deshmukh Veterinary Science University, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, discusses about aquaculture and the management. Aquaculture management is essential in agriculture sector as it helps in water utilisation and saving crops in the fields. It...

Mr. Pradyumna Sumant Athalye, Farmer and Professional Agricultural Consultant, Badlapur, Maharashtra, explains how to set up mango and cashew organic farming. We, initially to start with, need to identify where we want to start, identify the market where we want to sell as the market is very...

Mr. Kandlagunta Srinivasa Rao, MD-Founder, InAcres India LLP, Hyderabad, Telangana, talks about collective farming the future of agriculture. We are facing many challenges in agriculture sector in particular with only 40 crore people out of 130 crores having agricultural land, and the available...

Prof. (Dr.) P. L. Saroj, Principal Scientist and Head, Division of Crop Production, ICAR- Central Institute for Subtropical Horticulture, Lucknow, UP, & Former Director, Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur, Karnataka enlightens on the ‘Latest Trend in Cashew Research in India’. The cashew...

Mr. Abhirup Sikdar, Project Specialist, Malancha, Kolkata, West Bengal, discusses about environmental containment technologies: landfill and soil capping. We have seen in our daily routine people throwing garbage outside. This is collected and thrown in to landfill sites and open areas which...

Dr. V. K. Jayaraghavendra Rao, Principal Scientist, ICAR-IIHR, Bangalore, Karnataka, talks about startups in horticulture and agriculture. With bumper production in agriculture and horticulture produce in India, startups have become essential to ease out the market, help the farmers get more...

HortiConnect India 2025 Innovate • Connect • Cultivate Where the Future of Horticulture Takes Root HortiConnect India is the country's first international-standard horticulture exhibition—an exclusive platform where global innovators, suppliers, growers, and technology leaders converge. From...

Mr. Rajesh Ranjan, Founder and CEO, Krishify, Gurugram, Haryana, discusses digital interventions in agriculture. Krishify was started in 2019 with an intent to build social network of farmers and dedicated to agriculture where farmers could join the network, engage themselves, and connect with...

Dr. John Mark Kommineni Founder and Chairman Inspire Agro Farms, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Title: Cultivating Success: The Inspiring Journey of a Contractual Farming Company Founder Introduction: The world of agriculture is continuously evolving, and one key area of innovation is contractual...

Dr. M. Krishna Reddy, Former Head, Division of Crop Protection, ICAR-IIHR, Bengaluru, Karnataka, discusses about the challenges faced in production and cultivation of tomatoes and chillies. Recently we saw price and demand for tomato and chillies going up. With tomato, we have two problems, one...

Mr. Aman Agrawal, Founder of Future Agronomists, Harda, Madhya Pradesh, talks about value addition through solar drying. Value addition through solar drying can add benefits to the agriculture sector. India, being an agricultural country, does well in producing agriculture produce like fruits...

Dr. Bhagyashree Patil, Chairman and Managing Director of Rise N Shine Biotech Pvt. Ltd., Pune, Maharashtra, shares her experiences in the production of tissue culture plants. Rise n Shine Biotech Pvt. Ltd is India’s largest ISO 9001-2015 certified plant tissue culture Company at Pune...