By
Samachar Vishesh News
Chandigarh
29th November:- B Thiagarajan,
Joint Managing Director, Blue Star Ltd and also the Chairman of ‘States of
India’ Pavilion, CII Agro Tech India 2018, being organized by the Confederation
of Indian Industry (CII), today announced that the premier industry body will
host the 13th edition of India’s premier integrated Agri
Fair, CII Agro Tech India 2018, at Parade Ground, Sector 17,
Chandigarh, from 1 to 4 December, 2018.
B Thiagarajan, said that CII Agro Tech India 2018 is
India’s premier biennial agro technology and business fair with 195
exhibitors, including 37 foreign exhibitors from as many as 8 countries this
year. “We are proud that countries like Canada, China, Germany, Italy,
Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom and the USA are participatin. He added
that Punjab and Haryana will
be the Host States for the four-day international agricultural expo.
The Union Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Union
Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Agricultural and Processed Food
Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), and the Ministry of Commerce
& Industry, Government of India, are Partner Ministries for CII Agro
Tech India 2018.
Addressing media persons here today, B Thiagarajan said
that the 13th edition of CII Agro Tech India 2018 is one of
the biggest confluences of stakeholders from agriculture and allied sectors. He
is happy to share that Ram Nath Kovind, Hon’ble President of India will
inaugurate the mega international agricultural fair on December 1, at the
Parade Ground. Among other prominent dignitaries who would be attending the
inaugural session include Punjab Governor V P Singh Badnore, Haryana Governor Satyadev
Narain Arya, Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh and Union Food
Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal.
In the last edition of Agro Tech held in 2016, two Heads of the
States, Pranab Mukherjee, Hon’ble President of India and H E Reuven Rivlin,
Hon’ble President of Israel, had come together to inaugurate the fair.
He added that the coming together of 8 countries makes CII
Agro Tech India 2018 a truly international platform to showcase
agricultural advancement. It highlights the growing importance of agriculture
and food processing sector in India as well as the fact that CII Agro Tech
India is becoming a global platform.
He said that CII has adopted the theme ‘Technology in
Agriculture: Increasing Farmers Income’ for CII Agro Tech India 2018,
as CII is focusing on Technology Intervention in a big way during this edition.
B. Thiagarajan said that CII Agro India is known for ‘best’ and
the ‘next’ in agriculture, food and livestock. He said the fair will showcase
and demonstrate innovative solutions, besides forging national and
international business partnerships and display of state-of-the-art equipment.
Giving the fair details he said the exhibition will be spread
over 16,000 sqm and there will be domestic exhibitors from 14 states with two
special pavilions of States of India and International. More than 40,000
farmers are expected to visit the fair which would also comprise Kisan
Goshthees and international conferences. He further elaborated, there will be
concurrent shows including, Good Earth, Food Expo, Food Tech, Farm Tech, Dairy
and Livestock, Implementex, Farm Services and Irrigation and Water.
Giving details of CII Agro Tech India 2018, Sanjay Chhabra, Chairman, Good Earth, CII
Agro Tech India 2018 & President & Business Head Shriram Farm Solutions
DCM Shriram Ltd shared that this edition
of CII Agro Tech event will play a pivotal role in creating a common platform
for the farmer community to engage with the industry to explore, learn and
adopt new and emerging technologies and farming practices aimed at improving
overall productivity and consequently rural income. Apart from large domestic
participation, this year CII Agro Tech 2018 has significant presence
of international players in food processing and agriculture sector. We
have also envisaged several theme-based conferences & country specific
sessions to build capacity and capability in Indian Farming Sector.
Sanjay Chhabra said that CII has also scheduled a round table with progressive farmers on doubling farmers’ income. The objective
is to come out with a roadmap and clear action plan for all the stakeholders to
work towards achieving the vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister India to double the
farmers’ income in next 5 years.
He further added that UK is a partner country at CII Agrotech
this year. Some of the products and services that will be launched at the show
includes electronic smart watering systems; environmentally safe water
disinfectants that keep irrigation and water lines free from harmful bacteria;
kits that can detect Tuberculosis and Johne’s disease from cow’s milk samples;
pig genetics; bovine sexed and conventional genetics; agricultural software
enterprise platforms; consultancy services on refrigeration, cold storage,
factory design and precision agriculture; sustainable cooling solutions that
can prolong shelf life of products; and sustainable packaging solutions.
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