Stage is set for the first ever Global Agriculture and Food summit being organized in the country at Khelgaon in Ranchi on November 29 and 30. More than 10,000 farmers and over 2,000 delegates alongwith scores of national and international companies in the field of agriculture and food processing will participate in the two-day mega event slated to begin here on Thursday.
Union Minister for Agriculture Radha Mohan Singh will inaugurate the summit as the Chief Guest on the occasion in the presence of Chief Minister Raghubar Das, Union Ministers from the State and Cabinet Ministers of the State government.
The government expects that the summit will provide a huge platform to all stakeholders of agri-ecosystem to showcase the vast agriculture and food processing potential of Jharkhand and simultaneously network with policy makers, agri equipment manufacturers, academicians, agri startups, agri ecosystem companies. To develop a chain that makes continuity of supply of products from farm to market and the aim of the summit is to double the income farmer by 2022.
More than 50 delegates from foreign countries will take part in the programme. The delegates from five partner countries including Israel, China, Philippines, Tunisia and Mongolia will participate in the event. Morocco will be the focused country in the event.
After the inaugural session six sectoral seminars will be held on various themes such as agricultural equipments, organic farming, agri startup and agri ecosystem companies. One each sectoral seminar will be held by China and Israel.