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TNTDPC to organise AgroCon ’14 on December 19 at Hotel Hilton, Chennai
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Thursday, 18 December, 2014, 08 : 00 AM [IST]
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Our Bureau, Bengaluru
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fiogf49gjkf0d The Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) Tamil Nadu Technology Development and Promotion Centre (TNTDPC) would organise AgriCon 2014, the third edition of the conference on farm mechanisation and post-harvest technologies on December 19, 2014 at Hotel Hilton, Chennai.
With the increasing commercialisation of agriculture, farm mechanisation has been helpful in bringing about a significant improvement in agricultural productivity. The factors that justify the strengthening of farm mechanisation in the country can be numerous.
The present trend in agricultural mechanisation is for high-capacity machines through custom hiring and for contractual field operations. The pace of farm mechanisation in the country accelerated with the manufacture of agricultural equipment by the local industries.
However, the mechanisation of horticulture, plantation crops and commercial agriculture is yet to be introduced in India. This calls for developing appropriate technologies for mechanisation.
In this regard, the conference attempts to support this growth and understand the trends in farm mechanisation and post-harvest management. It aims to focus on key growth parameters like technology innovation, new products, new markets, next-generation technology and implications for allied industries.
The conference aims to cover four areas. The first session would be on water and soil management; the second would be on emerging technologies in mechanised agriculture, the third would be on post-harvest technology, and the fourth would be on smart farming concepts.
Tamil Nadu agriculture minister S S Krishnamoorthy would deliver the inaugural address at the conference.
The speakers include Ashish Bahuguna, secretary, Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture; Dr K Ramasamy, vice-chancellor, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University; Satish Nadiger, managing director and chief executive officer, John Deere India; Sridar Narayanswami, managing director, Emerson Climate Technologies; Anil Kumar Menon, managing director, GEA Farm Technologies; Rakesh Malhotra, managing director, New Holland Fiat (India); Dinesh Khanna, director (marketing and sales), KSB Pumps; Arvind Kumar, managing director and chief executive officer, Lemken India Agro Equipment; P Sudhir Kumar, vice-president, Frick India, Dr S Narayanan, senior vice-president, Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd; Lt Col Venkat Bollapragada, associate vice-president and zonal head - south, Kirloskar Brothers Ltd; Ramachandran Sridhar, whole-time director, Shriram Capital Ltd; Randhir Chauhan, managing director, Netafim Irrigation India Pvt Ltd; Gurmeet Singh Grewal, country head, Kubota Agricultural Machinery India Pvt Ltd; T R Kesavan, chief operating officer, TAFE; D Jayavijayan, managing director, Southern Agro Engines; Gopinath Koneti, executive vice-president and head, South India, Food and Agribusiness Strategic Advisory and Research (FASER), YES Bank; Rajesh Urkude, mKrishi, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), and Prabhu Shankar, managing director, IAC Agro Engineering.
About 200 senior management personnel, representing industry leaders; senior executives of leading manufacturers of agriculture machinery companies; agro-based companies; agricultural universities; Central universities and labs; fresh produce exporters; progressive farmers; retail chains and government agencies are expected to attend this conference.
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