CII NR Agri-Tech 2023 Ignites the Next Agri & Food Revolution with a Focus on Harnessing Technology

The 4th Edition of CII NR Agri-Tech kicked off today at India Habitat Centre Jacaranda Hall, New Delhi bringing in participants from different sectors of agriculture including corporates, scientists, farmers, and students. The Theme was “Harnessing Agri Tech for driving next Agri & Food Revolution - Process, Impact & Potential”

The inaugural session started with the panel discussion-1 focusing on releasing the potential and panel discussion-2 focusing on the next growth phase with the agritech ecosystem developing, evolving, and being scaled up with growing robustness than ever before, and lastly, panel discussion-3 focusing on the food processing value addition and growth where the food processing industry in India provides great opportunities across sub-segments with the growing focus on catering to both domestic as well as exports markets.

Hitin Suri Joint Managing Director, Suri Agro Fresh Pvt Ltd said during the interview, “For maintaining safety and health regarding food processing it is based on the cleanliness and hygiene of the food then only the food will be bacteria free and without contamination and these are the basic characteristics of food processing which are also available on the internet and without involving huge expenses.”

R G Agarwal, Chairman of Dhanuka Agritech Ltd said, “The biggest advice for farmers today is that firstly they should acquire proper agriculture knowledge from the Krishi Vigyan Kendra Universities and the cost of input matters a lot and the advanced technology in the present times is also a huge matter of concern along with the knowledge of direct marketing.”

Additionally, Sanjeev Kanwar, Conference Co-Chair & Country Manager of Yara India, said, “I think the agri start-ups have a potential to play a very important role to play in Agri sector and trying to address the knowledge issues so, digital is the way to do that and advice the farmers when to use, what to use, how to use for hazo herb particular farm and that can only happen when you address it digitally.”

A myriad of think tanks attended the event, 'CII AGRI-TECH' at IHC. Some of the renowned names from the agri industry also marked their presence-

• Devyani Rajya Laxmi Rana, Conference Chair and Vice President,

• Rajesh Ayapilla, Director- Coca-Cola,

• Devinder Singh Chawla, Partner and Consulting Leader; Sardul Seth, Partner and Consulting Leader, and Amit Vatsyayan, Partner and Consulting Leader from Ernst & Young,

• Munish Soni from Bayer Crop Science,

• Vijaya Lakshmi Nadendla, ​Joint Secretary, Dept of Agri & Farmers Welfare,

• Ramesh Mittal, Director of CCS National Institute of Agricultural Marketing,

• Dharmendra Sharma, Agri Tech Expert and Crop Protection from Vassar Labs, 

• Raman Saxena, Director Digital Products- Asia Pacific Cargill India,

• Dr Arvind Kapoor, Managing Director- Acsen HyVeg Pvt Ltd,

• Sachin Kamra, Head- Farmer Centric Ecosystem, Syngenta India Limited,

• Vivek Chandra, CEO- Global Branded Business, LT Foods Limited,

• Sanjay Sethi, Executive Director- Plant Based Foods Industry Association,

• Akash Premsen, Vice President- Triveni Engineering & Industries Ltd,

• Unupom Kausik, Business Head and Senior Vice President- Olam Agri India Pvt Ltd,

• Munish Soni, Head of Business Strategy, Bayer Crop Science

• Ajai Rana, CEO & MD- Savannah Seeds Pvt Ltd,

• Ravinder Grover, Regional Coordinator- Asia Harvest Plus,

• Shyam Sundar, Co-founder- DeHaat,

• Yogesh Thorat, Founder and Manager- MAHAFPC, and

• Jatin Singh, Managing Director- Skymet Weather Services Pvt Ltd