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5F FARMING – CONFERENCE 2020

Program

The Program is organized for Practicing Plant breeders, Industry leaders, Crop Science Researchers, Academic faculty and leaders, Farmers/Agriculturists, Opinion leaders and Policy experts, Government officials/Administrators, Marketing & Extension professionals and Students.

  • 13.00 – 15.00 PM Rgistration
  • 15.30 – 15.40 PM Welcome
  • 15.40 – 15.50 PM Introduction: Conference theme
  • 15.50 – 17.30 PM Guest of Honor (what do you propose to do here?)
  • 17.30 – 17.40 AM Vote of Thanks
  • 17.40 – 18.30 AM Inauguration of Exhibition/poster session
  • 18.30 – 19.30 Vision lecture
  • 19.30 – 21.30 Networking Dinner
  • 9.00 – 9.30 AM Tea/coffee
  • Session - 2: Gene Revolution for Biotic & Abiotic Stress resistances

  • 10.00 – 10.30 PM Global Plant Breeding Consultant
  • 10.30 – 11.00 ICRISAT
  • 11.00 – 11.20 Cotton Breeder @ UAS Dharwad
  • 11.20 – 11.30 Tea/Coffee Break
  • 11.30 – 13.30 Session 3: Startup Dialogue
  • 11.30 – 12.00 Power of Entrepreneurship
  • 12.00 – 12.30 Building Agri-Innovation Impacting Farmers
  • 12.30 – 13.00 Vertical farming - a Promising Sustainable Farming
  • 13.00 – 13.30 Prosperity and Self-reliance to the Farmers
  • 13.30 – 14.30 Lunch Break
  • Session - 4: Technology Integration for Crop Improvement

  • 14.30 -15.00 Bar Code and Seed Labeling
  • 15.00 – 15.30 Wadhwani Foundation
  • 15.30 – 16.00 Artificial Intelligence in Farming
  • 16. 00 -16.30 Developing Future Plant Breeders: Current Gaps and Way Forward
  • 16.30 – 17.00 Tea/Coffee Break
  • 17.00 – 18.00 Plenary Talk Gene editing technology and its regulation
  • 19.00 – 21.00 Group Dinner
  • 9.00 – 9.30 Tea/coffee
  • Session - 5: Agro-technology and Farm Automation

  • 09.30 - 10.00 Protected Cultivation in India - Prospects & Challenges
  • 10.00 -10.30 Farm Mechanization and High Density Planting System in Cotton
  • 10.30 - 11.00 Crop Protection Driven by Green Chemistries in Sustainable Agriculture
  • 11.00 -11.30 Enhancing Crop Productivity through Tntegrated Soil, Water and Nutrient Management (SWNM) in the Dryland Areas
  • 11.30 – 11.40 Tea/Coffee break
  • 11.45 -12.30 Panel Discussion
  • 11.45 – 12.00 Subsistence Farming to Seed Production hub: A Saga of Global Outreach
  • 12.00 – 12.15 Farmer Centric Farm Automation
  • 12.15 – 12.30 Vegetable Production: Opportunity & Challenges
  • 13.00-13.30 Open Discussion
  • 13.30 – 14.30 Lunch (Exhibition and Poster display Session)
  • Session -6: Extension and Value Added Marketing

  • 14.30 – 15.00 Value added Marketing for Farmers` Profitability
  • 15.00 – 15.30 Empowerment of Farmers through Filling Information, Input and Investment Gaps – Greenlife Model
  • 15.30 – 16.00 Crop Management-driving Gene Potential for Profitability
  • 16.00 – 16.30 Climate Crisis: A Proposed Breeding Agenda from Dryland Farmers Perspective
  • 16.30 – 16.40 Tea/Coffee Break
  • Session 7: Valedictory Session

  • 16.40 – 17.00 Conference report reading and recommendation
  • 17.00 – 17.10 Closing Remarks from Delegates and Organizers
  • 17.10 – 17.30 General Vote of Thanks & National Anthem

Organizing Committee Members

Dr. M.B. Chetti

Patron

Vice- Chancellor UAS, Dharwad

Dr. K K Narayanan

Chair

Co-Founder Director ATPBR

Dr. M Kachole

Co-Chair

Co-Founder Director ATPBR

Dr. S K Tikoo

Chair-Program Committee

Co-Founder Tierra Seeds Science pvt ltd

Dr. Aparna Tiwari

Secretary

Co- Founder and Director - ATPBR

Dr. Sharad Angadi

Member

R & D Adviser- Ankur Seeds Pvt Ltd

Dr. G Patil

Member

Manager R&D East West Seeds

Dr. A K Mishra

Member

Co- Founder and Director - ATPBR

Dr. C Chaporkar

Member

Advisor- mahyco

Dr. Krishna Prasad

Member

Breeding & Research lead Tierra Seeds Science pvt ltd

Mr. V Ravichandram

Member

Progressive Farmer

Dr. B M Khadi

Member

President Institute for studies on agriculture & Rural Development

Mr. S Deshpande

Member

Managing Partner - Silvia seeds inc

Mr. R Mallikarjun

Member

Managing Partner - Atlas Seeds & Service

Dr. Manish Bhatnagar

Member

R&D Head Enza Zaden India Pvt Ltd

Dr. CLL Gowda

Member

Co-Founder of the GRSV Consulting Services

Dr. Ramesh Bhat

Member

Professor - UAS Dharwad

Dr. Krishna Raj

Member

Professor - Head Dharwad

Organized by

Foundation for Advanced Training in Plant Breeding (ATPBR)
in association with
University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad (UAS, Dharwad)
and
Institute for studies on Agriculture and Rural Development (ISARD), Dharwad

Venue

UAS Dharwad, Karnataka
( January 8-10, 2020 )
Email- secretary.conf2020@gmail.com
Contact Number - 87939988121, 8329831530

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