With almost a 1.32 billion population, India needs a robust, modernized agriculture sector to ensure the nutritional food security for its population. In order to meet the food requirement of the nation, the agricultural productivity and its growth needs to be sustained and further improved. Crop protection industry play a significant role in this and working hard in Research & Development, Technology Transfer by providing latest innovations to the farmers and helping to achieve the Honorable Prime Minister’s agenda of “Doubling Farmers’ Income by 2022” and “Nutritional Food Security” for the nation.
There is also a remarkable share of non – genuine pesticide in Indian market, which can be illegal, counterfeit, spurious, adulterated or sub – standard. These products are unable to control the pests or control them efficiently and may cause considerable harm to soil and environment as well as production loss. The damage by these spurious products is multifold.
The issue of spurious or counterfeit pesticides as also its adverse impact on the national economy needs to be highlighted and for this purpose Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) with the help of Department of Chemicals & Petrochemicals and Department of Agriculture Cooperation & farmers Welfare, Government of India is organizing a Round Table Meeting on “Supporting Farmers with Quality Crop Protection Products : Challenges and Opportunities” on 15th February, 2019 at Hotel Le – Meridian, Windsor Place, Janpath, New Delhi.
The meeting will have the participation of all stakeholders including policy makers, industry, farmers and academia. It will discuss various challenges, opportunities and encourage quality crop protection products.
Program Schedule
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0930-1030 hrs
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Registration
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1030-1145 hrs
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“Inaugural session”
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1030-1035 hrs
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Moderation and Remarks by: Shri RG Agarwal, Chairman FICCI- Sub Committee on Crop Protection Chemicals and Group Chairman, Dhanuka Agritech Ltd.
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1035-1040 hrs
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Welcome Remarks by: Shri Deepak C Mehta, Chairman FICCI Committee on Chemicals and Chairman & Managing Director, Deepak Nitrite Ltd. |
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1040 -1050 hrs
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Presentation by Dr. C.D. Mayee, Former Chairman, Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board (ASRB)
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1050 -1100 hrs
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Presentation by Rep of Ernst & Young
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1100 -1110 hrs
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Special Address by: Shri P Raghavendra Rao, Secretary, Chemicals & Petrochemicals, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt. of India
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1110 -1120 hrs
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Keynote Address by: Shri Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, Dept. of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India
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1120- 1140 Hrs
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Inaugural Address by: Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India
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1145 -1215 Hrs
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Media Briefing and Business Networking Tea
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1215-1330 hrs
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Technical Session I: Building a Robust Regulatory Environment for Crop Protection Chemicals in India Chairperson: Dr S.K. Malhotra, Agriculture Commissioner, Dept. of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India Speakers: 1. Dr Rajesh Malik, 2.Crop Life 3. Farmer Body Representative Open House Discussion |
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1330-1430 hrs
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Business Networking Lunch
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1430-1545hrs
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Technical Session II: Role of Technology in Ensuring Qualitative Crop Protection Products. Chairperson: Shri Samir Kumar Biswas, Joint Secretary (Chemicals), Dept. of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt. of India Speakers: 1. Mr. D’Arcy Quinn, Director, CropLife International 2. Mr. David Penna, Asia Pacific Stewardship Lead, FMC Corporation 3. Mr. C.S. Jeena, Secretary, Authentication Solution Providers’ Association (ASPA) Open House Discussion |
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1545 -1600 Hrs
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Business Networking Tea
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1600 -1715 Hrs
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Technical Session III: Ensuring a Strong Enforcement Environment to Address the Issue of Declining Quality of Crop Protection Chemicals Chairperson: Shri Atish Chandra, Joint Secretary (Plant Protection Crops), Dept. of Agriculture Cooperation & Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India Speakers: 1. Mr Nand Kishore Agarwal, President, Agro-Chem Federation of India (ACFI) 2. A representative from a Startup 3. Director, Government of Uttar Pradesh Open House Discussion |
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1715 -1730 hrs
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Concluding Remarks
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