The document summarizes discussions from an ICAR industry meet on agricultural technologies and partnerships. It outlines strategies to reduce agricultural risks through ecological, financial, social and technical approaches. It also describes various public-private partnership models and technologies that have increased farm incomes and production, including hybrid crops, dairy and fisheries techniques, value addition processes, renewable energy, and diagnostics. The document advocates for further commercialization, entrepreneurship training, and international collaborations to accelerate agricultural growth.
3. Agriculture in 21st Century: New Paradigms Risk Reduction Strategy Ecological: Farming Systems Soil and Water Conservation…. Financial : Funding, Risk Transfer. Insurance… Social: Safety Nets, Food for Work… Techno-legal: Warning Systems, Regulation/Coding… Sustainable Agriculture Enhancing Farm Income Reducing Cost of Cultivation Imparting Eco-integrity Reducing Risk Knowledge Intensive Integrate the concepts & practices of natural ecosystem into the agricultural practices. Reduce wasteful inputs, optimize material inputs and increase biotic and landscape diversity.
4. Accelerating Agricultural Growth Recommendation of the MTR of XI Plan Success of Bt cotton and hybrid maize (PPP) Leading agri-companies to establish a top-notch Centre of Excellence (CoE) for agri-technology, extension, and agri-business management India as a regional hub for technology generation and diffusion Innovative models of PPP in extension and seed multiplication
5. ICAR - Industry Meet – 28-29 July, 2010 Concerted outreach efforts and interaction with industry Attended by more than 160 industry representatives and entrepreneurs Action taken on recommendations resulting into forging new relationships in public-private partnerships Many individual and farmer entrepreneurships improving horizontal expansion of ICAR technologies
8. Institutional Mechanism for IP Management Convergence of NAIP, IPTM, DKMA, ARIS, ATIC, Extension Top-to-Bottom Decision Direction Execution Guidance ATMC/ ICAR Hqrs./ CTMC Facilitation for Business Planning and Incubation Bottom-Up Approach Collective Consultative Decision Making Outsourcing 5 ZTMCs &BPD Units 95 ITMUs
9. Commercialization of Products/Technologies: ICAR Technology Incubators and Business Planning & Development Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izzatnagar (North-II) Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi (North-I), Central Institute for Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai (West), Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Kochi (South) National Institute of Research on Jute and Allied Fibres Technology, Kolkata (East), Anand Agricultural University, Anand; Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi; ChaudharyCharan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar; Jawaharlal Nehru KrishiVishwaVidyalaya, Jabalpur; and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore.
10. Knowledge Management in Agriculture Methodologies and approaches for technology application and transfer Farming systems in NEH Expert Systems in Agriculture Farmer-to-Farmer Extension
11. National Farm Innovators’ Meet, Mysore, 11-12 November, 2010 Innovations developed across the country in the form of publication “Farm Innovators – 2010” for the benefit of various stakeholders Agritech Interventions ‘Harbingers of Prosperity’
12. ‘Primary Agriculture to Secondary Agriculture’ Banana Fibreuse; Fabric ` 1000/m ‘Maize magic’ Agri-Entrepreneurship Value chains being developed
13. AGRINDIA ICAR Company Seed & Planting Material Farm Implements & Machinery Diagnostics & Vaccines Value Added Products Professional Services & Turnkey Projects Overseas Operations
16. Protected Cultivation Annual production: 2,40,000 flowers Av. sale price per flower : `2/- Av. cost of production/flower: `1/- Net profit : `2,40,000/- per annum = `20,000/- per month
20. Sorghum Sweet sorghum bio-fuel sector Pilot study with Sagar sugars, Chittoor (AP) 20 distilleries mostly based in Tamilnadu, Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra Alfa-laveland Praj industries, Pune Grain sorghum potable alcohol sector All India Distilleries Association Kediagroup (MP), Seagram, Maharashtra
24. Tamarind Processing in Bastar Area Group procurement, processing & marketing- increased profit Current business- Middlemen- Low profit Impact BRGF sanctioned `14.5 Lac for further value addition in form of candy, sauce, etc. 180 Families could earn `10-12 thousand (50% higher than before intervention)
26. Export of Jasmine and Dry Flowers Packaging technology developed to make it possible to keep the freshness of the flowers up to 72 hours The technology is being used to export jasmine flowers from villages near by Coimbatore to Dubai markets in 24 hours Impact The improvement in value chain enhanced the income of flower growing farmers besides providing employment to transporters and exporters. It could be used for exporting other flowers as well
27. Value addition: Wine production from damaged pomegranate fruits AFPL, Bangalore
29. Value Chain for Banana Pseudostem (Gujarat) About 7400 tonnesof fibre extracted with 20 raspador units installed Total net income earned by farmers: `3,47,800/- Employment generated (man days): 2,960 Income earned by laborers: ` 2,07,200/-
35. Ergonomic/Gender-friendly tools and equipment High Women workforce in agriculture – both production and processing Reducing drudgery and mainstreaming
36. US President visits ICAR Exhibits6th November, 2010 US President Mr. Barack Obama took keen interest in ICAR tools and implements President operated some of the tools such as maize sheller and groundnut decorticator Termed these as ‘Appropriate Technologies’
40. Immunobiologicals and diagnostic kits and reagents for diseases of livestock and poultry Sandwich Elisa Kit for FMD virus Detection of Adulteration in Milk Dot-ELISA kit for Brucella
41. Micro-well chip inhibition biosensor for off line analysis of pesticide residues (10ng/L) in milk A (BITS, Pilani & NDRI, Karnal) B Y Y Y Y C Inhibited Blank Chemically functionalized chip Binding of pesticide to biomolecule Real image obtained for on chip samples for blanks vs inhibited samples
42. Fish Harvest & Post-harvest Improved fishing crafts and gears Industrial products Collagen chitosan film Absorbable surgical sutures High gel strength agar from sea weeds Squalene from shark liver oil Food products Curry in pouches “Fishcurre” A variety of ready-to-cook and ready-to-eat products
43. A Value Chain on Oceanic Tuna Animal and fish from tuna fish processing waste – ‘Silo feed’ Enabling islanders with ‘waste to wealth’
44. Way Forward ... XII Plan formulations Quality Assurance/Regulatory dimensions Business Enterprises Education to Entrepreneurship (eg. Chairs) Joint Overseas Initiatives JointWorking Groups (eg. ICAR-ABLE)
