New Delhi [India], March 21 (ANI/SRV): The Indian government has announced its ambitious vision for the country to become a developed nation by the year 2047. This announcement was made on the occasion of India's 75th anniversary of independence, and the government has laid out a roadmap to achieve this goal. On 18th March, 2023, the Knowledge Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) successfully organized THE India@2047 Networking Summit in New Delhi focusing on sectors like New Age Agriculture and Food Processing, Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality, and Information Communication Technology. The Knowledge paper was also released during the event prepared jointly by Tech Science Research and the Knowledge Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Also Launched Kathyawad Ventures (a Micro VC Fund) and Collaboration innovX (Romanian Accelerator) for Start-up Exchange Program supported by KCCI. The summit was supported by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of India, and GI
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 2 (ANI/SRV): Knowledge Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) successfully organized FPO Leadership Summit & Exhibition at Indira Gandhi Pratishthan, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh recently. The other organisation includes UP FPO, SFAC and Summit is supported by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI). On the occasion of Chaudhary Charan Singh Jayanti, The Govt. of Uttar Pradesh also awarded Farmers, Agripreneurs and Agriculture Scientists during the program. Uttar Pradesh has played a key role in agriculture production with the highest grain, milk, and meat production, which are main commodities keeping food security in mind. Considering the facts, UP is a focused state for all Agri-value chain companies, right from input, farm mechanization, processors, exporters, and other allied service providers. However, because 92% of farmers in the state are small and marginal, and their average land holding is 30% lower than the national average
With the farmers in Barmer all set to produce thousands of kilos of potatoes for french fries and plant-based meat manufactured in Udaipur making its way to the US and Europe, the desert state of Rajasthan shall soon script a new growth .
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI/PNN): A unique FinTech and AgriTech startup company, Growpital has put Rajasthan's small TaraTara Math Village of Barmer on national front by bagging a unique farming project. Growpital has bagged in the potato production contract,giving employment opportunities to farmer of this village, across 25 acres of land from McCain Foods India. Barmer district lies in the Thar dessert on the border with Pakistan. Dry weather and lack of ground water since centuries had left no choice for the region but to cultivate limited crops such as bajra, chana and cumin etc. In recent years, due to innovations in agriculture science and farmers hardwork, Barmer has started shaping lush fields of vegetables or orchards of fruits. McCain Foods' potato production project is one another such step for the village farmers to bring the paradigm shift in the state. Rituraj Sharma, Agripreneur and Founder of Growpital and Zetta Farms said, "Growpital is working tow