The two-day 13th Biennial AgriCorp Conference 22

There is a need to move towards precisionbased farming: Prof. Ramesh Chand

- Dipti Barve

The two-day 13th Biennial AgriCorp Conference ‘22 saw eminent speakers from across the agricultural spectrum and other stakeholders vital to the integrated agri-value chains, provide their valuable insight and shared knowledge on the topic, ‘Creating an Ecosystem for Integrating FPOs and Ag-Tech Start-Ups into a Value Chain.’

While there has been much innovation across all industries in the last 30 years, agriculture has been slow to pick it up. Low yield, wastage and harvest and post-harvest losses have dramatically affected the sector, leading to losses for the farmer and driving prices up for the end consumer. This is where Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) come in, playing a vital role in helping farmers with suitable market linkages.

The 13th Biennial AgriCorp Conference & Buyer Seller Meet 2022, India’s premier FPOBusinesses-partnership-oriented conference organised on October 12 & 13 by the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) jointly with Kisan Forum, has been a pioneering step towards bringing FPOs, organised retailers, startups, fintech companies and state and central governmental organisations together.

Welcoming the dignitaries, Sandeep Khosla, Director General, Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry elaborated on Bombay Chamber’s role in providing road maps for a facilitative environment for all stakeholders and map strategies to enhance growth and development of the agriculture sector of the country’s economy.