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11th global agriculture Summit 2018
                       and
11th global Leadership Awards 2018

                      Presents

      11th Agriculture Year Book
        July 18-19, 2018, Taj Palace, New Delhi

          A journey beginning 2008….
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What leaders say about.........
                                     Agriculture Leadership Summit | Agriculture Leadership Awards | Agriculture Year Book

                                                   Prof. MS Swaminathan, Pioneer of India’s Green Revolution                                             Prof. RB Singh, Chancellor, Central Agriculture University
                                                   Leaderships shape the destiny of people. I am happy that Agriculture Today has                        I am part of the Organising Committee and have regularly attended. I can say this
Summit 2009                                        started Leadership Summit on Agriculture (2008).                                                      event is simply the best in the world of Agriculture (2011).

                                                        Dr. Balram Jhakar, Governor of Madhya Pradesh                                          Sh. Prakash Javadekar, Member of Parliament and BJP Spokesman
                                Agriculture Today is playing a transformational role in agriculture. Agriculture                          Agriculture Leadership Summit in my opinion is very powerful program on farm-
                                                                  Summit is one more feather in its cap (2008)                                          ers issues. I have attended last three events. Truly admiring (2012).

                                                   Dr. AR Kidwai, Governor of Haryana                                                                    Sh. Yudhvir Singh, General Secretary, Bhartiya Kisan Union
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                       Dr. Balram Jakhar
                         Governor, MP
                                                   Agriculture Leadership Summit and Leadership Awards is very vibrant event, one of                     Farmers in India are in crisis. No one cares. I congratulate Agriculture Today team for
                                                   its kind in agriculture (2008).                                                                       raising farmers issues so powerfully through this Summit (2012).

                                                        Sh. Somnath Chatterjee, Speaker – Lok Sabha                                                               Prof. PK Dhumal, Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh
                            Agriculture Leadership Awards is a powerful concept and the event is amazing. I                              I am attending this program today third time as Chief Minister. Amazing program.
                                                 never expected such high class event in agriculture (2008).                                      So well organised every time. Awardees selection is praiseworthy (2012).
MD                       RG Agrawal
ed                      Chairman, CCFI
                                                   Sh. Tarun Gogoi, Chief Minister, Assam                                                                Sh. Harish Rawat, Union Minister of Water Resources
                                                   I am excited to be part of this important event. I congratulate Agriculture Today                     Agriculture Leadership Summit I find very well organised, every time that I attend.
                                                   team for maintaining such a high standard (2008).                                                     Leadership Awards have maintained very high standards (2012).

                                 Dr. Montek Singh Ahulawalia, Dy. Chairman, Planning Commission                                                                                     Dr. LS Rathore, Director General, IMD
                                Very important agenda of the Summit. The selection of so eminent awardees                                It’s exciting to be part of this summit organised under the leadership of the world’s
ee                 Prof. KL Chadha, President
 RB                Horticulture Society of India       speaks volumes about the class of this event (2009).                                               most important name in agriculture, Prof. MS Swaminathan (2012).

                                                   Dr. Bimal Jalan, MP and former Governor, RBI                                                          Sh. Rajnath Singh, President, Bharatiya Janata Party
                                                   Excellent event with so many important speakers on a variety of subjects, which the                   I have known MJ Khan for the last fifteen years. He is playing seminal role in agricul-
                                                   Summit seeks to address (2009)                                                                        ture, bringing farmers agenda to the national centre-stage (2013).

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                    Dr. Bimal Jalan, MP &
                    former RBI Governor
                                                Dr. KL Chadha, Pioneer of India’s Golden Revolution                                                 Ambassador Dr. Islam Siddiqui, Chief Agriculture Negotiator, US
                        I am associated with this event from the inception. I must say that this event is the                            Its truly amazing program. I do not find this standard of program on agriculture in
                                                        single most important event on agriculture (2009).                                         US or any other country, organised so meticulously year after year (2013).

                                         Sh. UC Sarangi, Chairman, NABARD                                                                                Dr. Amrita Patel, Chairperson, NDDB
                                         Amazing to see so many luminaries from policy makers to farmers and the industry                                Excellent program. Agriculture Today teams deserves all accolades. Thanks to Prof.
 mer ADG                MH Khan, IAS     to institutions and diplomats on one platform (2009).                                                           Swaminathan under whose guidance this program is organised (2013).
) FAO             Director General, CAPART

                                 Sh. Venkiah Naidu, MP and Chairman, PSC on Rural Development                                                      Dr. Jimmy Smith, DG, International Livestock Research Institute
                        I congratulate my friend Dr. MJ Khan and his team for putting together such a high                                   I am so happy to be part of this important program. I also find Agriculture Year
                                                class program, addressing the issues of the farmers (2010).                                               Book an excellent compilation of the articles and analysis (2013).

eyan                   Swami Agnivesh              Sh. Subodh Kant Sahai, Union Minister of Food Processing Industries                                   Sh. Prakash Singh Badal, Chief Minister, Punjab
HRC                    Social Reformer
                                                   In my opinion only Agriculture Today could do this charismatic act of bringing so                     Farmers and agriculture sector needs encouragement and recognition at the na-
                                                   many top speakers at the Summit, year after year (2010).                                              tional level. Agriculture Leadership Awards are filling that gap (2013).

                                                   HE Mr. Jerome Bonnafont, Ambassador of France                                                                      Prof. PJ Kurien, Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha
                       Such a class of event on agriculture is not organised even in developed countries in                                  I am very impressed to see the renowned people from diverse backgrounds at-
 a, Director          Anil Kakkar, CEO Europe or US. The Agriculture Year Book is also outstanding (2010).                                                     tending this program. Awards function is awesome (2014).
Limited             Excel Crop Care Ltd.

                                                   Sh. Shivraj Patil, Governor of Punjab                                                                 Mrs. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, Union Min. of Food Processing Industries
                                                   I have know MJ Khan since the year 1999 and I admire his ability to bring together                    I have been travelling interiors of Punjab and meeting farmers. They need strong
                                                   leaderships from various quarters on farmers issues (2010).                                           voice. I find this program effectively addressing their cause (2014).

mer                       Dr. NB Singh,             Sh. Ajay Jakhar, President, Bharat Krishak Samaj                                                    Prof. Abhishek Mishra, Minister of Science & Technology, UP
lture, GOI       Agriculture Commissioner, GOI
                            Agriculture Leadership Summit is an outstanding program, which addresses key                                  I have been reading about Prof. Swaminathan and used to see his photographs in
                                                          issues concerning farmers year after year (2010).                                        the books. Imagine, how it feels to be with him on this program (2014).

                                             Prof. KV Thomas, Union Minister of Food & Consumer Affairs                                                  Sh. Ashish Bahuguna, Secretary – Agriculture, Government of India
                                             I am here today the 3rd time and each time I am struck by the quality and class of                          I have been seeing the deliberations and recommendations of the Summit since
  IAS              Mr MJ Khan, Chief Editor, the program. It truly represents all in food and agriculture (2011).
                                                                                                                                                         2008 and find them very useful for formulating policy discourse (2014).
 , Maharashtra         Agriculture Today

                                                      Sh. LD Mittal, MD, International Tractors Limited                                  Sh. Suresh Prabhu, as Hon’ble Minister of Commerce
                               I was speaker in the 2009 Agriculture Summit also. I admire this program. The                             I am friend of MJ Khan since I attended his one program on farmers issues in 1998
                                               Agriculture Year Book released today is commendable (2011).                               as Union Environment Minister. What an ability to put together top leaderships
                                                                                                                                         from all walks of life. These programs are awesome. I also wish to congratulate Prof.
                                                   Sh. Salman Khursheed, Union Minister of Law                                           MS Swaminathan, whom we all know as the Father of India’s Green Revolution for
                                                   I do not have much understanding of agriculture but looking at the luminaries         his association and guidance.
                                                   present here it looks most powerful gathering on farmers issues (2011).

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Eminent Speakers at the 10th Global Agriculture Leadership Summit 2017

Prof. MS Swaminathan                   Suresh Prabhu                      Kenneth Quinn                  Parshottam Rupala                     Kadambot Siddique
  Chairman, MS Swaminathan         Hon’ble Minster of Commerce         President, World Food Prize        MoS for Agriculture and        Director, UWA Institute of Agriculture,
 Research Foundation (MSSRF)               and Industry                      Foundation, USA                 Farmers’ Welfare            University of Western Australia, Perth

   Dr. Manjit Mishra              Cristina Rumbaitis Rio                  Pooja Singhal                   Ramesh Deshpande                         R G Agarwal
 Director, Seed Science Centre,    Regional Programme Manager,         Pr. Secretary- Agriculture,        Convener, IAG International,         Chairman, Dhanuka Group
  Lowa State University, USA         Action on Climate Today                   Jharkhand                       Washington DC

    Dr. Bakshi Ram                   Dr. Soumitra Das                      Sanjay Prasad                 Mani Shankar Aiyar                  Om Prakash Dhankad
          Director,                   Director, India Zinc             Pr. Secretary – Agriculture         former Union Minister             Agriculture Minister, Haryana
 Sugarcane Breeding Institute                                                     Gujarat

 Jeremy T. Ouedraogo                H.E. W.H. El Sreihin              prof. Karim Maredia                     Dr. H Rahman                  H.E. Mr. Petko Doykov
Head, African Biosafety Network      SG, African Asian Rural           Director, Africa Partnership       South Asian Director, Intl.     Ambassador of Republic of Bulgaria
  of Expertise, NEPAD, Dakar        Development Organization       Program, Michigan State University   Livestock Research Institution

   Dr. Chakib Jenane                 G. James Gonzalez                       Anil Jauhri                     Arun Bahakoo                 Dr. RajaramTripathi
    Lead agro Economist             Agriculture Counselor, Chile    CEO, National Board of Accredita-   General Secretary, Kisan Manch Convener, All India Farmers Alliance
        World Bank                                                     tion of Certification Bodies

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Recommendations
• Climate impacts on food security is a serious, concern and         • Capacity building through seminars, sessions, strategies
  thus more research is required that directly informs the             and policy formulation with the financial assistance.
  actions needed to tackle food security challenges.                 • Increasing investments from private sector can help in ad-
• Crop Diversification can play a significant role in doubling         dressing many problems in agriculture secor.
  farmers’ income. Farmers should not solely depend on               • Public private partnership is also significant to provide the
  their main crops rather should practice other economic ac-           right business environment to attract capital investment,
  tivities as well, simultaneously, such as animal husbandry,          and ensure that investments support national targets.
  fishery, piggery, goat rearing and etc., so as to earn extra
                                                                     • Building synergy which will reduce multiplicity of frame-
  income.
                                                                       works. The synergy between various markets – Physical,
• Krishi Cabinets at the National & State Levels need to be            Spot, online  & exchanges which help in rightful price dis-
  established                                                          covery for farmer, buyers/traders & processors.
• Time-bound Action Plans for implementing policy and                • Inclusion of insurance component to protect contract fam-
  program reforms in support of Doubling Farm Income by                ers’ interests.
  2022 have to be prepared.
                                                                     • Farm schools and exclusive universities of farm learning
• Credit access can significantly increase farmers’ poten-             needs to be promoted.
  tial to invest in improved technologies and practices and
                                                                     • There should be demand, need and resource based Intel-
  hence can increase their income.
                                                                       ligent Farm planning. Collating research and technology
• Role of RBI and the retail banking system can also be ex-            results and experience would also aid in better farm plan-
  panded to aid in agricultural development.                           ning.
• Agricultural Research, Education and Extension are crucial         • Transferring knowledge about customer and market to the
  areas in today’s agriculture.                                        farmers.
• Zinc deficiency in crops and humans is a global challenge,         • Different crops should have different policy as all crops
  which can be resolved by using zinc fertilizers.                     are different from each other and vary from each other in
• Investing in technology for yielding crops and maintaining           almost all aspects.
  the quality of crops will give a boost to agriculture sector       • India should take a decision on Genetically Modified
  in the coming years.                                                 crops

                              Awardees of Agriculture Leadership Awards 2017
    Special Achievement        Mr.Manohar Lal,                       Development                    Dr. Bakshi Ram,
    Award                      Chief Minister, Haryana State         Leadership                     Director, Sugarcane Breeding
                                                                                                    Institute, Coimbatore
    Policy Leadership          Mr. K. Chandrasekhar Rao,
                               Chief Minister, Telangana State       Business Leadership            Dr. PV Mohan Rao,
                                                                     Award                          Chairman, Pasura Group,
    Research Leadership        Prof. Kadambot Siddiqui,                                             Hyderabad
                               Director, Institute of Agriculture,
                               Western Australia University,         Extension Leadership           Dr. SK Patil,
                               Perth                                 Award                          Vice Chancellor, IGKVV, Raipur
    Academic Leadership        Dr. Manjit Mishra,                    Lifetime Achievements Prof. RB Singh,
                               Director, Seed Centre, IOWA                                          Chancellor, Central Agriculture
                               State University, USA                                                University
    Farming Leadership         Dr. Gazalla Amin,                     Global Trade and               Dr. PK Joshi,
                               Farmer of Medicinal Plants            Policies                       South Asia Director,
                               and President, J&K Women                                             International Food Policy
                               Entrepreneurs Chamber,                                               Research Institute, Washington
                               Srinagar                                                             DC
    Agribusiness               IB Group, Chhattisgarh                Best Animal                    Government of Andhra Pradesh
    Leadership                                                       Husbandry State
    CSR Leadership             DCM Shriram Limited                   Best Horticulture State Government of Chhattisgarh
    Corporate Leadership       Mahindra Agri Solutions Limited       African Development            Dr. Ibrahim Mayaki,
                                                                     Award                          Chief of NEPAD (African Union
                                                                                                    Agency) and former Prime
    Entrepreneur               Mr. Suresh Agarwal,                                                  Minister, Niger
    Leadership                 MD, Bejo Sheetal Seeds P.
                               Ltd., Jalna.                          International                  Ambassador Kenneth Quinn,
                                                                     Leadership Award               President, World Food Prize
    Livelihood Leadership      Africa Asia Rural Development                                        Foundation, USA
                               Organisation (AARDO)

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GLOBAL Agriculture Leadership Summit 2016
    GLOBAL Agriculture Leadership Awards 2016

                   Sponsors

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Eminent Speakers at the 9th Global Agriculture Leadership Summit 2016

      Ananth Kumar                  Brij Mohan Agarwal              Om Prakash Dhankar                  Yudhvir Singh                      Dr. Purvi Mehta
    Hon’ble Union Minister of       Hon’ble Agriculture Minister,   Hon’ble Agriculture Minister,        General Secretary,          Head – Agriculture, South Asia, Bill &
    Chemicals and Fertilizers               Chhattisgarh                     Haryana                    Bhartiya Kisan Union              Melinda Gates Foundation

      Salil Singhal                     KB Chaudhary                    Ashok Dalwai                      Dr. MH Mehta                        Dr. Ajit Kumar
    CMD, PI Industries Limited      President, Bhartiya Krishak        Additional Secretary –        Chairman, GLS Biotech P. Ltd.          Vice Chancellor, NIFTEM
                                               Samaj                      Agriculture, GOI

    Dr. Steven D.Hansen              H.E. Dr. M. Isaac Munlo        Wassfi H. El-Sreihin            Martien van Nieuwkoop               Dr. Rasha Omar
Vice Provost and Dean, International High Commissioner of Malawi       SG, Asia Africa Rural         Practice Manager – Asia, The Country Director, International
 Studies and Programme, Michigan                                     Development Organization         World Bank, Washington DC Funds for Agriculture Development

         Dr. M Moni                  Dr. Shyam Khadka                Ashutosha Sharma                    Ramesh Chand                       Jaideep Bhatia
 Chairman, ICFA Working Group on   Representa-tive for India and      Secretary, Department of          Member of NITI Aayog             Head – Agribusiness, Pepsico
      ICT and ex DG – NIC                 Sri Lanka, FAO               Science & Technology                                                       Holdings

         Anil Jauhri                     Dr. SA Patil                Dr. H Purushottam                Dr. Karim Maredia                    Sanjya Prasad IAS
    CEO, National Accreditation    Chairman, Karnataka Farmers      CMD, National Research and       Professor and Associate Dean,           Pr.Secy, Agriculture,
            Board, QCI                     Commission                   Development Corp               Michigan State University            Government of Gujarat

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Recommendations
• India should take the cause of post harvest crop losses            indefinitely to stake claim to the amount that is rightfully
  seriously. The country loses farm produce worth Rs. One            theirs. Most often the delay occurs due to lack of records
  lakh Crore annually due to lack of post-harvest infrastruc-        on the part of the banks. Banks should maintain data on
  ture. Necessary safeguards must be adopted to stem this            farmers and insurances. They should access digital data
  loss which accounts to 20-25 per cent of the produce.              storage which will help in settling insurance claims.
  Better logistics and cold storage structures should be         •   Priority lending and agriculture status should be accorded
  evolved based on the geographical and agronomic needs.             to Poultry
  Private public partnerships can speed up the process and       •   According the status of ‘skilled workers’ to farm sector
  bring in competitiveness and speed in the execution and            workers which would boost engagement of labour in ag-
  adoption.                                                          riculture. Skilling agriculture is important and can be en-
• Indian politicians should take a stand united against the          hanced by instituting and more diploma programme for
  populist move of loan waivers. The politics of loan waiv-          agriculture sector workers.
  ers have been ruining the agriculture of the country and       •   Brand India needs to be established in food and agricul-
  promoting the culture of non-repayment of loans.                   ture. The current level of 44.5 billion USD exports can be
• Bringing focus on pulses and millets cultivation. India            doubled in the next 5 years. We need to globally position
  should think ahead of food grains and promote crop di-             Indian food and agri produce such as North Eastern region
  versification. India is expected to produce around 18-21           as Organic Zone,Spices of Kerala, Cardamom of Sikkim,
  million tonnes (mt) of pulses till 2016-17, while demand           Mango of Malihabad, Orange of Nagpur, Kashmiri Apples,
  is projected to touch around 22 mt in the next few years.          Bihari Litchies and Ratnagiri Mangoes Tea of Darjeeling
  The widening gap between demand and supply can be                  and Nilgiris, Saffron of Kashmir…and so on and promoting
  gulfed by bringing more land under pulse cultivation. Puls-        Geographic Appellation.
  es and Millets both are nutritiously superior to cereals and   •   India needs to establish Commodity Boards for taking
  can be cultivated on marginal lands. Thus India can beat           the Brand India to global markets. Stake-holders driven
  the twin challenges of food and nutritional security.              Commodity Boards on the pattern of California Walnuts,
• Banks should expeditiously settle insurance claims. In the         Washington Apples, Canola Association of Canada or the
  face of crop loss, the farmers must not be allowed to wait         Australian Wheat Board, American Soybean

                              Awardees of Agriculture Leadership Awards 2016
 1. Farming Leadership         l Dr. Allah Rang, Chairman,       14. International               l Dr. Karim Maredia, Director
 Award                         Biocarve Seeds Farm, Patiala      Leadership Award                – World Technology Access
                                                                                                 Program, Michigan State
 2. Extension                  l Dr. SA Patil, Chairman, Kar-                                    University, USA
 Leadership Award              nataka Farmers Commission
                                                                 15. Global Trade and            l Dr. MaharajMuthoo,
 3. Young Achiever             l SudhanshuJangir, Head- In-      Policies Award                  President, Roman Forum,
 Award                         dia Operations, Axereal Group,                                    Rome
                               France
                                                                 16. Commodity                   l Mr. Vijay Sardana, Global
 4. Women Leadership           l Dr. VibhaDhawan, Execu-         Business Award                  Expert on Food Business and
 Award                         tive Director – TERI and Vice                                     Commodities
                               Chancellor, TERI University
                                                                 17. Special                     l Dr. Gurbachan Singh,
 5. Research                   l Indian Institute of Sugarcane   Achievements Award              Chairman, ASRB
 Leadership Award              Research, Lucknow
                                                                 18. Program                     l Department of Agriculture,
 6. Academic                   l Bihar Agriculture University,   Leadership Award                Government of Tamil Nadu
 Leadership Award              Sabhour
                                                                 19. Best Agriculture            l LakhimpurKheri, Uttar
 7. Development                l Dr. SK Malhotra, Agriculture
                                                                 District Award                  Pradesh
 Leadership Award              Commissioner, GOI
                                                                 20. Best Fisheries              l The State of Chhattisgarh
 8. Entrepreneur               l Tropical Agro Systems India
                                                                 State Award
 Leadership Award              Private Limited, Chennai
                                                                 21. Best Animal                 The State of Punjab
 9. Livelihood                 l Sehgal Foundation,
                                                                 Husbandry State
 Leadership Award              Gurgaon
                                                                 22. Best Horticulture The State of Haryana
 10. Agribusiness              l Pepsico India Holdings P.
                                                                 State Award
 Leadership Award              Limited
                                                                 23. Best Agriculture            The State of Odisha
 11. CSR Leadership            l Tata Consultancy Services
                                                                 State Award
 Award
                                                                 24. Life Time                   Sh. Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata
 12. Industry                  l DuPont India Private Limited
                                                                 Achievements Award              Group
 Leadership Award
                                                                 25. Policy Leadership           Sh. Shivraj Singh Chouhan,
  13. Corporate                l Cargill India Limited           Award                           Chief Minister, Madhya
10Leadership Award                                                                               Pradesh
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 Agriculture Leadership Awards 2015

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Eminent Speakers at the 8th Agriculture Leadership Summit 2015

    Rajnath Singh                     M. Venkaiah Naidu                  Prof. KS Solanki                Siraj Hussain                 H.E. Mr. Alphonsus
Hon’ble Union Home Minister           Hon’ble Union Minister of      Hon’ble Governor of Haryana &    Agriculture Secretary, GoI             Stoelinga
                                         Urban Development                       Punjab                                            Hon’ble Ambassador of Netherlands

   Salil Singhal                           Dr. S.K. Goel                   KB Chaudhary                    Ajay Singh                Om Prakash Dhankar
 CMD, PI Industries Limited        International Water Management      President, Bhartiya Krishak        APC, Chhattisgarh             Hon’ble Agriculture
                                               Institute                          Samaj                                                 Minister of Haryana

      Dr. ShamanurU                      Dr. H. P. Singh                     P. L. Thanga                 ravi verma                     Kapil Mehan
   Shivashankarappa                   Director, Jain Irrigations     Vice Chairman of Mizoram State     Member of Parliament        MD, Advenz India Limited
Horticulture Minister, Karnataka          Systems Pvt Ltd.                 Planning Commission

  Anand Mishra, IAS                  Dr. H. Purushotham               Ashish Bahuguna IAS               Rajneesh Gupta                    Rohtash Mal
   APC and Addl. CS, UP            Chairman & Managing Director,          Chairman, FSSAI                Pr. Secretary - AH,            CMD, EM3 Agri Services
                                              NRDC                                                       Government of UP                     Pvt. Limited

   GB Soundarajan                       Ramesh Rawal                     Siraj Chaudhary                Gopal Agrawal                       R.S. Sodhi
     MD, Suguna Food                Executive Vice President, BAIF             Chairman                National Spokesman, BJP         Managing Director, AMUL
                                                                            Cargill India Ltd

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Recommendations
• India should take the cause of post harvest crop losses             will help in employment generation, entrepreneurship
  seriously. The country loses farm produce worth Rs. One             development, increased profits to farmers and safe and
  lakh Crore annually due to lack of post-harvest infrastruc-         healthy food to consumers. Investments in food process-
  ture. Necessary safeguards must be adopted to stem this             ing sector have multiplying benefits for all, and hence a
  loss which accounts to 20-25 per cent of the produce.               major boost by policy and resources allocation need to be
  Better logistics and cold storage structures should be              given to the processing sector. Incentives through appro-
  evolved based on the geographical and agronomic needs.              priate tax structure should be such that agro-processing,
  Private public partnerships can speed up the process and            especially in the rural areas, becomes a lucrative option
  bring in competitiveness and speed in the execution and             both for the farmers and the private sector.
  adoption.                                                       •   Priority lending and agriculture status should be accorded
• Indian politicians should take a stand united against the           to Poultry
  populist move of loan waivers. The politics of loan waiv-       •   Digitization of land records for securing the interests of
  ers have been ruining the agriculture of the country and            small farmers.
  promoting the culture of non-repayment of loans.                •   According the status of ‘skilled workers’ to farm sector
• Bringing focus on pulses and millets cultivation. India             workers which would boost engagement of labour in ag-
  should think ahead of food grains and promote crop di-              riculture. Skilling agriculture is important and can be en-
  versification. India is expected to produce around 18-21            hanced by instituting and more diploma programme for
  million tonnes (mt) of pulses till 2016-17, while demand            agriculture sector workers.
  is projected to touch around 22 mt in the next few years.       •   Brand India needs to be established in food and agricul-
  The widening gap between demand and supply can be                   ture. The current level of 44.5 billion USD exports can be
  gulfed by bringing more land under pulse cultivation. Puls-         doubled in the next 5 years. We need to globally position
  es and Millets both are nutritiously superior to cereals and        Indian food and agri produce such as North Eastern region
  can be cultivated on marginal lands. Thus India can beat            as Organic Zone,Spices of Kerala, Cardamom of Sikkim,
  the twin challenges of food and nutritional security.               Mango of Malihabad, Orange of Nagpur, Kashmiri Apples,
• Banks should expeditiously settle insurance claims. In the          Bihari Litchies and Ratnagiri Mangoes Tea of Darjeeling
  face of crop loss, the farmers must not be allowed to wait          and Nilgiris, Saffron of Kashmir…and so on and promoting
  indefinitely to stake claim to the amount that is rightfully        Geographic Appellation.
  theirs. Most often the delay occurs due to lack of records      •   India needs to establish Commodity Boards for taking
  on the part of the banks. Banks should maintain data on             the Brand India to global markets. Stake-holders driven
  farmers and insurances. They should access digital data             Commodity Boards on the pattern of California Walnuts,
  storage which will help in settling insurance claims.               Washington Apples, Canola Association of Canada or the
• Linking farms with markets and adding value at each stage           Australian Wheat Board, American Soybean

                              Awardees of Agriculture Leadership Awards 2015
 1. Life Time              l Raju D. Shroff, Chairman, UPL        11. Development            l BAIF Development Research
 Achievements              Group                                  Leadership Award           Foundation
 Award                     l Dr. S Ayyappan, Director Gen-
                           eral, ICAR                             12. Industry               l Jain Irrigation Systems Limited
                                                                  Leadership Award
 2. International          l Alphonsus Stoelinga, Ambassa-
 Leadership Award          dor of Netherlands to India            13. Livelihood             l MS Swaminathan Research
                                                                  Leadership Award           Foundation
 3. Policy                 l AkhileshYadav, Chief Minister,
 Leadership Award          Uttar Pradesh                          14. Women                  l Dr. Gurinderjit Randhawa, Pr.
                                                                  Leadership Award           Scientist, NBPGR
 4. CSR Leadership         l Zuari Agro Chemicals Limited
 Award                                                            15. Farming                l Dr. Narayan Chawda, Hi Tech
                                                                  Leadership Award           horticulture Farmer, Raipur
 5. Best Agriculture       l State of Chhattisgarh
 State Award                                                      16. Young Scientist        l Dr. Neeru Bhooshan, Pr. Scien-
                                                                  Award                      tist, IARI
 6. Extension              l Indian Society of Agribusiness
 Leadership Award          Professionals                          17. Best                   l State of Karnataka
                                                                  Horticulture State
 7. Research               l Dr. KM Bujarbaruah, Vice Chan-       Award
 Leadership Award          cellor, Assam Agriculture University
                                                                  18. Cooperative            l Anand Milk Cooperative Union
 8. Agribusiness           l AdaniAgrifresh Ltd                   Leadership Award           (AMUL)
 LeadershipAward
                                                                  19. Program                l Department of Agriculture, Gov-
 9. Entrepreneur           l National Institute of Food           Leadership Award           ernment of Tamil Nadu
 Leadership Award          Technology Entrepreneurship and
                           Management
                                                                  20. Best Animal            l State of Uttar Pradesh
  10. Banking              l Punjab National Bank                 Husbandry State
14Leadership Award                                                Award
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Eminent Speakers at the 7th Agriculture Leadership Summit 2014

Prof. MS Swaminathan                 Harsimrat Kaur Badal                Ashish Bahuguna                    Suresh Prabhu            Jean Marc Sere Charlet
  Chairman, MS Swaminathan             Hon’be Minister of Food            Secretary Agriculture,      Chairman, High Power Committee Minister Counsellor and Deputy
 Research Foundation (MSSRF)            Processing Industries             Government of India                    on Energy            Ambassador of France in India

      Dr. MH Mehta                        Dr. P.K. Agarwal                  Anil Kakkar                      Dr. HS Gupta             Dr. Etienne Duveiller
     Chairman, Gujarat Life          International Water Management           Vice President              DG, Borlaug Institute of         Regional Director
       Sciences Limited                          Institute               Excel Crop Care Limited                South Asia                     CIMMYT

  Dr. Pratap Narayan                  Dr. PVS Surya Kumar                    Dr. M Moni                  Dr. G Ramamohan                    Ashok Khosla
       Former DG, FAI                   Chief General Manager                former DG, NIC                     Director             International Agribusiness Expert
                                               NABARD                                                    Monsanto India Limited

     Dr. Purvi Mehta                    Dr. AK. Srivastava                  Kapil Mehan                    Dr. Anup Kalra                   Freddy Svane
Director-South Asia, International          Director, National        Managing Director, Coromandel              CEO                       Hon’ble Ambassador
  Livestock Research Institute          Dairy Research Institute          International Limited             Ayurvet Limited               Royal Danish Embassy

        Alok Sinha                         Vijay Sardana                 Siraj Chaudhary                  Dr. William Dar                     SK Makhija
       former Chairman,                   Vice President-Food &                Chairman                     Director General           Vice President, Jain Irrigation
   Food Corporation of India            Agribusiness, UPL Limited           Cargill India Ltd                   ICRISAT                      Systems Limited

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Recommendations
       Policy Prioritization and Specific Interventions for
    Doubling Production and Creating Jobs and in Farm Sector
• As per the UNDP report, investment in agriculture is 3        will revolutionize the rural economy and creates over
  times more effective in poverty alleviation than any oth-     10 million jobs in rural areas and   add to an estimated
  er sector. Therefore the Budgetary allocations to agri-       Rs. 2.0 lac crore of additional farm output through in-
  culture need to be enhanced to Rs. 60,000 crores, from        creased farm growth, more value addition and improved
  the current level of Rs. 34,000 crores.                       market linkages.
• Agriculture in India has more job creating potential than   • Brand India need to be established in food and agricul-
  the Services and the Industry put together. While the         ture. The current level of 44.5 billion USD exports can
  jobs creation in the industry and the services sector is      be doubled in the next 5 years. We need to globally posi-
  done primarily by the industry, in agriculture the Gov-       tion Indian food and agri produce such as North Eastern
  ernmental interventions are playing major role. Agro pro-     region as Organic Zone, Spices of Kerala, Cardamom of
  cessing at the village level needs to be promoted under       Sikkim, Mango of Malihabad, Orange of Nagpur, Kash-
  entrepreneurship with 50% subsidy to rural youths for         miri Apples, Bihari Litchies and Ratnagiri Mangoes Tea
  setting up basic level processing units under Rs. 2.0         of Darjeeling and Nilgiris, Saffron of Kashmir…and so on
  crore sizes.                                                  and promote Geographic Appellation. India needs to es-
• A National Mission on Post Harvest Management under           tablish Commodity Boards for taking the Brand India to
  the Ministry of FPI with an outlay of Rs. 2000 crores         global markets. Stake-holders driven Commodity Boards
  needs to be launched to spread the awareness at the           on the pattern of California Walnuts, Washington Ap-
  farmers’ level towards reducing the wastages through          ples, Canola Association of Canada or the Australian
  adoption of simple practices or technologies. India           Wheat Board, American Soybean Association etc. need
  wastes farm produce post harvest to the tune of 8% -          to be established.
  22%, which amounts to an estimated value loss of more       • Creating a cadre of Foreign Agriculture Services and ap-
  than Rs. 1.0 lakh crores. With a national expenditure of      pointing agriculture trade counsellors in all the countries
  just two per cent, over 20 per cent reduction in losses       with agri/food trade potential, as is done by US. This
  could be achieved, giving a 1:10 Cost Benefits Ratio.         will substantially boost agri trade. The Ag Counsellors
• An ambitious Rural Business Hubs model need to be             can be mandated the task of monitoring global prices,
  implemented, which will operate on a national platform        demand and supply, trade flows, tariffs and policies on
  and establish 2.40 lac multi-functional rural business        food and agriculture; and facilitate cooperation between
  hubs in all the Gram Panchayats of the country. This          India and different countries.

                             Awardees of Agriculture Leadership Awards 2014
 1. Policy                l Shri. Sharad Pawar, President,    12. Environment          l ITC Limited
 Leadership Award         NCP                                 Leadership Award
 2. Programme             l Department of Agriculture, Gov-   13. Entrepreneur         l Dr. C Rajendra Kumar, Godavari
 Leadership Award         ernment of Tamil Nadu               Leadership Award         Polymers Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad
 3. Research              l Dr. KML Pathak, DDG Animal        14. Extension            l National Institute of Agriculture
 Leadership Award         Sciences, ICAR                      Leadership Award         Extension Management
 4. Academic              l National Academy of Agri Re-      15. Women                l Dr. Indu Sharma Director, Direc-
 Leadership Award         search Management                   Leadership Award         torate of Wheat Research, Karnal
 5. Development           l UP Agriculture Marketing Board    16. Soil Health          l Excel Crop Care Limited
 Leadership Award                                             Leadership Award
 6. International         l Dr. Thomas Lumpkin DG,            17. Young Scientist      l Dr. Ram Asrey, Prinicpal Scien-
 Leadership Award         CIMMYT, Mexico                      Award                    tist, Division of Food Science and
                                                                                       Prof. Post Harvest Technology,
 7. Industry              l Ayurvet Limited                                            IARI
 Leadership Award
                                                              18. CSR Leadership l Sir Dorabji Tata Trust
 8. Corporate             l Coromandel International          Award
 Leadership Award         Limited
                                                              19. Life Time            l Dr. William Dar, Director Gen-
 9. State Horticulture l State of Uttarakhand                 Achievements             eral, ICRISAT
 Leadership Award                                             Award                    l Mr. Salil Singhal Chairman and
 10. State                l State of Gujarat                                           Managing Director, P.I. Industries
 Agriculture                                                                           Limited
 Leadership Award                                             20. Agribusiness         l National Centre for Cold Chain
                                                              Leadership Award         Development
1811. Farming
  Leadership Award
                          l Sh. RPS Gandhi Stevia farmer,
                          Punjab
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Eminent Speakers at the 6th Agriculture Leadership Summit 2013

        K.S. Rao                Prof. MS Swaminathan            Ambassador Islam Siddiqui             Dr. Jimmy Smith           Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi
Hon’ble Minister of Textiles      Chairman, MS Swaminathan        US Chief Agriculture Negotiator    Director General of ILRI    Hon’ble MP and former Union
                                 Research Foundation (MSSRF)                                                                               Minister

  Dr. S.K. Goel, IAS               Dr. Purvi Mehta                     Suresh Prabhu                     M.J. Saxena                    T.R. Kesavan
  Agriculture Production            Asia Director, ILRI               former Union Minister             Managing Director                 TAFE Limited
Commissioner, Maharashtra                                                                                 Ayurvet Ltd.

    R.G. Agarwal                   Prof K.V. Thomas                    Dr. K.L. Chadha               Dr. Rajiv Varshney           Garry de la Pomerai
        Chairman,                Hon’ble Minister of Food and                President                  Principal Scientist        Technical Director, Magnetic
 Dhanuka Agritech Limited              Consumer Affairs            Horticultural Society of India            ICRISAT                 Technologies L.L.C. Dubai

  Sandeep Saxena                    Dr. Anis Ansari                   K.B. Chowdhary                   Yudhvir Singh              Om Prakash Dhankad
  Agriculture Production              Vice Chancellor,                       President                General Secretary, BKU         Head BJP Kisan Cell
 Commissioner, Tamil Nadu            KGNUPF University                Bhartiya KrishakSamaj

 Dr. R.K. Kusumaria               Prakash Javdekar                     Allan Mustard                  Javier Paulinich                    M.J. Khan
Hon’ble Agriculture Minister,   Hon’ble Member of Parliament      Minister Counsellor Agriculture,     Ambassador of Peru                 Chief Editor
      Madhya Pradesh                    Rajya Sabha                        US Embassy                                                   Agriculture Today
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Recommendations of
       6th Agriculture Leadership Summit
l Government should fund the launch of two dedicat-               and safe and healthy food to consumers. Invest-
  ed 24 hours TV channels in Hindi and in English and             ments in food processing sector have multiplying
  one each in regional languages to empower farm-                 benefits for all, and hence a major boost by policy
  ers and rural masses on farming systems, technolo-              and resources allocation need to be given to the
  gies, markets, agribusiness opportunities and rural             processing sector. Incentives through appropriate
  services. This will catalyse growth in farm sector,             tax structure should be such that agro-processing,
  open new windows of opportunities and create                    especially in the rural areas, becomes a lucrative
  self-employment in rural areas.                                 option both for the farmers and the private sector.

l Political class must come together to declare its            l Increasing agricultural productivity is a key chal-
  total commitment to the farm sector and farmers                lenge for ensuring national food security. To in-
  welfare by doubling allocations to agriculture year            crease production, exploiting the potential of ex-
  after year for next 5 years; implementing MS Swa-              isting yield gaps offers tremendous opportunity.
  minathan headed Farmers Commission; bringing ag-               Hence, a Mission Mode Program on “Bridging the
  riculture under the concurrent list of the Constitu-           Productivity Gap” with real missionary zeal and ef-
  tion; declaring Pantnagar Agriculture University as            fective monitoring is required to be launched with
  India’s 1st International University and compulsory            meticulous planning as a matter of priority. For this,
  one hour debate in Parliament on farmers issues.               existing technology dissemination system needs
                                                                 to be revitalized and tuned to meet the emerging
l Creating a Task Force under Planning Commission                needs of farmers.
  to launch a National Mission on ICT applications
  in Agriculture for Extension services; Information           l For farmers to realize better prices for their pro-
  and database management and Market connectiv-                  duce, markets need to open up to multiple agen-
  ity. This will bring about a revolution in farm sector         cies to engage and compete. Therefore the pro-
  and transform Indian agriculture.                              curements need to be opened up and movement
                                                                 of food grains to be freed. Agriculture marketing
l Linking farms with markets and adding value at each            reforms should therefore be carried by states and
  stage will help in employment generation, entrepre-            model mandi laws to be formulated to help farmers
  neurship development, increased profits to farmers             find better markets and better prices.
                            Awardees of Agriculture Leadership Awards 2013
 1. Policy             l Sardar Prakash Singh Badal, CM,       11. State            l State of Tamil Nadu
 Leadership Award      Punjab                                  Agriculture
                                                               Leadership Award
 2. Programme          l Sh. Pawan Chamling, CM, Sikkim
 Leadership Award                                              12. Farming          l Shri Sanjay Maganlal Naik
                                                               Leadership Award
 3. Research           l National Dairy Research Institute
 Leadership Award                                              13. Extension        l IFFCO Limited
                                                               Leadership Award
 4. Academic           l Central Institute of Fisheries Edu-
 Leadership Award      cation, Mumbai                          14. Women            l Dr. Purvi Mehta-Bhatt, Head of
                                                               Leadership Award     Asia, ILRI
 5. Development        l Indian Overseas Bank
 Leadership Award                                              15. CSR              l Mitsubishi Corporation
                                                               Leadership Award
 6. International      l Ambassador Islam Siddiqui, US
 Leadership Award      Chief Agriculture Negotiator            16. Young            l Dr. Shaik N Meera, Directorate of
                                                               Scientist Award      Rice Research, Hyderabad
 7. Industry           l TAFE Limited, Chennai
 Leadership Award                                              17 Life Time         l Dr. Amrita Patel, Chairman, Na-
 8. Corporate          l P I Industries Limited                Achievements         tional Dairy Development Board
 Leadership Award                                              Award
 9. Entrepreneur       l Afri Ventures Limited                 18. Special          l Shri Rajnath Singh, National
 Leadership Award                                              Achievements         President, BJP
                                                               Award
  10. State            l State of Maharashtra
  Horticulture
22Leadership Award
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Eminent Speakers at the 5th Agriculture Leadership Summit 2012

   Dr. Balram Jakhar                     Balvinder Kumar                   Dr. R.K. Pachauri                Dr. Purvi Mehta                   Allan Mustard
   former Lok Sabha Speaker           Special Secretary- Agriculture,   DG, The Energy & Resources     Head of Asia Region, International     Minister-Counsellor for
                                           Government of India                Institute (TERI)           Livestock Research Institute        Agricultural Affairs, USA

     Arie Veldhuizen                        Dr. Udit Raj                  Ramesh Kanwar                       Harish Rawat                    Dr. Suman Sahai
Counsellor for Agriculture, Nature     Chairman, All India SC/ST          Vice-Chancellor, Lovely         Union Minister of State for           Gene Campaign
and Food Quality of Netherlands          Employees Federation             Professional University                Agriculture

       O.P. Dhankar                  HukumDev Narayan Yadav                 Dr. Kusumaria              Professor Ashok Gulati              Dr. P.L. Gautam
      Head BJP Kisan Cell             Member Parliament and former      Hon’ble Agriculture Minister    Chairman Agriculture Costs & Chairman, Plant Varieties Protection
                                       Union Minister of State for            Madhya Pradesh                 Prices Commission         and Farmers Rights Authority
                                              Agriculture

     Dr. Anil P Joshi                     Prof. P.K. Dhumal              Santosh Bhartiya                      K.P. Mohanan                     Dr. M.J. Khan
          Chairman                        Hon’ble Chief Minister of       Ex MP and Journalist            Hon’ble Agriculture Minister            Chief Editor
           HESCO                             Himachal Pradesh                                                       Kerala                      Agriculture Today

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Key Recommendations of
         5th Agriculture Leadership Summit 2012
l The Summit recommended that                more are needed. Public-private part-      try from the contribution of media. It
farmers are the key stake-holders in         nership has to be increased in all the     was lamented that the media, espe-
all the activities relating to agriculture   functioning.                               cially the electronic media is more fo-
and environment, hence, they should          l If there is a country where live-        cused on portraying pretty faces and
be involved for active participation in      stock is important, it is India, hosting   projecting insignificant aspects of film
all the important activities and policy-     700 million population of livestock        actors and cricketers. Whereas, the
making. More so, there is a needed           and has great socio-economic signifi-      real core issues affecting the whole
for the society to be sensitised about       cance. FAO says, it has many virtues.      nation are not in media’s agenda. It
the importance of agriculture, envi-         There are 100 million people who de-       was therefore recommended that
ronment and allied sectors. Efforts          pend on livestock in India as source       there should be a desirable shift in
should be made on social front that          of income. @5% of agriculture GDP          the policies of TV channels, in public
the dignity of farmer is acknowl-            in this country comes from livestock.      as well as national interest. Suicides
edged and realised and the profes-           Where agriculture growth is at 2.5         by farmers is a big and serious issue.
sion of agriculture must be given its        %, livestock growth is  close to 5%        Whereas, by addressing the factors
due respect by the society, so that          and the demand is growing signifi-         behind suicides, we as Nation can
educated unemployed embrace it as            cantly. India is the largest producer      prevent further suicides.
career option.                               of milk and the largest exporter of        l Global warming and climate change
l Post-harvest losses should be re-          meat. Poultry average production is        should be viewed seriously, in case
viewed and minimised. The govern-            higher than World average. However,        we want the survival of this planet.
ment and the thinkers should analyse         the fact remains that Agriculture and      The Summit warned that 500 million
and examine the prevailing issues of         allied fields like livestock, poultry,     people in South Asia and China are
failures with introspection and then         fishery, and horticulture are the fields   vulnerable to climate change. The
suggest the amelioration in the exist-       which are managed by small scale           Summit prognosticated that if the ex-
ing system and working, so that the          farmers and are small scale driven.        isting trend is not halted, changes in
factors behind the failures are recti-       It was recommended that this entire        climate and the high temperature rise
fied, redressed and removed in the           scenario requires governmental push        that may happen by the end of this
subsequent harvests.                         governmental push.                         century can range from 1.1 degree
l Better coordination between vari-          l Media, especially the electronic         Celsius to 6.4 degree Celsius. The
ous agencies connected to agricul-           media, should play an important role       frequency of the heat wave could in-
ture and allied fields is desired. Each      for the development of agriculture         crease to once in 20 years to once
agency’s role and target should spe-         and allied sectors. The entire society     in two years. Extreme precipitation
cifically be defined but not without         is likely to get back in terms of better   events in the form of heavy rains and
accountability. At the end of the day,       produce if adequate support is given       melting of glaciers are getting more
it should be crystal clear as to what        to farmer. Motivation, training and        frequent and this situation will further
efforts were made by various agen-           counselling can be provided to a large     deteriorate having severe adverse
cies, what was achieved and what             number of farmers across the coun-         impact on agriculture and cropping
                                                                                        cycles.

                                Awardees of Agriculture Leadership Awards 2012
 1. Policy Leadership          l Prof. PK Dhumal, CM, Hi-         9. State Agriculture        l Government of Madhya
                               machal Pradesh                     Leadership                  Pradesh
 2. Research                   l National Bureau of Plant         10. Farming                 l Raja Ram Tripathi, Medicinal
 Leadership                    Genetic Research                   Leadership                  & Aromatic largest farmer
 3. Academic                   l Dr. Kirti Singh, ex Chairman,    11. Extension               l Dr. Jancy Gupta, National
 Leadership                    ASRB                               Leadership                  Dairy Research Institute
 4. Entrepreneur               l Suguna Foods Limited, Coim-      12. Innovation              l IIT Kanpur
 Leadership                    batore                             Leadership
 5. International              l Dr. Ramesh Kanwar, Vice          13. Program                 l Mr. BB Pattanaik, CMD, Cen-
 Leadership                    Chancellor, LPU                    Leadership                  tral Warehousing Corp
 6. Industry                   l New Holland Tractors Limited     14. Development             l State Bank of India
 Leadership                                                       Leadership
 7. CSR Leadership             l Bayer BioSciences Limited        15. Environment             l Indian Oil Corporation Limited
                                                                  Leadership
 8. State Horticulture         l Government of Kerala
 Leadership                                                       16. Young Scientist         l Dr. VB Patel, Prof. Horticul-
                                                                  Award                       ture, Bihar Agriculture University

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                                                                  Achievements                GAU
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Eminent Speakers at the 4th Agriculture Leadership Summit 2011

     Prof KV Thomas                  Prof. MS Swaminathan              Prof YK Alagh                     Dr RK Kusumariya                           BK Sinha
Minister of State for Agriculture,             Pioneer of           former Union Minister and              Agriculture Minister                  Secretary, Ministry
 Consumer Affairs, Food & PD           India’s Green Revolution          Chairman, IRMA                     Madhya Pradesh                      of Rural Development

   Sham Lal Sharma                       Oscar Fernandes                   Sompal                       Dr S Bhattachrjee                         Kapil Mehan
 Horticulture Minister of State          former Union Minister     former Minister of State for            Managing Director                Managing Director, Coromandal
      Jammu and Kashmir                                                    Agriculture                        NERAMAC                           International Limited

      Raul Rebello                         Dr AK Rajput                 Salil Singhal                  Chandrashekar Sahu                       Sanjeev Chopra
    Vice President Strategy               ED, All India Poultry         Managing Director               Hon’ble Agriculure Minister          Joint Secretary Agriculture,
     Initiatives, Axis Bank               Breeders Association         PI Industries Limited                    Chattisgarh                      Government of India

         JS Mishra                       Dr Swapan Dutta                    SK Nanda                       Dr PL Gautam                           Yahel Vilan
       Commisioner KVIC                      DDG CS, ICAR            Secretary of Environment     Chairman, protection of Plant Varieties      Deputy Chief of Mission,
                                                                  & Forest, Government of Gujarat     and Farmers Rights Authority                     Israel

    Dr Rita Sharma                       DR Kaarthikeyan              Dr V Ranga Rao               Dr Madhu Purnima Kishwar                 Dr M j khan
    Member Secretary, NAC                 former CBI Director         CEO of Annadata, ETV            Centre for Study of Developing Chief Editor, Agriculture Today
                                                                                                                 Societies
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Key Recommendations of
           4th Agriculture Leadership Summit 2011
•     Given the plenty of schemes, programmes and poli-                mit recommends that special attention is required to
      cies for agriculture, it is required that they are imple-        promote and develop the live stock sector in India. If
      mented properly. The problem is not lack of policies             given proper attention, this sector can definitely add
      but lack of proper implementation. Also there is a               a lot to the rural economy.
      great need of synergy among the policies. There
      must me be coordination between the state and the            •   The horticulture industry in India has a tremendous
      central government for the better implementation of              potential which has often been underestimated. The
      the policies.                                                    horticulture industry has not received its due atten-
                                                                       tion in all areas of the country. There is a great scope
•     Indian agriculture is in need of more medium and mi-             for this industry in places like the North East. Thus it
      cro policies rather than macro policies. Also there is a         is recommended that special focus is given to areas
      need of policy integration at the grass root level. The          like North Eastern states of the country where the
      agenda of these policies should be welfare and well              horticulture industry can be pushed to great heights
      being of the farmers. The Agriculture Summit thus                with production of exotic fruits like Kiwi.
      recommends that the aim should be increase in the
      income of farmers rather than the mere increase in           •   The government policies often fail to focus on the
      the productivity.                                                small and marginal farmers. The technologies often
                                                                       fail to reach and help them. In the first green revolu-
•     The farmers are the main stakeholder of the agricul-             tion too, this category was not taken into consider-
      ture. Thus it is very important that they are included           ation. But without the growth of the small and mar-
      in each and every act of the agriculture from mar-               ginal farmers, the overall growth of Indian agriculture
      keting to food processing. They must have a hand                 cannot be possible. The Agriculture Summit recom-
      in each and every segment of the agri business. It               mended that special policies must be formulated and
      is thus recommended that the farmers are provided                implemented to help the small and marginal farmers.
      with India as a market and not only his locality or the
      district.                                                    •   There is an urgent and real need of a Second Green
                                                                       Revolution in the country. However unlike the first
•     Given the importance of agriculture in the total In-             green revolution, the second one must focus on the
      dian economy and large number of engagement of                   biodiversity conservation too. To achieve the Second
      rural population, the need to reintegrate crop based             Green Revolution, the summit recommended that the
      agriculture and live stock animal husbandry practices            all areas of agriculture from live stock to wasteland
      have been emphasized. The potential of the live stock            management to food processing need immediate at-
      sector has been grossly underestimated. The sum-                 tention.

                                 Awardees of Agriculture Leadership Awards 2011
    1. International       l APEDA (Ministry of Commerce)         8. State Agricul-      l Government of Karnataka
    Leadership                                                    ture Leadership
    2. Research            l National Research Institute for      9. Farming             l Sh. Ram Sharan Verma, Verma
    Leadership             Equines                                Leadership             Farms, Barabanki

    3. Academic            l Tamilnadu Agriculture University     10. Extension          l ETV Annadata Program
    Leadership                                                    Leadership
    4. Enterpreneurial     l Sh. LD Mittal, Chairman, Sonalika    11. Program            l Sh. JS Mishra, IAS, CEO, KVIC
    Leadership             Tractors Limited                       Leadership
    5. Policy              l Dr. Rita Sharma, Secretary, NAC      12. Development        l Institute of Rural Management,
    Leadership             and former RD Secretary                Leadership             Anand

    6. Corporate           l Jubilant Organosys Limited           13. Environment        l Indian Agriculture Research
    Leadership                                                    Leadership             Institute
                                                                  14. Young              l Dr. AK Singh, Rice Breeder, IARI
    7. State Horticul-     l Government of Jammu & Kashmir
                                                                  Scientist Award
    ture Leadership
                                                                  15. Life Time          l Dr. PL Gautam, Chairman, Na-
                                                                  Achievements           tional Plant Varieties Protection and
                                                                                         Farmers Rights Authority
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 Agriculture Leadership Awards 2010

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Eminent Speakers at the 3rd Agriculture Leadership Summit 2010

  Sh. Shivraj Patil             Prof. PK Dhumal             Sh. Subodh Kant Sahai              H.E. Jerome Bonnafont               Ms. Mabel Rebello
   Governor of Punjab            Chief Minister, HP        Union Minister of Food Processing       Ambassador of France             Member of Parliament

      Uday Singh                      US Jha                    Rahul Dhanuka                     Dr. Vibha Dhawan                Dr. Swapan K. Datta
    President, National           ex CMD RCF Ltd.                Director, Dhanuka                      ED, TERI                            DDG
 Seed Industry Association                                         Agrotech Ltd.                                                       Crops in ICAR

   Prof R. B.Singh              Dr. Suman Sahai                    Atul Anjan                        Ajay Jakhar                          V S Rao
 former Member, National             President               Secretary General, All India        President, Bharat Krishak       former Agriculture Minister of
  Commission on Farmers           Gene Campaign                     Kisan Sabha                            Samaj                        Andhra Pradesh

  Dr. William Dar               Henk Van Duijn                  Dr. Gavin Wall                   M. Venkaiah Naidu                    Naveen Jindal
      DG, ICRISAT                    Agriculture              India Representative, FAO           Member of Parliament               Member of Parliament
                                Counselor, Netherlands

   Suresh Prabhu             HukumDev Narayan Yadav        Mathew C Kunnumkal                       Siraj Hussain                      Dr. S K Nanda
         former                  MP and former Union         Director General, NIRD                   Chairman, FCI            Principal Secretary, Environment &
     Union Minister              Agriculture Minister                                                                            Forests, Government of Gujarat

     dr. mj khan                 Dr. Mohan Kanda             Dr. Jagdish Mittru                     JNL Srivastava                        BK Sinha
       Chief Editor           Member NDMA & former Union      Sr. VP, Bio-Agri division,        former Secretary Agriculture      Secretary, Ministry of Rural
     Agriculture Today            Agriculture Secretary            Avesthagen Ltd                                                         Development
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