ABOUT NAS

In recent years, the growth rates of world agricultural production and crop yields have slowed down which shows that the world may not be able to grow enough food and other commodities to ensure that future populations are adequately fed.

The reason for this slow down is not only because of shortages of land or water but rather because Agriculture is not taken professionally as a business and due to that more and more people are leaving agriculture and efficiency is decreasing as a whole.​

CURRENT SCENARIO

  • An Image problem (Non-Glamorous Sector).
  • Not seen as being ‘Cool’ or ‘Attractive’.
  • Back-breaking labor.
  • No economic pay-off.
  • Provides little room for career advancement.
  • Aging population of farmers.
  • Agricultural offers huge potential for job creation.

IN CONTEXT OF INDIA

  • Agriculture contributes 14.7% of total exports of the country and provides employment to around 65% of the total work force.
  • On average, about 2,035 farmers are losing ‘Main Cultivator’ status every single day for the last 20 years.
  • As per Census 2011, 95.8 million cultivators have farming as their main occupation (ie. less than 8% of the population).
  • This shows down from 103 million in 2001 and 110 million in 1991. Including all marginal cultivators (22.8 million) and that is still less than 10% of the population.
  • In last few years, India has become A Farm Importer then a Farm Exporter.
  • More Aged people left in Rural India-on field, the newer Generation left the field.

IN CONTEXT OF WORLD

  • Globally, a $940 billion economy gets hit (ie. a third of food produced is lost or wasted every year) due to inefficiencies in planting, harvesting, water use and trucking, as well as uncertainty about weather, pests, consumer demand and other intangibles.
  • Venture capitals have flooded the Agri tech space, with investment increasing 80% annually since 2012, as investors realize big data can revolutionize the food chain from farm to table.
  • As per a survey, globally 74.2 million unemployed young people will be there this year, an increase of 3.8 million since 2007.
  • Fewer small-scale farmers tomorrow, potentially drastically changing the profile of farming.

OBJECTIVE

  • NAS is a faith-driven Continuous dialog on agriculture that is designed to create connections and relationships locally and globally that lead to coordinated, market-based, community-building actions.
  • The VISION is flourishing farms, systems and communities, now and in the future , bringing restoration and reconciliation in a world of hunger and poverty.
  • Join hundreds of local, regional and global producers, service-providers, students, faculty, pastors and business people who are living, working and serving in agricultural communities.

FOCUS AREAS

  • Bringing Professional Approach in Agriculture
  • Policy Makers on a Single Platform’.
  • District Representatives from across all States
  • Global Organizations
  • Farm Technology
  • Entrepreneurs.
  • Innovation
  • Experts
  • Corporate
  • Agri Revolutionaries

HIGHLIGHTS

Connecting
Agripreneurs
from all 707
districts of India

Cash award -
INR5 lacs to
5 Best Ideas in
Agriculture

Funding to
Best StartUp
Ideas in
Agriculture

20 National
Agripreneurs
Awards 2017

EXPECTED OUTCOMES

More participation, traction and Positive attitude towards Agriculture

More venture, More Agri-enterprises, More business, More Employment opportunities

Increased contribution from agriculture in GDP

Innovative Agri-products in market

Professionalism in
agriculture

Encouragement to
farmers - Huge
Profitability and
Productivity

Increasing
individual and
national income

POWERED BY:

15th to 18th November 2018

Pune, Maharashtra, India

PARTNERS

ORGANIZING PARTNER

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