An international conference on agriculture and horticulture, “Agritek-2018”, was organised by Evation Business Solutions Pvt Ltd here on Tuesday.
The Agritek is now being held on the theme “Current challenges and future strategies for a sustainable agriculture to feed the world”.
Agricultural scientists, agricultural engineers, plant breeders, researchers and research scholars will discuss various issues and challenges in the current agricultural sector if different sessions.
MSRF founder Prof MS Swaminathan, ICAR Director General Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, DoCFW Secretary Shobhana Kumar Pattanayak and ILS Director Dr Ajay Parida, ICAR-NRRI Director Dr Himanshu Pathak, JSS Rural Development Foundation Director Prof Madappa Mahadevappa, Cairo University’s Prof MAF El-Manylawi, Khallikote University’s Dr Jogeswar Panigrahi and Utkal University’s Dr Sabuj Sahoo will be providing scientific support.
Evation MD and CEO Dibyanshu Prasad Dash made the introductory speech. Dr. NRRI Principal Scientist Pratap Bhattacharya, ICAR NBPGRI’s Dr Kuldeep Tripathi, Dr Arup K Mukharjee and Dr Sarat Kumar Pradhan graced the inaugural function.