The Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) & Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is jointly organising the Agritech south 2020 and Agrivision 2020 the 2nd edition of Exhibition and Conference on Agri- technology & innovation during 22-24th February 2020, in the premises of PJTSAU campus at Rajendranagar. Hon’ble Vice President of India Sri M Venkaiah Naidu will be the chief guest and inaugurates the Agritech south 2020 at the university auditorium at 10AM on 22nd February 2020. Sri S Niranjanreddy, Agriculture Minister TS, Dr V Praveen Rao, Vice Chancellor PJTSAU, Dr B Janardhan Reddy, APC & Secretary, Agricultural Marketing and cooperation department, D Raju, Chairman, CII Telangana, Anil Kumar V Epur, Chairman Agritech south 2020 will also participate along with the Hon’ble Vice President of India in the inaugural programme.
In this 3day conference several deliberations will be held on various topics such as Intelligent Agriculture: Harnessing the Power of Artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technologies. The session will discuss on the digital interventions for smart agriculture such as Artificial Intelligence, Drones, remote sensing, big data analysis, Internet of Things (IoT), in enabling and empowering agriculture. In session II discussions will be held on Robotics & Automation: Enabling Agriculture through Robotics & Farm Machinery. This session will discuss on the latest advanced machinery in farming such as agricultural machinery and their features in increasing farm productivity and reducing production cost.
The IIIrd session will discuss on combating Climate change: Cutting edge Tools and Technologies for soil and Water management. This session mainly focussed on the latest tools and technologies in assessing the soil health & water productivity and their characteristics leading to optimize agricultural inputs for higher yield and also the latest diagnosing systems available for farming and the ways & means to improve productivity. The separate session will also be held on Farmer producer organisation: Role of FPO’s in improving Market linkages. A separate session on Food processing & post-harvest management: Their role in improving food and Nutrition security. The focus of this session is on the trends in Food Processing & post harvest management of the agriculture produce and ways to churn the value out of it while improving food and nutrition security.
The focus was also given for success stories in farming sector and experiences from the Innovative Farmers. This session will discuss the use of technology by the farmers and how it helped them in improving their yield. Progressive farmers will share their success stories and experiences in this session. Separate session on Advances in Horticulture: Current Trends and Emerging Challenges, Advances in Animal based Agriculture: Role of Livestock in sustainable agriculture will also be held. The conference will be organised for two days and exhibition will be held for three days till 24th February.
As part of the Agritech, Agrivision 2020, an Exhibition is also organised at the sports complex near university auditorium. Several public and private research institutes, seed companies, farm machinery; farm equipment companies will arrange their stalls in this 3day exhibition. Several farmers and students, scientists, policy makers, industry representatives will participate in this 2nd edition of Exhibition and Conference.