15th March, 2022, Bhopal

The ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh organized the National Webinar on “AGRITECH INNOVATIONS to Leap Forward Sustainable Management of Soil and Environment” today.

National Webinar on “AGRITECH INNOVATIONS to Leap Forward Sustainable Management of Soil and Environment” organized  National Webinar on “AGRITECH INNOVATIONS to Leap Forward Sustainable Management of Soil and Environment” organized

Delivering the inaugural address, the Chief Guest, Dr. Suresh Kumar Chaudhari, Deputy Director General (Natural Resource Management), ICAR highlighted the importance of the scientific management of soil and water using the agri-innovations like Sensors, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Artificial Intelligence and Cloud-based Solutions. The nature-based solutions for reducing the reliance on the high input agriculture were also stressed by the DDG.

National Webinar on “AGRITECH INNOVATIONS to Leap Forward Sustainable Management of Soil and Environment” organized

Dr. Ashok K. Patra, Director, ICAR-IISS, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh underlined about the ICT based AGRITECH Innovations in doubling the farmers’ income.

Dr. Abhishek Mani Tripathi, Principal Agri-Researcher, Fasal (India) delivered the Keynote Address on “The Role of Smart Farming using IoT Device and AI Approach for Sustainable Environment Management”.

Dr. Praveen Pankajakshan, V.P. Data Science & A.I., Cropin (India) delivered the Keynote Address on “Crop Mapping using AI & Remote-Sensing for Eco-Agriculture and Sustainability (CARES)”.

Dr. Sara Malvar, Senior Research Software Development Engineer, Microsoft, Brazil and Shri Tusher Chakraborty, Software Engineer - II, Microsoft, India also delivered the Keynote Address on “FarmBeats and Terra Vibes: Empowering Farmers with Affordable Digital Agriculture and Earth Observation Solutions”.

Dr. Sagi Katz, Chief Agronomist, Agmatix, Israel and Dr. R.N. Sahoo, Principal Scientist, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi also deliberated during the Panel Discussion held during the occasion.

Dr. M. Mohanty, Scientist G, Office of the Principal Scientific Advisor to Government of India also deliberated during the occasion.

About 170 participants including the Directors of ICAR-NRM Institutes, Scientists, State Government Officials, Research Scholars, Industry Representatives and Students participated in the Webinar.

(Source: ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)