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Agriculture beyond Production
"Empowering Farmers"
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| 09:00 – 09:45 | Registration |
| 09:45 – 11:15 | Inauguration |
| Welcome note by Shri. Selva Kumar, IAS Secretary to Government, Agriculture Department, Government of Karnataka | |
| Prayer and Farmer song | |
| Lighting of the lamp | |
| Address by, Shri. Y.S. Patil, IAS, Commissioner, Department of Agriculture, Karnataka | |
| Address by, Smt. Uma Mahadevan Dasgupta, IAS, Additional Chief Secretary & Development Commissioner, Government of Karnataka | |
| Address by Mr. Gerald Gukowski, Cluster Coordinator, SuATI-Project, GIZ (TBC) | |
| Introduction note on the conference: Mr. Hans Jurgen Klein/Ms. Namerta Sharma SuATI-Project, GIZ | |
| Keynote Address by Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chairperson, M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai on “One health to Biohappiness: Rethinking food systems beyond cultivation” (Virtual) | |
| Presidential Address by Shri. N. Chaluvarayaswamy, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture, Government of Karnataka | |
| 11:15 – 11:45 | Tea Break |
| 11:45 – 13:15 | Chair: Shri. Ashok Dalwai, IAS (Rtd.), Chairman, Karnataka Agriculture Price Commission, Government of Karnataka |
| Dr. Virna Morán, Julius Kühn Institute, Germany Agroecology in Colombia: Linking Policy and Practice Across Scales, Dimensions, and Livelihoods |
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| Prof. Aundy Kumar, ICAR–IARI, New Delhi Invisible allies of agroecology: Landraces seed microbiomes for sustainable livelihoods and markets |
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| Mr. Pradipta Kishor Chand, SuATI Project, GIZ, India Agroecology and climate-smart livelihood diversification – Integrating livestock, agroforestry, and allied enterprises |
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| Mr. Thomas Wehinger, NACCON, Germany Public support schemes for development of organic agriculture on the regional and state level |
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| Mr. Dirk Walther, GIZ, Germany Recycling crop residues, weeds, and biomass into biochar, compost, and biofertilizers (Virtual) |
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| 13:15 – 14:15 | Lunch Break |
| 14:15 – 16:00 | Chair: Dr. G. T. Puthra, Director, Department of Agriculture, Government of Karnataka, Bengaluru |
| Dr. Manjula Menon, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru Paying farmers for ecosystem services and not just yield |
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| Mr. B.V. Apoorva, The Hive, Bengaluru Pollinator networks – Honeybee for pollination and crops for enhancing pollinator biodiversity |
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| Mr. Samir Ranjan Bordoloi, SPREAD NE, Assam Agrotourism as a living landscape, heritage culinary practices, and ecotourism |
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| Mr. Sai Kishore, Olam Agri, Tamil Nadu Model of decarbonisation of Paddy/Payment for ecosystem services (PES) and carbon/soil credits for farmers |
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| Mr. Prashant Hegde, Indfrag biosciences, Bengaluru Community-led Biodiversity Monitoring and Engaging farmers and youth in tracking ecosystem assessment and climate indicators |
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| 16:00 – 16:30 | Tea Break |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Chair: Mr. Thomas Wehinger, NACCON, Germany |
| Dr. Rudolf Bühler, Hohenlohe, Germany Organisational and business development of organic agriculture on the regional / state level |
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| Mr. Prakash Hegde, TSS, Karnataka The Totgars’ Cooperative Model: Building farmer-owned enterprises for market success |
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| Mr. Ravi Sajjanar, Hunagund Farmers Producer Company Limited, Kalaburagi, Karnataka Collective enterprise in action: A case study of the Hunagunda HFPCL |
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| 17:45 – 18:00 | Reflections and key takeaways from Day 1 |