| MILLETS AND ORGANICS-2023 |
| INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR, BANGALORE (20.01.2023 TO 22.01.2023) |
| INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE -“Millets & Organics: Opportunities Amidst Challenges” |
| Day 3-22.01.2023 |
| Session 1 | Natural Farming: Strategic Focus and Research Outlook |
| 10.00 AM-10.20 AM | Organic Farming Mission in Karnataka | Shri. Anand Uppali, Former Chairman, State Level Organic farming Empowered Committee |
| 10.20 AM- 10.40 AM | Designing the pathways for achieving transformation of agriculture and food systems | Rajeev Ahal ( Director, NRM AE- Cluster, GIZ) |
| 10.40 AM- 11.00 AM | Critical framework conditions and the factors required for successful implementation of National Mission on Natural Farming | Dr Ashish Bhutani I.A.S, Additional Chief Secretary, Agriculture, Govt of Assam |
| 11:00 AM to 11:20 AM | Tea Break |
| | Natural Farming: Research Outlook |
| 11:20 AM to 12:00 AM | Interdisciplinary methodologies to involve stakeholders for knowledge creation. Integration of research outcomes in the design of policies and programmes (both at central and state level) and at the extension service levels | Prof. R. Chandel, Vice Chancellor, Y.S Parmar University Himachal Pradesh (Moderator) |
| Dr Sanjeev K. Chauhan, Director of Research, Y.S.Parmar University, Himachal Pradesh |
| Dr C.P. Chandrashekhar, Professor of Agronomy and Project Leader, Natural farming Operational research Project, Dharwad University |
| Dr. Anand B. Mastiholi, Prof of Agronomy, Bagalkot University,Shri. Ravindra Adusumilli, Director, WASSAN |
| Session II | Forging Collaborations and Partnerships in the market related initiatives in Natural Farming |
| 12:00 AM to 1:00 PM | Moving from linear value chains to circular value chain perspective in Natural Farming Certification, Branding, Traceability in the context of emerging markets (local to global) for natural produce . Role of Farmer Organizations in strengthening natural farming practices adoption, quality standardization, processing, and marketing Role of public and private players in developing markets for Natural Farming | Shri. Berthold Wohlleber, Support to Agroecological Transformation Processes in India (SuATI) ( Moderator) |
| Shri. Karunakar, Managing Director, Karnataka State Seed & Organic Certification Agency |
| Shri. Manoj Gupta, Directorate NF, HP |
| Mr Rangu Rao, Safe Harvest |
| 1.00 PM to 1.45 PM | Convergence of various schemes for strengthening backward and forward linkages, role of women in NF and access to finance to different actors | Mr Rajeev Ahal ( Director, NRM AE- Cluster, GIZ) (Moderator) |
| Dr Shilpa Nag (IAS), Commissioner MGNREGA, Govt of Karnataka |
| Dr. K S Mahesh, General Manager NABARD Karnataka |
| Mr Eswaran Sridhar, Samunnati |
| 1:45 PM to 2:00 PM | Closing of the Session on Natural Farming | Ms. Namerta Sharma (SuATI) |
