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4 th INDIA AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK FORUM 2020 4 th INDIA AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK FORUM 2020 Directorate of Economics & Statistics Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Webinar Date : 15 -16 October, 2020 Web Centre: Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi https://cdbkochi.webex.com/cdbkochi/j.php?MTID=ma18a0915122be0bc7f3de091d2ce4a94 Link to join the webinar :

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4th INDIA AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK FORUM 2020

4th INDIA AGRICULTURAL

OUTLOOK FORUM 2020

Directorate of Economics & Statistics Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare

Webinar Date : 15 -16 October, 2020

Web Centre: Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi

https://cdbkochi.webex.com/cdbkochi/j.php?MTID=ma18a0915122be0bc7f3de091d2ce4a94

Link to join the webinar :

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AERU Institute for Social and

Economic Change

AERU Institute of Economic

Growth

AERC University of Delhi

CMA IIM - Ahmedabad

Background

The Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW), Government of India, has been organizing the ‘India Agricultural Outlook Forum’ since 2017. The 1st Agricultural Outlook Forum was organized in August 2017 in collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The focus was mainly on farm revenue and sustainability; role of innovative technology; use of big data in agriculture; and strengthening of crop estimation systems.

Overwhelming response from the delegates, stakeholders and participants encouraged the Department to organize the 2nd India Agricultural Outlook Forum in September 2018 on a larger scale. The Forum deliberated on long-term demand and supply projections of agricultural commodities for India prepared by NITIAayog and Global Agriculture Outlook prepared by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The other major issues addressed in the Forum include regulatory issues in agriculture, need for innovative farm technology and management, challenges in water management and agricultural insurance, crop residue management, agricultural trade, etc. Experts from various countries and International Organizations, including USA, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, France, European Union and FAO actively participated in the deliberations of the Forum.

The 3rd IAOF was held during September 26-27, 2019 in New Delhi. The deliberations mainly focused on the Universal Basic Income for Farmers and other key challenges and opportunities before the agricultural sector, including the ways to manage excess production, price forecasting, artificial intelligence, water management, input markets, insurance, etc.

The Forum has over time emerged as an important platform for having updates on global and national agricultural outlook and in gaining deeper insights into national and international agricultural issues and developing more dynamic agricultural policy regime through sharing of experiences and best practices.

In view of the emerging national and global economic realities following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department is now organizing a webinar “4th India Agricultural Outlook Forum 2020” during October 15-16, 2020. This year, among other things, the forum would deliberate on major agricultural reforms initiated by the Government of India for better managing farm sector to ensure growth with stability and equity.

Partnering Institutes

The four partnering Agro Economic Research Units/Centres are Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru and Agro Economic Research Centre, University of Delhi.

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4th India Agricultural Outlook Forum 202015th&16th October, 2020

Web Centre: Krishi Bhawan, New Delhi

First Day

Thursday, October 15th, 2020

Welcome Address and Context Setting for the Webinar: Shri P. C. Bodh, Adviser, Directorate of Economics & Statistics, DAC&FW

SPECIAL ADDRESS

Shri Parshottam Rupala, Hon’ble MoS, DAC&FW

INAUGURAL SESSION

Keynote SpeechMr. Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, DAC&FW

Distinguished SpeakerDr. Ramesh Chand,

Member (Agriculture), NITI Aayog

Distinguished Speaker Dr. Robert Johansson, Chief Economist, USDA

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TECHNICAL SESSION-I

AGRICULTURAL OUTLOOK

Global Agricultural Outlook

Speaker 1: Dr. Sangita Dubey, Regional Statistician, FAO, Bangkok

Indian Agricultural Outlook

Speaker 2: Dr. Parmod Kumar, Professor, Agro Economics Research Unit, ISEC, Bangalore

Chairperson:Dr.Abhijit Sen,Professor Emeritus, JNU

TECHNICAL SESSION– II

GLOBAL AGRICULTURE SUPPLY CHAIN AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND AATMA NIRBHAR BHARAT IN FARM SECTOR

Impact of Pandemic on Global Agriculture

Speaker 1: Dr. Felix G. Baquedano,Economist, Market and Trade Economics DivisionUSDA

Speaker 2: Dr. Kayode Ajewole,Economist, Market and Trade Economics DivisionUSDA

Impact of Pandemic on Global Agriculture Trade and Policy Responses Taken - Focusing on Australia’s Response, Possible Learnings for India

Speaker 3: Dr. John Southwell,Counsellor (Agriculture) Australian High Commission, New Delhi

Opportunities and Challenges under AatmaNirbhar Bharat in Farm Sector and Way Forward

Speaker 4:Dr. P.K. Joshi, Head, AERC, Delhi and Former Director forSouth Asia, IFPRI

Chairperson: Dr. Shailaja Fennell, Sr. Lecturer, Jesus College, University of Cambridge

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TECHNICAL SESSION-III

GAME-CHANGER INITIATIVES IN FARM SECTOR

Short-term and Long-term Impact of Recent Farm Laws and Agriculture Infrastructure Fund on Farm sector and on Private sector Participation in Post-Harvest Infrastructure

Speaker 1: Shri Vivek Aggarwal, Joint Secretary,DAC&FW

Essential Commodities Act and its Impact on Smoothening Food Supply Management and on Influencing Private Sector Investment

Speaker 2: Ms. Nidhi Khare, Additional Secretary, D/o Consumer Affairs

Are States facing any constrains administratively to adopt the changes in short run?

Speaker 3: Shri Saurabh Garg, Pr. Secretary (Agriculture),Government of Odisha

Chairperson: Dr.Abhijit Sen,Professor Emeritus,JNU

TECHNICAL SESSION – IV

CONVERGING DOMESTIC AGRICULTURE POLICY WITH INTERNATIONAL COMMITMENTS ON SUSTAINABLE AND INCLUSIVE FARM GROWTH

Converging Domestic Agriculture Goals with SDGs and the Way Forward

Speaker 1: Dr. Neelam Patel, Sr. Adviser, NITI Aayog

Are SDGs and the current Agriculture Policy in States Consistent?

Speaker 2: Shri Manish Bhardwaj,Secretary (Agriculture), Govt of Gujarat

Climate Resilient Agriculture in India- Feasibility and need for Upscaling

Speaker 3:Dr. M. Prabhakar, Pr. Investigator,Central Research Institute for DrylandAgriculture (CRIDA), ICAR

Chairperson: Prof. Vijay Paul Sharma,Chairman, CACP

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Second DayFriday, October 16th, 2020

TECHNICAL SESSION – V

DECODING AGRI-TECH POTENTIAL IN INDIA

Is agri-tech opportunity a win-win game for all stakeholders?

Speaker 1:Dr. A.K. Singh, Deputy Director General, ICAR

New Technologies in Agriculture Sector and Challenges in their Adoption

Speaker 2:Prof. Manzul Kumar Hazarika,Director , Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok

Experience of Farmer Community in Adopting Agri-tech solution in field

Speaker 3:Dr. Ajay Vir Jakhar, Chairman, Punjab Farmers Commission

Chairperson: Dr. K.L. Prasad, Former Pr.Adviser, DAC&FW

TECHNICAL SESSION- VI

EXPLORING NEW CHANNELS INCLUDING FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES (FUTURES AND OPTIONS) IN RATIONALISING THE COST STRUCTURE OF GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AGENCIES(GPAS)

Is the GPAs and Farmers Organisation ready to enter into Commodity Derivative market?

Speaker 1:Shri Aliasgar S. Mithwani, Chief General Manager, SEBI

Are the Initiatives launched by GPAs resulting in Reduction in Food Loss and Economic cost?

Speaker 2:Shri B.S. Mohapatra, Former Executive Director, FCI

Can cost component of Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) be experimented on Derivative market?

Speaker 3:Shri Sanjeev Kumar Chadha, Managing Director, NAFED

Chairperson:Dr. Siraj Hussain, Sr. Fellow, ICRIER and Former Secretary, DAC&FW

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TECHNICAL SESSION – VII

CAPACITY BUILDING AND DECENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRICULTURE SECTOR

Opportunities and Constraints in Capacity Building in Farm sector

Speaker 1:Dr. Satendra Arya,CEO,Agriculture Skill Council of India

Emerging Opportunities for Rural Labour in Agriculture and Related Activities

Speaker 3:Prof. CSC Sekhar, Head AERC, IEG, Delhi

Chairperson Ms. Sunita Sanghi, Pr. Adviser, M/o Skill and Development

Concluding Remarks and Vote of Thanks

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About the Directorate

Directorate of Economics and Statistics is an attached office of Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare. Its mandate is to collect, compile and disseminate economic and statistical data relating to agriculture and provide analytical inputs to DAC&FW for the formulation of better agricultural and economic development policies. Its mission is to provide important information on agricultural economics & statistics like area, production and yield of principal crops, Minimum Support Prices (MSPs), monitor wholesale prices of agricultural commodities, implement schemes related to improvement of agricultural statistics, and carrying out agro-economic research studies.

The Directorate provides inputs to DAC&FW, CACP and other allied Departments, and generates a large body of literature on agricultural economics and statistical information and makes it available in the public domain for the use of all stakeholders.