3. NEEDS
Projec@on
of
popula@on
2050
-‐
2030
-‐
2010
India
1.6
billion
-‐
1.53
billion
-‐
1.22
billion
China
1.4
billion
India
+
China
a
third
of
world
popula@on
an@cipated
9.2
billion
CaSle
popula@on
546
million
in
2012
8. CONDITIONS
Climate
change
impact
2015
affected
10
million
hectares
which
resulted
in
drought
with
severe
crop
loss
resul@ng
farmers
suicide
on
increase
9. CONDITIONS
45%
farmers
have
abandoned
agriculture
leading
to
RAPID
URBANIZATION
farming
has
become
unremunera@ve.
26. OPPORTUNITIES
Ver@cal
farming
concepts
already
two
projects
proposed
with
expected
paybak
61/2
tears
and
20%
profit
for
investors
Third
are
sky
farms
27. OPPORTUNITIES
Farmers
are
willing
to
lease
their
lands
long
term
basis
30-‐50
years.
They
can
be
trained
and
employed
from
produc@on
packaging
to
distribu@on.
Management
exper@se
and
funding
is
necessory
29. ACTIONS
INITIATED
Have
addressed
several
PE
firms,
Bankers
all
are
interested.
Also
some
leading
industrialists
have
shown
interest
and
presenta@ons
will
be
made.
30. ACTIONS
INITIATED
Have
addressed
agri
university
and
cer@ficates
of
introductory
training
with
kind
help
from
AVF
have
been
awarded
to
par@cipants.
Have
addressed
an
engineering
university.
Expec@ng
news
coverage
soon.
31. ACTIONS
INITIATED
Plan
to
hold
ver@cal
farming
summit
in
Delhi-‐Mumbai-‐
Bangalore
end
September
2015
32. Need
of
the
hour
is
to
have
1-‐3
demo
projects
to
validate
claims
economic
viability
33. Have
come
to
learn/co-‐create
to
deliver
and
examine
possible
@e
up
with
Technology
Groups
34.
35. Way
forward
Up
&
up
in
the
sky,
sky
is
the
limit
CONCLUSION
36.
MOHAN
BAJIKAR
+91
-‐
9810
618
066,
+91
–
9717
977756
mohanbajikar@gmail.com
mohanbajikar@agfuture.in
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YOU
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