ORGANICS AND MILLETS 2018 – INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR
Hall: Jaivik
Theme: Organics and Millets – Enhancing Farmers’ Income through Organic Marketing
| Day 1 -19th Jan 2018 | ||
| Arrival of Participants & Registration – 10.00 AM-2.00 PM | ||
| Session I | Opening Session | Organics & Millets – ‘Enhancing Farmers’ Income through Organic Marketing’ |
| TIME | TITLE OF THE PAPER/TALK | SPEAKERS |
| 4:00 PM to 6:10 PM | Chairman DG ICRISAT | Dr. David Bergvinson, Director General, ICRISAT |
| Opening Address by Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Govt. of Karnataka | Sri Krishna Byregowda, Minister of Agriculture, Govt. of Karnataka | |
| International Speaker | Dr. Zhou Zeijiang, IFOAM Asia President/Board Member | |
| National key note speaker | Sri Jagdish Prasad Meena, IAS,Secretary, MoFPI, Govt. of India | |
| Organic Farming in Policy Planning | Sri Sompal Shastry, Former Member, Planning Commission, GoI | |
| Session II | Innovations in Organic Practises and Techniques | FiBL, Switzerland, as lead speakers |
| TIME | TITLE OF THE PAPER/TALK | SPEAKERS |
| 10:00 AM to 11:45 AM | Organic Farming – quo vadis? (Keynote speech – Current Status of Research in Organic Agriculture and Way Forward) | Dr Paul Mäder, Head, Department of Soil Sciences, FiBL, Switzerland |
| Performance of Organic Production Systems Compared to Conventional Production Systems – Evidence from Tropics | Dr. Gurbir S. Bhullar, Theme Leader Tropical Agriculture, FiBL, Switzerland | |
| Biofertilization and “Bioirrigation” for Sustainable Mixed Cropping of Pigeon Pea and Finger Millet | Dr. Mathimaran Natarajan, University of Basel, Switzerland | |
| Consumer Willingness to Pay (WTP) for Enhanced Bio-availability of Iron in Ragi | Ms. Claudia Meier, Department of Socio-Economic Sciences, FiBL, Switzerland | |
| Bio-diversity in Organic versus Conventional Cotton Production Systems | Ms. Christelle Ledroit, Doctoral Fellow, FiBL / Coventry University, UK | |
| “Smart” Crops for Climate Resilience, Food Security and Nutrition: Improving the Economic Performance of Finger Millet Production in Southern India. | Christian Grovermann/Claudia Meier | |
| Day 2 – 20th Jan 2018 | ||
| Session III | Start-ups and Entrepreneurship – Dept. of IT/BT, Govt. of Karnataka | |
| TIME | TITLE OF THE PAPER/TALK | SPEAKERS |
| 10:00 AM to 11.45 AM | Opening speech | Mr. Sitaram-Fireside Ventures |
| Keynote Speech: The Eco-system in Karnataka for Agriculture & Agri-Tech Start-ups | Mr. Priyank Kharge, Honourable Minister of IT, GoK | |
| Panel Discussion: The Potential of Venture capital & Impact Investing in the ‘Organics & Millets’ | ||
| The potential for ‘Organics & Millets’ start-ups: Success Stories (Two Speakers) | ||
| Awarding Funds to Start-up Winners in the Last Round of Funding | ||
| Session IV | Global & Local Organic Market | |
| TIME | TITLE OF THE PAPER/TALK | PANELISTS |
| 11.45 AM to 1.00 PM | Chairman-Opening Remarks | Sri Devendra Kumar Singh, IAS, Chairman, APEDA |
| Moderator | Mr. Manoj Kumar Menon, Executive Director, ICCOA | |
| PANEL DISCUSSION | Ms. Laura Batcha, CEO,Organic Trade Association (OTA), USA, Mr. Raymond H Yang, Ms. Arpita Mukherjee – ICRIER, Mr. Rajshekhar Reddy – Sresta, Mr. Surya Shastri – Phalada, Mr. Malik – ITC, Mr. Sanjay Bansal – Ambootia Tea Export Pvt. Ltd. | |
| 1:00 PM To 2:00 PM | Lunch Break | |
| Panel Discussion on Local Market | PANELISTS | |
| 2:00 PM to 3:20 PM | Chairman | Sri Pawan Kumar Agarwal, IAS, CEO, FSSAI |
| Moderator | Mr. ManojKumar Menon, Executive Director, ICCOA | |
| PANEL DISCUSSION | Mr. Seshu Kumar Tirumala – Big Basket, Ms. Arpita Mukherjee, Dr. K.Chandra – NCOF, Ms. Likhita Banu – Terra Greens, Ms. Jennifer Chang – IFOAM Asia, Varun Gupta – Pro Nature, Flipkart | |
| Session V | Organic Developments – Case Studies & Experiences | |
| TIME | TITLE OF THE PAPER/TALK | SPEAKERS |
| 3:20 PM to 3:40 PM | Case Study of Organic Biovillage – Nagaland | Dr. Akali Sema, Professor, Dept. of Horti, Nagaland University |
| PGS Process in Uganda-Emerging trend | Ms. Irene Bamugaya Kugonza, Project Leader, NOGAMU,Uganda | |
| Emerging Trend in Public-Private-Partnership, Integrated Agriculture Development | Sri Sri Prabhash Chandra Ray, IFS, Commissioner, Watershed, Gok | |
| Future of Organics | Smt. Pankajam Sridevi, President, BCIC | |
| ALL TO ASSEMBLE IN MAIN HALL FOR STATE PROGRAM AND JAIVIK AWARD PROGRAM | ||
| Day 3 – 21st Jan 2018 | ||
| Session VI | Organic 3.0: Organic Policy and its Implementation | PANELISTS |
| 10:00 AM to 11.30 AM | Dr. Zhou Zejiang President, IFOAM Asia, China | |
| Ms. Jennifer Chang, Exec Director, IFOAM Asia, South Korea | ||
| Dr. Vishwanath Sadamate, Agri. Extension Specialist & Former Adviser Agriculture, Planning Commission, GOI | ||
| Dr. M. Swamy, Senior Director of Research, Rai Technology University, Bengaluru | ||
| Session VII | Meet the Buyers-Domestic Market and Country Regulations | PANELISTS |
| 11:30 AM to 1.00 PM | Panel Discussion & Interactive Session | Ms. Marie Falkstein, Mr. Jimmy Evans, Organic Spices, US, Raymond H. Yang, South Korea, Mr. Zhang Tingting, China, Mr. Mahibalan, MRT Organic, Rohit Mehrothra, Organic Tattva, FlipKart, ITC, Big Basket |
Last Updated: 14 Jan 2018