Original Post taken from Dainik Bhaskar
Farmers came from all over Punjab, Haryana and even from countries like Afghanistan to reap a rich harvest of technology at the Agro Tech 2010, and organisers said the response to the agri-fair from corporates too has grown this time.
The December 3-6 fair organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) saw thousands of farmers, entrepreneurs, agricultural scientists and engineering students visiting the stalls and exploring new farm equipment and other products.
As many as 225 exhibitors, including 63 foreign exhibitors from nine countries, showcased their products at the ninth edition of the fair.
Canada, France, Germany, South Korea and Britain set up pavilions while companies from Australia, Italy, Spain and the US also showcased their products and services.
Harbhajan Singh, sarpanch (headman) of Chanumajra village in Punjab's Mohali district, said: "There was so much to see and everything was latest. We do not get to see this anywhere else. I have gathered information from Canadian experts on how the dairy and poultry produce can be increased."
The farmers were also seen exploring new technologies for crop production and dairy farming, exchanging ideas and technical know-how.
“We have learned so many new things here and will introduce them in our country. We also want Indian investors to come to our country and invest in agriculture technology,” he said.
CII (northern region) chairman R.M. Khanna said: “Agro Tech has seen an encouraging response from the farmers. This year we have seen a good increase in the number of queries from farmers and corporates as compared to previous editions.”
Besides latest machinery, ‘kisan goshtis’ educated farmers on the latest techniques and gave live demonstrations of soil testing, usage of tensiometers to save water, emu birds, quails, turkeys, guinea fowls and hydroponics machines.
Sessions on natural resource management, soil and water conservation, green house cultivation and organic farming were also being held at the fair.
Well as for the news. we know these fairs are a good platform for spreading awareness all around. but the hard reality still remains there and i guess no body's paying any attention towards it.
Expensive machinery, costly tractors shows yes India is definitely growing but when we go towards the rural India people still strive on their bullocks. do this expensive machinery helps in bringing Indian agricultural industry to new level. I don't know what the future will be. but yeah the need of hour is to develop self sustainable agricultural economy. small farmers need subsidized crops. though there are lots of agricultural schemes being put forward. but in the end who's implementing them, none. Govt. should focus on policies rather than spending huge on just picturing the prospering outlook of the country.
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