Agrovision Agricultural Exhibition, conceptualised by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari with the aim of providing information to the farmers of Vidarbha about new technologies in the agricultural sector, increasing their income by allied business and making farming profitable, will be inaugurated on November 24 at PDKV, Dabha Maidan at 10.30 am. Preparations for Agrovision are now in the final stages. The inauguration ceremony will be presided over by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, Chief Patron of Agrovision, Acharya Devvrat, Governor of Gujarat, Parshattam Rupala, Union Minister for Dairy, Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister, Maharashtra Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, Minister for Revenue, Animal Husbandry and Dairy Development, Maharashtra, Dhananjay Munde, Agriculture Minister, Maharashtra and Dr Meenesh Shah, Chairman and Managing Director, National Dairy Development Board will be present at the inaugural ceremony.

 

This was revealed by Organising Secretary of Agrovision Ravi Boratkar in the press conference on Wednesday. The Organising Secretary Ramesh Mankar and Chairman of the Agrovision Advisory Committee Dr C D Mayee, Members of Agrovision Foundation Sudhir Dive, Anandrao Raut, Dr Sahatpure, Capt. Kalantri, Shrish Bhagat, Devendra Parekh, Rambabu Kadam, Navin Malewar, Elorkar, Dr Khawale, Hitendra Singh and other members were also present at the meeting. This year, Agrovision will feature a wide range of workshops on 31 different topics. Farmers will get the opportunity to take guidance from experts from across the country and inspiration from the success stories of successful farmers. Workshops have been organised on many topics useful for farmers.

 

Accordingly, Agrovision has organised a 2-day conference on Food Processing Industry: Opportunities and Challenges. This conference has been organised in collaboration with LIT Alumni Association, Nagpur, Boratkar said. Apart from this, special programmes have been organised in Agrovision this year, which include opportunities for dairy business on November 24, sugarcane production workshop on November 25, a special programme on orange cultivation and export on November 26, guidance programme on FPO formation on November 26 at 2 pm, Mahila Bachatgat Mela has been organised on November 27 at 11.30 am, and opportunities in freshwater fisheries on November 27. This years Agrovision theme is ‘Sustainable farming through skills and technology’.