Technologies and Innovations in Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA): Practice or Perish

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1 Oct 12th 2017 Conference on Technologies and Innovations in Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA): Practice or Perish

2 NSFI NSFI is a leading not-forprofit organization working in development sector. It has partnered with globally respected agencies viz. IFC, GIZ, WHH, NABARD, John Deere etc. FOCUS ON Entrepreneurship Development Skill Development Technologies & Innovations in Agriculture Market Based Models OFFERS Research & Consultancy Incubation Field Implementation Policy Advocacy 2

3 GAC GAC'S OBJECTIVE GAC is the flagship program of NSFI. It is an interactive platform for the well being of farming community. To bring together all principal stakeholders to deliberate on emerging technologies and innovations in agriculture towards increasing their outreach through consequential solutions. Through Showcasing Excellence Improved Knowledge Thus Catalyse Action & Influence Policy 3

4 GAC THEMES AND PARTICIPANT OVERVIEW 2011: Transformational Changes in Indian Agriculture: The Next Decade 2012: Hi-value Agriculture: A Gateway to Farm Prosperity 2013: Evolving Skill Dimensions: The Lever to Agricultural Growth YEAR OF TRANSFORMATION: 2015 From demonstrating merits of technologies and innovations To facilitate decision making towards increasing outreach & impact Why? To increase the outreach and scale of technology adoption How? Through deliberations on path breaking technologies & innovation FARMER S PARTICIPATION 10,271 20,334 30,

5 GAC THEMES AND PARTICIPANT OVERVIEW 2015: Technologies and Innovations in Agriculture: Pushing the Frontiers 2016: Three Pillars of Agriculture Growth: Precision Agriculture, Mechanization and Communication SECTOR-WISE PARTICIPATION NGOs 337 Government Agencies 103 BROUGHT TOGETHER 192 Speakers 209 Innovators/Technologists Policy Leaders Financial Institution Bilateral & Multilateral 68 1,110 Delegates Corporate ,000 Farmers Embassies 39 CSRs & Foundations 42 Academic Institutions 203 Investors 15 Disseminated the deliberations and recommendations to more than 25,000 key stakeholders. 5

6 PARTNERS KEY SPEAKERS: GAC 2016 Dr. Kevin Tiessen Elliot Rosenberg Vishnu Chandra Sandeep Malhotra Rohtash Mal Navin Vivek Horo Harsh Vivek Satish KS Devendra Gupta Yogesh Mohite Senior Program Specialist, IDRC Deputy Director General, National Information Center Chairman, EM3 Agri Services Pvt Ltd Operations Officer & Agri Business Advisory Program Lead, IFC & many more Co-founder, Ecozen Solutions Pvt Ltd. VP, Business Development, Awaaz De CEO, Iffcon Kisan Sanchar Limited National Project Coordinator, GIZ India Founder & CEO, FlyBird Innovations Head, Food Chain Management, Bayer CropScince 6

7 Global Agri Connect 2017 Theme: Technologies and Innovations in Climate Smart Agriculture: Practice or Perish WHY GAC ON CSA? Several Initiatives, Schemes & Programs are already under implementation. It s time to join hands and learn from one another to increase impact and outreach. Identify the best practices. Adopt the best practices towards increasing the outreach and scale. Challenges in Agriculture Reduction in the potential agriculture output by 15-30% Increased frequency of extreme events of droughts, floods, heat waves, severe storms. GAC 2017 Offers to Deliberate on the challenges. Identify promising Technological / Innovative solutions. Discuss policy and institutional architecture to enable effective resilience. 72

8 GAC 2017 WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT? Large Scale Participation of Corporate Bodies Government Agencies Financial Institutions Research Institutions Embassies Bi-Lateral & Multi-lateral Agencies NGOs Farming Community Huge Opportunity for Networking & Relationship Development YOU CAN? Showcase your Technology or Innovation Influence Policy Meet Funders Gain Visibility Know what technology suits you Align yourself with CSA Increase to scale and impact 8

9 COME JOIN GAC 17 For More Information, Visit & Connect: K-59, South City 1, Gurugram , Haryana, India Tel: (+91) , , Fax: (+91) , info@nsfindia.org