FICCI Agri Startup Summit & Awards: See Who Fetched What?

4th Edition of Summit & Awards for Innovations by Agri Startups was organized by FICCI on 06 & 07 January 2022 in virtual mode. FICCI  believes that startups will be the backbone of New India. The aspiring entrepreneurs are not leaving any stone unturned and have made a significant impact across all segments of the Agriculture sector.  

Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, Secretary (DARE) & Director General, ICAR, Govt of India emphasized that nurturing Agri innovations is imperative for agricultural development. Innovations played a key role in the green and white revolution. 

Addressing the 4th edition of ‘FICCI Agri Startup Summit & Awards’,   Dr Mohapatra said, “The evolving technologies and Agri- innovations are to be mainstreamed and deployed in the fields". Dr Mohapatra further said that we also need to incubate the start-ups and entrepreneurs, and this is critical to address the challenges of agriculture and allied sectors. There is a lot of opportunity to link farmers to market and startups have huge potential in this area. Dr Mohaptra mentioned that there has to be efficiency, climate resilience and high productivity with quality and we need more and more players to be part of it. “Partnership and collaboration are key in today’s world to take agriculture to next level,” he added. 

FICCI Agri Startup Summit & Awards