■ Business Reporter :
WITH the aim of providing farmers in Vidarbha access to new
agricultural technologies and
alliedbusinesses,enabling them
to increase their income and
make farming more profitable,
theAgrovisionAgriculturalExpo,
conceived by Union Minister
Nitin Gadkari, will commence
onNovember 22 atPDKV,Dabha
grounds. Agrovision, featuring a
national agricultural expo,workshops for farmers, and one-day
conferences, is in its final stage
of preparations.
The grand opening will take
place at 10.30 am on November
22,withChiefMinisterofMadhya
Pradesh Mohan Yadav, as the
chief guest; Chief Minister of
Andhra Pradesh Chandra Babu
Naidu as guest of honour, the
function will be presidedoverby
the chief patron of Agrovision,
UnionMinisterNitinGadkari, in
the presence of Rajiv Ranjan
Singh, Union Minister of
Fisheries,AnimalHusbandryand
Dairying; Alka Upadhyaya,
Secretary,DepartmentofAnimal
Husbandry andDairying,Arvind
Kumar, DG, STPI, Minesh Shah,
Chairman NDDB, Minesh
Bandlish, MDMother Dairy,
Deepak Shah, Crop Care
Federation, TRKesvan, Group
President - Corporate Relations
& Alliances, TAFE Tractors,
Vikram Wagh, CEO, Farm Div.
Mahindra Tractors.
“Approximately 11,000 square
meters of hangers and 6,000
square meters of open-ground
stalls have been set up for the
expo, which will include three
halls for workshops and one hall
for special workshops.
The previous edition of Agrovision
receiveda tremendous response
from farmers and agriculturerelated people. This year, for the
15th editionofAgrovision,a similar enthusiasmis expected,with
over 400 companies confirming
theirparticipation,”Agrovision’s
Organizing Secretary Ravi
Boratkar said in the press conference on Monday.
This year, UPL is the main
sponsor of Agrovision. Tractor
companies like TAFE, Kubota,
Mahindra Tractors, Sonalika,
John Deere, andTirth Agro, seed
companieslikeAnkurSeeds,Ajit
Seeds, Mahabeej, Rasi Seeds,
Mahico, Nizhuvedu Seeds, and
tire companies like BKTTires,JK
Tires,cropinputcompaniessuch
as ITC, Dhanuka, Crystal Crop
Care, Sulphur Mills, Parijat
Industries, PI Industries, drone
companieslikeGaruda,Thanos,
R Fly Innovation, Rucha
Machinery, and IoTech World,
irrigation companies likePlasto,
Jain Irrigation, Paras Group,
Netafim, Raoulis, along with
companies in the solar sector,
and banking companies such as
NABARD, SBI, Canara Bank,
Punjab National Bank, SEDB,
NCBX, and research institutions
like ICAR, NBSS&LUP, and IIT
Kharagpur,VNIT Nagpur, PDKV
Akola, and MAFSU will also be
participating.
At the press conference, key
members of the Agrovision
Foundation,includingChariman
of Advisory Council Dr C D
Mayee;RameshMankar,andother members of Agrovision
Foundation Shirish Bhagat, Dr
PinakDande,DrSunilSahatpure,
Dr Hitendra Singh, Dr Vijay
Ilorkar, Dr Vijay Khawle, Dr K D
Thakur,DrVilasAtakare,DrVivek
Bhute, were present.