29-September-2022: G-20 Agri Minister Meeting, STIHL India, AGRIGATE 2022, NCDEX

29 September 2022

• G-20 Agri Minister Meeting: Tomar Meets Indian Diaspora in Bali, Indonesia

  Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar today met with members of the Indian Diaspora in Bali, Indonesia, as part of the Balinese & Indian Friendship Association (BIFA). Neeta Malhotra of BIFA welcomed the Minister and thanked her for meeting with them despite her hectic schedule.

• NCDEX to Relaunch Robusta Cherry AB Coffee Futures Contract for Trading From Sep 30

  India's leading commodity exchange, National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Ltd. (NCDEX), will be relaunching the Robusta Cherry AB Coffee Futures contract for trading from September 30, 2022. Initially, monthly contracts expiring in the months of February 2023, March 2023 and April 2023 would be made available for trading from the launch date. The contract will be a compulsory delivery contract and deliverable at Kushalnagar in Karnataka.  

• IoTechWorld Avigation Aims to Sell More Than 1,000 Kisan Drones in Current Fiscal

  Buoyed by the exponential growth potential of the Drone Industry, leading Kisan Drone (Agricultural Drone) manufacturer IoTechWorld Avigation Private Limited said on September 28^th that it aims for multi-fold growth in both values and volume terms, in the current fiscal.

• AGRIGATE 2022: India’s Largest AgTech Conclave Held in Kolkata

  India’s next big economic opportunity, after winning the world with information technology services, is agriculture, with a current economic value of US$600 billion estimated in 2020-21. Convergence of agriculture and IT is creating major opportunities to usher in smart-farming technologies and tools, to unlock new economic values for every wing of the agriculture eco-system (Agri Governance, Agri input and Agri output).

• Bollywood Actor Sonu Sood is the New Brand Ambassador of STIHL India

  STIHL India announced Sonu Sood, the Indian actor, film producer, model, humanitarian, and philanthropist as their brand ambassador today. The actor, who has worked predominantly in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, and Kannada films, is known for his commitment to transforming lives.