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AGROVISION REPORT 2012
“Agrovision has emerged as a platform where famers get to learn
latest technologies, new products and services, modern farm
practices etc. through series of interactive workshops and a vast exhibition. At Agrovision, the
companies also get to understand the real needs at the farm level and facilitate farmers in adopting their
Mr. Nitin Gadkari
Chairman
Advisory Council-Agrovision
“Agrovision is a timely initiative to provide a roadmap for shaping our agricultural destiny. This is
important today since the country is on the eve of conferring the legal right to food to all our people
through the national food security act.”
Foreword
Inclusive growth and food security has become a subject of
prime importance not only to India but for the world as a
whole. To achieve these twin objectives, focused
development of agriculture sector keeping farmers at the
core is of paramount importance particularly for a populous
country like India where it is also the largest livelihood
provider for its rural population. It is imperative that farmer
centric initiatives and policy framework need to be put in
place to equip him with latest farming techniques,
technologies and related enabling knowledge and support
structure for higher production, productivity and better yield.
Agrovision is one such genuine initiative, which is providing
an integrative framework and a platform to bring all the stake
holders consisting of farmers, government, NGOs,
scientists, industry under single umbrella to deliberate,
debate and develop policies and programmes for action at
different levels for all around growth of agriculture.
Under the guidance of Hon’ble Mr. Nitin Gadkari, the Chief
Patron of Agrovision & National President BJP; MM Activ
Sci-Tech Communications Pvt. Ltd. and Vidarbha Economic
Development Council (VED) have been organizing
Agrovision in Nagpur. Due to its unique combination of
workshops, a full - fledged exhibition covering almost all
segments related to agriculture and thought provoking, action
oriented deliberations on topical issues related to bio energy,
Agrovision has now become one of the biggest agro event in
Central India. Farmers not only from Vidarbha, Maharashtra &
adjoining states like Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra
Pradesh but also from far away states like UP, Punjab,
Haryana etc. visit Agrovision & benefit from interactive
workshops.
Agricultural sector in general and farmers in particular are
facing lot of challenges. I am sure that the Agrovision will keep
on enhancing its role in coming years to Educate, Encourage
and Empower farmers to overcome these challenges. The
upcoming editions of Agrovision each year will prove to be
helpful for the overall growth of the agro-sector and improve
the individual financial status of farmers.
The Agrovision 2013 would be held from 24th to 27th
January, 2013 in Nagpur, the city which has proved to be an
ideal venue for an agro event in Central India.
Prof. M.S. Swaminathan
Ravi Boratkar,
Organizing Secretary, Agrovision
Jt. Managing Director, MM ActivSci-Tech Communications
Advisory Council Members : Dr. V.M. Mayande, M.K. Anna Patil, Dr. C.D. Mayee, Vijay Kashikar, Y.B. Ramakrishna,
Divakar Rao, Vilas Kale, Dr. Vivek Damle, Capt. Dr. L.B. Kalantri
Convenor : Girish Gandhi (Ex-MLC) Organising Secretaries : Ramesh Mankar, Ravi Boratkar

Visited by over 3,00,000 farmers
50,000 farmers attended workshops
Spread across the coverd hanger area of over 9000 sqm &
over 3000 sqm of open display area
Participation of over 150 organisations
“India can improve its yield and it can feed the world, but for that it needs to adopt new technologies. Israel has done that and India and
Israel can come together for improving Indian farming by adopting Israeil technologies”
Mr. Raviv Byron, Chairman of Israel – India & Nepal Chamber of Commerce
“Agrovision has been diversifying the “vision” of the farmers towards economically beneficial agriculture in Vidarbha. Agrovison through
its mega agriculture exhibition showcases many innovative ideas and cutting-edge technologies to the farmers. This will definitely help to
make Indian agriculture more sustainable and profitable. I wish grand success to Agrovision 2013.”
Dr. V. M. Mayande, Vice Chancellor, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth, Akola

Over 3 lakh farmers visited the exhibition and around fifty
thousand farmers participated in the workshops thus
creating success story for Agrovision 2012. Farmers being
the prime focus of Agrovision, this year the event was
inaugurated by a well known progressive farmer from
Chandrapur, Mr. Dadaji Khobragade who has developed
HMT and some other varieties of paddy and soybean.
Mr. M. G. Shembekar, MD, Ankur Seeds, Nagpur,
Dr. V.M Mayande, Vice Chancellor, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi
Vidyapeeth, Akola and Mr. Raviv Byron, Chairman of Israel – India
& Nepal Chamber of Commerce were the Guests of Honour. The
dais was also shared by Mr. Akshay Kamat, MD, Syngenta,
Mr. Dada Aurangabadkar, Director, Ankur Seeds,
Mr. Devendra Parikh, Chairman, VED,
Mr. Vilas Kale former Chairman of VED,
Mr. Kumar Tambe, Chairman,
Wainganga Krishna Gramin Bank, Mr. Ravi
Boratkar, Organizing Secretary, Agrovision
& Jt. MD, MM Activ, Mr. Sudhir Dive, MD,
Purti Power and Sugar ltd, Mr. Divakar
Rao, CEO, DGK BioAgroFoods & Member
Vision Group on Biotechnology, Govt. of
Karnataka and Mr. Y. B. Ramakrishna,
Executive Chairman, Karnataka State Biofuel
Development Board, Bangalore. In his
inaugural address, Mr. Khobragade
elaborated on different varieties of Paddy and Soyabean
which he has developed and patented over the years. He
mentioned about the support and help of his fellow villagers
in his success and also appealed to the farmers to take
advantage of opportunities provided by Agrovision.
Mr. Shembekar in his speech stressed the need for farmers
to work collectively and adopt new technologies, mechanized
farm practices and use of cold storage and do some value
addition for better returns.
As the pre election code of conduct was in force in Nagpur
region Mr. Nitin Gadkari, National President, BJP & Chief
Patron, Agrovision and conveners Mr. Girish Gandhi, Mr.
Ramesh Mankar were seated in the audience. The inaugural
was attended by large number of farmers and other
stakeholders.
In the inaugural the Exhibitor catalogue was released at the
hands of Mr. Shembekar and other dignitaries present on the
dais.
This was followed by the inauguration of the colossal
exhibition by Mr. Khobragade along with other dignitaries.
Mr. Nitin Gadkari along with other dignitaries personally
visited each stall and interacted with the exhibitors.
Thousands of farmers and other stakeholders attended the
inauguration.
The evening concluded with a cultural programme thoroughly
entertaining every one present, especially the farmers.

36 interactive workshops for farmers
Conducted by 70 experts
Attended by 50,000 farmers
Success stories by farmers
Special session for women
Overwhelming response by farmers
“Agrovision 2012 - a National Level MEGA EVENT exhibited latest agricultural implements and different innovative biological products and
has immensely helped creating market access for new products. The workshop sessions evinced keen interest from the farmers and
witnessed active interaction between them and speakers which continues even after the event.”
Dr. T. K. Ghosh Asst. Director Regional Centre of Organic Farming (Workshop speaker)
“I am very happy to attend the workshops at Agrovision. I could understand many new concepts and ideas. The interaction with speakers will
surely help me to do better farming. I also visited exhibition and saw latest technologies. I will apply the same in my farm.”
Mr. Bhagwatrao Kardile Babhulgaon, Farmer

Free Workshops
For Farmers
The free workshops organized for the farmers is the
special feature of Agrovision and elevates it from rest of
the agri-events in the country. This year 36 workshops
were organized under Agrovision 2012 conducted by over
70 experts from agricultural universities, agri-management
and agri-finance institutes, research centers, NGOs and
government and private organizations. Success stories
shared by the respective farmers proved to be very
encouraging for the attendees and also helped them to
understand the practicalities in adapting technologies &
modern farm practices.
The topics covered, broadly fell under three categories:
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Enhancing the yield of the major crops of the region
like Soyabean, Cotton, Paddy, Citrus fruits,
Sugarcane etc.
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Use of latest technologies and modern farm
practices
Enhancing Supplementary Income of Farmers
through Livestock Management
The workshops comprised of:
Guidance from experts
Audio/Video Presentation/Distribution of Printed
material
Live Demonstrations
Case studies/Success Stories
Question and Answer Session
Owing to this, the workshops received an overwhelming
response with over fifty thousand farmers enthusiastically
participating. Thus the workshops played a crucial role in
implementing the core theme of Agrovision i.e. “Educate,
Encourage and Empower”.
Key workshops conducted: I Cropping Patterns and Farming Systems I Paddy Farming I Sugarcane Production
Technologies I Micro & Drip Irrigation I Food Processing I Soybean Processing I Floriculture I Custard Apple farming I Post
Harvest Technology and Management I Citrus Production Technologies I Women Workers in Agriculture I Green House
Technology & Net Shed I Pomegranate Production Opportunities I Career & Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Agriculture I
IT in Agriculture I Agri Finance I Cotton Production and Technology I Mulching I Organic Farming and Certification I
Enhancing Supplementary Income Through Livestock:- I Goat Keeping I Fisheries I Poultry I Bee Keeping I Sericulture
I Dairy etc.
“While interacting with the farmers I noticed that the attendees were not only from Nagpur or Vidarbha but had come from MP,
Chhattisgarh, Marathwada. At Agrovision farmers get an opportunity to see new technologies available in the market and their
usability for their farming. Excellent management, time bound schedules and well organised are other factors which made
Agrovision popular.”
Dr. P. B. Kale, Hod Agriculture Infrastructure Facilities, Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Agri. University, Akola (Workshop speaker)

Deliberations on varied aspects of Bio Energy & Bio Fuel
Participation of over 25 experts
Narration of experiments and experiences
Charter of demands prepared
“"India is importing crude oil of more than 3,70,000 crore. This has added immense burden to our economy. Therefore shifting our focus
to Bio fuels & Bio energy is extremely important for our energy security. By diversifying agriculture to power & bio energy sector we will
not only make country self sufficient in our energy needs but will also make agriculture profitable for our farmers."
Mr. Nitin Gadkari, Chief Patron, Agrovision & National President, BJP
“In Indian context there is no alternative than utilization of Bio energy resources available abundantly in India. The trade deficit to the extent
of 80% is on account of Import of oil which is the costlier material to import. If it is to be surpassed, the use of Bio mass and Bio fuel is a
must for India.”
Mr. M. K. Anna Patil, Ex. Minister of State for Rural Development, GOI

Round Table of
Policymakers
on Bio Energy
Round table of Policy Makers on Bio Energy was organized
as a part of Agrovision 2012 comprising of over 25 experts
from different parts of India. Mr. Ravi Boratkar welcomed the
participants. Mr. Nitin Gadkari, who has been aggressively
promoting Bio energy, introduced the subject to the
participants of the Round table. Agriculture minister of
Chhattisgarh, Mr. Chandrasekhar Sahu, highlighted his
state’s efforts for Bio Energy development. Former union
minister of state for Rural Development, Mr. M. K. Anna Patil,
steered the discussion. Executive Chairman of the Karnataka
Bio Fuel Development Board, Mr. Y. B. Ramakrishna, and
Senior consultant of Alternate and Renewable energy, Mr. Jai
Uppal were the lead speakers and Mr. Divakar Rao, member
of the Vision Group on Biotechnology of Karnataka
government moderated the discussion.
Highlighting the issue as the one related to country’s future,
Mr. Nitin Gadkari stressed the need to form a strong lobby for
promoting alternative energy due to shortcomings in the
related policies. He said that diesel required for a village
should be produced in the village itself and elaborated on the
experiments done in this direction by the Purti Group.
Mr. Chandrasekhar Sahu explained the various steps taken
by his state government for promotion of bio fuels and bio
energy. He said that his government would announce a
separate agriculture budget before the general budget this
year. Describing 100 to 120 million hectares of land in the
country as waste land Mr. Y.B. Ramakrishna suggested that
the same should be used for bio energy plantation. He said
that India had well developed conversion technologies and
pointed to the question of deploying and scaling up these
technologies for taking them to every single village. He felt
that the major obstacle in promotion of bio energy was
disconnection between policy makers in Delhi and ground
level requirements. He also pointed that the two high level
committees set by the union government for implementation
of bio energy, had not met at all for long time.
The round table turned out to be an excellent platform where
experts from various fields shared their experience and
expertise. Mr. M. K. Anna Patil summed up the discussion.
During the concluding note it was agreed by all, that the
recommendations emerging out of the discussion should
form the charter of demands and shall be submitted to the
higher decision making government authority.
Key topics discussed:
Bio fuels : I Non-edible oil based bio-diesel- issues related to feed-stock I Policy support required I Marketing issues I Sugar
industry/distillery perspective I 2nd generation bio-ethanol I Issues in adopting Bio fuels in modern transport vehicles I Oil
marketing company perspectives
Other Bio-energy sources : I Bio-methanation & bio-gasification I Municipal solid wastes & other industrial wastes

Participation of over 150 organisations
Visited by 3,00,000 farmers
Total expo area spread over 8000 sqm
Wide spectrum of agri related areas covered
New technologies & products displayed
International participation
“We are happy to participate in Agrovision, Nagpur. Overall turnout at our stall was very good. Next year we are thinking to participate with Bigger
Stall to accommodate huge Farmers turnout and better display.”
Basant Kumar (Product Head, Honda Siel Power Products Ltd)
“Agrovision is the concept to provide each and every technology to farmers and give them proper knowledge. Best wishes.”
Vijay Bawankule (Green Earth Technology)

National
Expo
The mega National Expo was spread across the total area of
over 8000 sqm. The expo showcased the participation of
over 150 organizations including central ministries and state
governments, financial & R & D institutions, agriculture
universities, corporate, entrepreneurs, media and NGOs
showcasing their research, techniques, products, services &
innovations etc. Innovations like water pump running on two
wheeler, solar water pump, solar fencing, corn extractor, air
conditioned tractors, solar rickshaw etc. proved to be big
crowd pullers. The expo witnessed enthusiastic participation
of major companies from agricultural machinery and
equipment sector.
Agrovision 2012 saw participation of Israel with 8 companies
taking up a huge pavilion in the expo making Agrovision an
international event.
Some of the broad categories mapping the Exhibitors Profile : Seeds I Fertilizers & Pesticides I Irrigation Systems I Farm
Services I Agri-Finance I Greenhouse/Net Shed I Wasteland Development I Plantation Crops I Bio Fuel Crops
I Horticulture I Floriculture I Cold Storage I Organic Farming I Herbal, Medicinal Plants I Watershed Management I Contract
Farming I Integrated Farming I Corporate I Aquaculture I Poultry / Dairy / Sericulture I Animal Husbandry I Agri
Biotechnology I Agri Industry I Trading Community I NGOs I Marketing I Agricultural Machinery and Equipments I Non –
Conventional / Renewable Energy I Post Harvest Technology I Food Processing I Agri Business/Agri Trading I Agro
Processed Foods/Oils/Beverages/Value Additions I Transgenic and Seed Production I Tissue Culture I Govt. Departments
I PSUs I R&D Institutes/ Agri Universities I Central & State Govts.

Well organized, managed show executed by young and dynamic
team. Benefited for both, visitors (excellent gathering) and
participants (presence of different category). Congratulations.
Pankaj Demla, Director Operations Dasmesh Mechanical Works
Organizing the exhibition stalls & other basic infrastructure is
excellent.
Karnataka State Biofuel Development Board
This exhibition is good information to the farmer & opportunity for
new technology which has been developed in the research institute.
V. L. Rangari (Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology)
Thousands of visitors registered. Good feedback. Exhibition should
be for more duration. Workshops are good.
Sandeep Sonawane (Insecticide (I) Ltd.)
It is one of the best expo I ever seen, related to Agriculture
.Chaitanya Deshpande (NRCC)
This exhibition is really a good opportunity for Vidarbha farmers and
needs to be organize every year.
Dr. A. S. Tayade (Central Institute for Cotton Research)
Very good & best for farmers.
Bayer Crop Science Limited.
AGROVISION 2013
24-27 January, Reshimbagh Ground, Nagpur, India
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