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DESCRIPTION
IFPRI- CSISA organized a one day high level policy roundtable on Sustainable Intensification in India’s Risk-Prone Ecologies: Investment strategies for productivity growth, resource conservation, and climate risk management” on May 19, 2014 in New Delhi. This roundtable, brings together a high-level small group of individuals from the corporate, government, and research sectors to address one of India’s most urgent challenges to food security and economic growth—how to encourage private sector investment in accelerating productivity growth in India’s risk-prone ecologies while simultaneously conserving the environment. There are solutions already in farmers’ fields and rural markets that respond to these challenges, and this Roundtable will highlight recent advances, for example: innovative financial products and information services for small-scale farmers; diagnostic tools for managing water and soil nutrient scarcity; custom-hired resource-conserving machinery for small farms; crop diversification and high-value marketing strategies; and stress-resistant wheat and rice varieties. But the search for solutions is far from complete. This Roundtable is meant to engage participants in a rapid-fire discussion of recent technical solutions in Indian agriculture, the prospects for policy change, and corporate outlooks for the next five years. The purpose is to help public and private sector players to identify common investment strategies, forge partnerships, and chalk out collaborative efforts to effect technological, market, and policy improvements in India’s risk prone ecologies.TRANSCRIPT
Why A Farmer Should Choose Farming As A Profession For Himself Or For His Children's ?
• Indian is An Agrarian Economy engages ~ 60% of our Population• Shocking Growth rate for Agriculture is 2-3 %
IF we rely on UN Math’s- It says:
More than 100,000 farmers have taken
their lives since 1997.
Their average debt was about $835.
On average, there has been one farmer’s suicide
every 32 minutes since 2002
( Reason being Crop failure, Crop Disease, Poor yields, etc.)
• World population will hit 9.1 billion in 2050.
• If we produce at same rate there will be no enough
food to feed.
• $ 85 Bn need to be invested in developing countries
on farming to sustain
• Answer is collaboration among all stake holders
If they Don’t we are in serious problem
CropIn Solution…
SAUS & ICAR-KVKs
Farmer Connect Entities (Like NGOs)
Field Officers/SPs
AgroEntrepreneurs
Farmers
How the solution works..
Private SectorInput/Machine Companies
Banks & Insurance Co.
Buyers Exporters
Water Usage Advice
Real Time Farm
Support/Issue Resolution
Package of Practices Sharing
Precession Farming
Farmer Linkage (Financial Institution
& Market & Insurance Co.)
Farm Certification-Global GAP
Climate based Advice
Farm Machinary/I
nput Co. Connect
IMPACT ON FARMERS
Farmer Empowerment
Impact on Organization
100%
Digitization of
Farms, Farmers &
Operations
Field Level Task
Management and
Ready Schedule
Job for Field
Officers
Easy to Scale up
to new
geographies with
new Farmers
Farm Operation Optimized 100%
Good Agriculture Practices Incorporated at every farm.
Digitally Connected farms-Farmers & Managers
100% farms were traceable
10-15% increase in Productivity
Expected Std. yield Per acre: 8500 Kg. But Actual Yield for plots in 2012-13 crop up-to 10,200 Kg/Acre
5 Field officer can Audit Area ~600 acres in a day
18% reduction in farm losses
Losses were reduced due to timely Advisory given to farmers.
Quality Improved
• Forecasting
• Analyses Historical Data.
• Advance reporting.360* view.
• Customizable.Reports & Dashboards.
• Exportable to PDF,XLS etc.
• System generated alerts for all levels
11 Crops
25,000 acres
20000 Farmers
12 States in India
Farm size (Acres) No. of Farmers (%)
0.2 - 2 60%
2 - 5 25%
> 5 10%
Impact so far …
Increased Productivity/Quality (~10-15%)
Farm Losses Reduced (18%)
Farmer Name: X
Issue: Virus
Infection: Spread in 94% of Area
Recorded Cropin Date: 23 Dec 13
Action: Virus Impacted Plant rouged out
timely and appropriate pesticide
sprayed
Final Farm Output: 90% achieved
Savings for farmers Output: 90%
Example of CropIn Impact on a Farmer
Opportunity To Collaborate CSISA-CropIn-Skymet-Digital Green
SP, Field Officers, Champion Farmer
Provide Best Practices on cropProvide Targeted
Climate /Weather Info Collaborative PlatformProcess/Exchange/Analyze/Forecast Data
Private Sector SAUC, ICAR-KVKs
Farmer
Stage 1
• Upon Agreement CropIn Team Configure the Cloud Platform Specific to Client
Stage 2
• Master data for Crop is setup, User Ids are created and all Required mapping done to enable field Operation
Stage 3
• Training Team visits client location and trains/hand holds Clients field staff and management and helps in implementation.
Stage 4• Client goes LIVE
GO-LIVE in just 5 days
Weather & Alerts
