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Experts will guide on supply chain management and agri- value chains in the workshop

The 12th AGROVISION, India’s Premier Agri Summit, scheduled from December 24-27, at Reshimbagh Ground, Nagpur, will initiate a free workshop on “Food processing and Supply chain management in agriculture”.

As Agriculture witnesses new innovations & technology, it becomes important to understand the Value Chain & Supply Chain involved in Food Processing & Agriculture. In the workshop at Agrovision 2021, the experts will guide the farmers on food processing and supply chain management in agriculture.

Agrovision has completed 11 years of its march and brought about a profound impact on the farm economy of Central India.  Agrovision was conceived in the year 2007 to create a common platform for the farmers, industry, and government and bring together every important entity in agriculture to create a better future for the farmers. The vision of Agrovision is to create a more knowledgeable, practical and a smart famer.

Farmers from in and around Vidarbha and adjoining states will be participating in the event this year. Apart from this, there will be free interactive workshops for farmers. Conferences on current issues in agriculture and allied agri sectors will be held. Around 400 exhibitors are likely to participate in the event.

The exclusive media partner is Agro Spectrum India along with BioSpectrum India and Nufoods Spectrum India. MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications is the organiser of the event.

Experts will guide on supply chain management

Interaction

Free workshops on empowering farmers through market reforms will be held in Agrovision2021

Agrovision is entering into its 12th edition and over the last 12 years it has brought about a profound impact on farm economy of Central India.

The 12th AGROVISION, India’s Premier Agri Summit, scheduled from December 24-27, at Reshimbagh Ground, Nagpur, will drive innovation, collaboration, and empowerment of farmers on a common forum. Free workshops on empowering farmers through market reforms will be held in Agrovision2021.

Farmers from in and around Vidarbha and adjoining states will be participating in the event this year. Furthermore, conferences on current issues in agriculture and allied agri sectors will be held. Around 400 exhibitors are likely to participate in the event.

The exclusive media partner is Agro Spectrum India along with BioSpectrum India and Nufoods Spectrum India. MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications is the organiser of the event.

Free workshops on empowering farmers through market reforms

Interaction, Oilseeds

Experts will guide on ways to enhance the productivity of traditional rain-fed oilseed crops in the workshop

The 12th AGROVISION, India’s Premier Agri Summit, scheduled from December 24-27, at Reshimbagh Ground, Nagpur, will initiate a free workshop on “Enhancing productivity of Traditional rainfed oilseed crops”.

India is the 5th largest oilseed crop producing country in the world yet we are one of the top importers of vegetable oil. Witness how you can enhance the productivity of oilseed crops at Agrovision2021.

Agrovision was conceived in the year 2007 to create a common platform for the farmers, industry, and government and bring together every important entity in agriculture to create a better future for the farmers. The vision of Agrovision is to create a more knowledgeable, practical and a smart famer.

Farmers from in and around Vidarbha and adjoining states will be participating in the event this year. Apart from this, there will be free interactive workshops for farmers. Conferences on current issues in agriculture and allied agri sectors will be held. Around 400 exhibitors are likely to participate in the event.

The exclusive media partner is Agro Spectrum India along with BioSpectrum India and Nufoods Spectrum India. MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications is the organiser of the event.

Experts will guide on ways to enhance

Agrotech, Uncategorized

Retailers can now plan, forecast, and monitor profit margins, while improving customer retention with one platform

GROWERS, a North Carolina-based agriculture technology company, has announced that after a year of testing, its flagship product GROWERS Rally is available for commercial use. GROWERS Rally was created to help ag retail stay relevant in today’s competitive sales environment. Sellers can access a single view of the customer, forecast future sales, organise farm and product information, and make informed, meaningful recommendations.

“GROWERS Rally is built around the needs of agriculture retailers and their farmer customers. The need for close collaboration between farmers and ag retailers has never been more important. Based on our experience in this market, we found that most existing solutions only partially address those needs or are too cumbersome,” said Steven Valencsin, CEO, GROWERS.

GROWERS Rally is for every level of the Ag retail organisation. Front line sellers get helpful information such as universal pricing and product lists, view historical sales, easily apply manufacturer rebate programs, and the ability to quickly and easily send product and price quotes directly to customers via text message or email.

Andi D’Agostino, VP of Product, GROWERS said, “The goal of the GROWERS Rally team is to accommodate but decrease the complexity our users navigate every day as frontline sellers, managers, and retail support staff. If we really understand their needs, we can remove busy-work and create insights so that they can focus on what only they can do, build a strong business.”

Retailers can now plan, forecast, and monitor

Live Stock, Poultry

Opportunities and challenges of poultry production in Vidarbha will be highlighted in the workshop

The 12th AGROVISION, India’s Premier Agri Summit, scheduled from December 24-27, at Reshimbagh Ground, Nagpur, will initiate a free workshop on ‘Poultry Production in Vidarbha: Opportunities & Challenges’. India ranks 3rd in egg production and 7th in chicken meat production in the world; the workshop will highlight the opportunities and challenges in this field.

Farmers from in and around Vidarbha and adjoining states will be participating in the event this year. Apart from this, there will be free interactive workshops for farmers. Conferences on current issues in agriculture and allied agri sectors will be held. Around 400 exhibitors are likely to participate in the event.

The exclusive media partner is Agro Spectrum India along with BioSpectrum India and Nufoods Spectrum India. MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications is the organiser of the event.

Opportunities and challenges of poultry production in

Finance

Indian agri-food start-ups saw a year-on-year jump in total funding of almost 100 per cent, securing a total of $2.1 billion.

Mumbai based Omnivore, an agritech venture capital firm has recently announced the publication of the ‘India Agrifood Startup Investment Report FY2020-21’ in partnership with Agfunder, a new kind of venture capital firm.

According to the report Indian agri-food start-ups saw a year-on-year jump in total funding of almost 100 per cent, securing a total of $2.1 billion. Seed investments into the sector grew 3x as entrepreneurs and investors alike tried to make the most of the opportunity to solve food system failings that have been pushed under the spotlight by the pandemic.

As per the report, AgFunder defined Restaurant Marketplaces and eGrocery categories which broadly cover meal delivery apps and online grocery shopping, respectively — witnessed about 2x growth in funding in FY21, as millions of Indian consumers shifted to purchasing prepared food, groceries, and other essentials online.

According to the ‘India Agrifood Startup Investment Report’, Food delivery giant Zomato alone raised $1.2 billion across several rounds ahead of its $12.1 billion IPO in July, accounting for more than half of total investment into agrifood startups in FY21 and two-thirds of total funding to downstream categories.

Furthermore, the report mentioned, the number of upstream agrifoodtech deals surpassed downstream deals in India for the first time. Agribusiness Marketplaces, which provide farmers with online access to a variety of offline products and services, rose to prominence; leading the pack was DeHaat, which raised two consecutive rounds – a $12 million Series A and a $30 million Series B – from investors including AgFunder, Omnivore, Prosus, Sequoia Capital, and FMO.

Indian agri-food start-ups saw a year-on-year jump

Agrotech, China

The company has already successfully converted its elite corn hybrids into drought resistant traits.

Origin Agritech an agriculture technology company based in China, has announced that its drought resistant GMO trait has completed production trials and an application has been filed for biosafety certificate approval.

Through its collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), Origin has already successfully converted its elite corn hybrids into drought resistant traits. The trait has expressed excellent performance under water stress conditions through the whole growing period. Multiyear experiments have shown the yield of drought tolerance corn is 9.2-16.2 per cent higher than non-GMO corn under similar conditions. Under irrigated conditions, the GMO enhanced corn increases water use efficiency by 33-47 per cent.

Dr Gengchen Han, Origin Agritech’s Chairman, said, “We are very excited to have another GMO trait pending approval for a bio-safety certificate, which is the final step in the approval process before the production license. We expect drought resistance to play a key role in the agricultural industry as it is forced to adapt to climate change disruptions globally.”

The company has already successfully converted its

Live Stock

The vaccine is expected to help control of Goat Pox disease in the country

Indian Immunologicals Limited (IIL), a leading vaccine manufacturer base out of Hyderabad, has launched ‘Goat Pox Vaccine (Raksha Goat Pox)’ for the significant Goat population in the country. Raksha Goat Pox vaccine is expected to help control of Goat Pox disease in the country, which has high economic importance among country’s rural livestock growers.

IIL’s Raksha Goat Pox vaccine is a live attenuated vaccine IP (Uttarkashi strain) grown on Vero Cell Culture. The Primary vaccination to be done at 3 months of age and revaccination annually with a dose rate of 1 ml, to be administered subcutaneously.  The technology for vaccine manufacturing and testing of Goat Pox Vaccine was obtained from Indian Council of Agriculture Research – Indian Veterinary Research Institute (ICAR- IVRI), Government of India and has been tested and certified by IVRI for commercial release.  

Speaking on the occasion from the launch, Managing Director of IIL, Dr K Anand Kumar said, “Indian Immunologicals is committed to introducing such products for the national interest and will abundantly help marginal livestock growers of their livelihood and protect their flock from various diseases“. Dr Priyabrata Pattnaik, Deputy Managing Director and Sobhan Babu, Vice President – Animal Health Trade of IIL were also present in the Goat Pox Vaccine launch event.

Earlier IIL launched several other vaccines such as Classical Swine Fever vaccine, PPR Vaccine etc under tech transfer arrangement with IVRI. 

The vaccine is expected to help control

Finance

OmniX Bio will provide venture funding, mentorship from global agrifood life sciences leaders, institutional partnerships and business development support to access domestic and export sales channels  

Omnivore announced today the launch of its OmniX Bio initiative to back early stage agrifood life science startups. The program will support Indian entrepreneurs who are working in agricultural biotechnology, novel farming systems, bioenergy and biomaterials, as well as innovative foods, including alternative protein. 

 Agrifood life sciences can play a critical role in tackling both climate mitigation (reducing India’s GHG emissions) and climate adaptation (securing a future for India’s farmers), as well as other agricultural sustainability challenges. 

OmniX Bio will provide venture funding, mentorship from global agrifood life sciences leaders, institutional partnerships, and business development support to access domestic and export sales channels. While all members of the Omnivore team will support OmniX Bio, a PhD life scientist will join the investment team in 2022 to oversee the initiative and help develop the agrifood life sciences ecosystem across India.

 Omnivore also disclosed the first investment under the OmniX Bio initiative: BioPrime, which is developing biological crop inputs that enhance yields without harming the environment or the health of farmers and consumers.  The BioPrime team has spent the past few years building SNIPR (Smart Nanomolecules Induced Physiological Response) and BIONEXUS. SNIPR is a discovery platform which identifies innate immunity or natural defence mechanisms in plants, curates unique traits, and delivers tailored crop input formulations. BIONEXUS is India’s largest trait modifying, plant-associated microbe collection. Changes in the diversity of microbiota can confer plants acquired traits like drought tolerance, disease resistance, and enhanced yields, to name a few.

Renuka Diwan, Co-Founder and CEO of BioPrime, said, “At BioPrime we are focusing on discovering fundamental aspects of plant communication, identifying new biomolecules and new modes of modulating plant responses. SNIPR and BIONEXUS enable BioPrime to develop new biologicals and radically improve existing products at a fraction of cost and time.”

Mark Kahn, Managing Partner of Omnivore, commented, “We are excited to launch OmniX Bio to help reboot the agrifood life sciences ecosystem in India. Technological advances in this space can effectively solve some of the toughest challenges in Indian agriculture. We hope to see more entrepreneurs like the BioPrime team step up to the challenge and help change the course of Indian agriculture for the better.”

OmniX Bio will provide venture funding, mentorship

Agrotech

Expert will guide on biofuel generation from agri-waste in the workshop.

 The 12th AGROVISION, India’s Premier Agri Summit, scheduled from December 24-27, at Reshimbagh Ground, Nagpur, will initiate a discussion on agritech innovations. Over the years, Fossil Fuels have generated high greenhouse emissions, deadly air pollution, unstable fossil-based energy prices, and strong growth of global transportation fuel demand have boosted extensive research efforts in developing bioenergy.

The 12th AGROVISION has scheduled a free workshop on ‘Crop residue management and Biofuel generation from agri-waste’ during December 24-27, at Reshimbagh Ground, Nagpur.

This year farmers from in and around Vidarbha and adjoining states will be participating in the event. Apart from this, there will be free interactive workshops for farmers. Conferences on current issues in agriculture and allied agri sectors will be held. Around 400 exhibitors are likely to participate in the event.

The exclusive media partner is Agro Spectrum India along with BioSpectrum India and Nufoods Spectrum India. MM Activ Sci-Tech Communications is the organiser of the event.

Expert will guide on biofuel generation from

Uncategorized

The company plans to significantly increase its presence to 100 Growing Centers in 20 countries

Infarm, a rapidly growing urban farming company with a global presence, announced that it has raised $200 million in a Series D funding round. The investment included participation from existing and new investors, including the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA) – which will support the company’s expansion to countries in the Middle East – Partners in Equity, Hanaco, Atomico, Lightrock, and Bonnier.

The additional capital will serve to expand the deployment of the company’s vertical farms in the US, Canada, Japan and Europe, and to enter new markets in Asia-Pacific and the Middle East with both in-store farming units and Infarm Growing Centers. In 2023, Infarm will open its first Growing Center in Qatar, where it will harvest tomatoes, strawberries and other fruiting crops besides herbs, salads and leafy greens.

This new farming model can be as much as 400 times more efficient than soil-based agriculture and uses no chemical pesticides. It requires 95 per cent less land and uses 95 per cent less water by recycling water and nutrients and using the evaporated water of the plants. 

Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE and UBS acted as financial advisors to Infarm on this transaction.

The company plans to significantly increase its

Agrotech

The innovation center in Mumbai provides product testing and application support tailored to local needs, with specific focuses on the Agriculture, Home and Personal Care.

Nouryon, a global specialty chemicals leader, has expanded its office and research centre by doubling the office footprint in Mumbai, India, to better serve local customers and support long-term growth plans in Asia Pacific.

 The Nouryon commercial team in Mumbai is focused on key end-markets including Agriculture and Food, Home and Personal Care, Paints and Coatings, Natural Resources and Polymer Specialties. The office will also be home to Nouryon’s new global Sales Administration and Information Management (IM) hubs, as well as other supporting functions including Human Resources, Finance, R&D, and Customer Service.

“Nouryon is committed to serving our valued customers in India with sustainable and innovative solutions supported by our strong R&D capabilities,” said Sobers Sethi, Senior Vice President Emerging Markets and China at Nouryon.

The innovation center in Mumbai provides product testing and application support tailored to local needs, with specific focuses on the Agriculture, Home and Personal Care, and Paints and Coatings end-markets. 

“India is an important market for Nouryon. We are pleased to invest further in the region to support our commercial activities focused on attractive end-markets,” said Larry Ryan, Executive Vice President and President of Performance Formulations and Americas at Nouryon.

 In April 2021, Nouryon announced a joint venture with Atul to begin production at Anaven, the country’s largest monochloroacetic acid (MCA) plant in Gujarat, reaffirming its commitment to India.

In 2020, the company installed solar panels at its organic peroxide site in Mahad. Recently, the company also introduced sustainable solutions to help customers become more sustainable, including additives for anti-viral paint coatings, biodegradable crop protection ingredients, and products for cool roof coatings that further reduce the need for air conditioning. With primary focus on sustainable development, Nouryon aims to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to contribute to the prosperity and well-being of a more sustainable society in India.

The innovation center in Mumbai provides product

China, Environment, Nature

Alibaba Group targets 50 pr cent carbon intensity reduction for Scope 3 by 2030

Alibaba Group Holding Limited has announced a pledge to achieve carbon neutrality in its own operations by 2030 and introduced a Scope 3+ target, a pioneering initiative aiming to facilitate 1.5 gigatons of decarbonisation across its business ecosystem by 2035. Details about its goals, including thinking and definition of the newly introduced concept of Scope 3+, are shared in the inaugural Alibaba Carbon Neutrality Action Report. Alibaba aims to provide updates annually with progress verified by accredited auditors.

“We aspire to be a force for positive, innovative change in society. Our ESG strategy is predicated on our mission to be a good company that will live for 102 years and it is the vital foundation for Alibaba’s future development,” said Daniel Zhang, Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group. “We will leverage our unique influence as a platform operator to mobilize actions and behavioural changes among consumers, merchants and partners in China and around the world with our newly proposed Scope 3+ target of reducing 1.5 gigatons of carbon emissions by 2035.” 

Alibaba Group is committed to carbon neutrality for Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030, and has set a 50 per cent carbon intensity reduction target for Scope 3 by 2030 using 2020 levels as baseline. Alibaba Cloud will bear responsibility for a higher Scope 3 target and aims to achieve carbon neutrality by 2030 in all three scopes. 

Alibaba will adopt a systematic and science-based approach to plan and manage decarbonisation initiatives. It includes leveraging energy-saving and efficiency-improving technologies to reduce emissions; actively transforming the energy structure with progressive use of renewable’s; and exploration of carbon removal initiatives. As a general principle, the company prioritises carbon reduction over removal, and removal over offset. 

Alibaba Group Holding Limited has announced a

Agro Universities

The total grant of these projects amounts to approximately Rs 40 lakhs.

The Department of Processing and Food Engineering (PFE), Punjab Agricultural University (PAU), has been granted two research projects entitled “Development of the Hermetic System for Safe Storage of Agricultural Produce without Using Hazardous Chemicals” and “Development of Sensor Platform for Rapid Detection of Adulteration in Turmeric Powder” by the Society of Mission Tandrust Punjab (SMTP) under the chairmanship of Anirudh Tewari, IAS, Chief Secretary, Punjab.

The research projects were submitted by Dr Mahesh Kumar, Head, Department of PFE; Dr Gagandeep Kaur, Dr Preetinder Kaur and Dr Maninder Kaur, scientists from PFE; Dr DK Sharma, Senior Entomologist; and Dr Derminder Singh, Professor of Electrical Engineering. The first project aims at developing and evaluating cocoon based flexible storage system that would make available pesticide free grain storage system and hence prevent health and environment hazards. The second proposal targets to develop mechanisms for rapid detection of different adulterants in turmeric powder and create and evaluate a sensor platform for rapid detection of different adulterants in turmeric powder. The total grant of these projects amounts to approximately Rs 40 lakhs.

The PAU Vice Chancellor DK Tiwari, IAS Financial Commissioner, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Director of Research Dr Ajmer Singh Dhatt and Dean, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology Dr Ashok Kumar congratulated the scientists for their achievements.

The total grant of these projects amounts