Bioagri input producers’ meet from today

Bioagri 2023, a two-day event organised by BioAgri Input Producers Association (BIPA), a not-for-profit body, will be kicked off in Hyderabad at HICC Novotel, on Wednesday. It will be inaugurated by Dr T Janakiram, Vice-Chancellor, Dr YSR Horticultural University and Dr Praveen Rao, former Vice-Chancellor of Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU). SK Malhotra, Project Director of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture (DKMA-ICAR) will deliver the Bio Agri Conference address.
The theme of the event is “BioAg by 2030 – Miles To Go– Billions to Reach”. BIPA International Journal of Biological Agriculture will be launched during the conference and an exhibition will be held along with the conference.
Some of the topics to be addressed during the two-day conference include Bio-abling the future –India opportunity; Global business opportunities in Biologicals, bio-nutrition; Ag-biologicals: opportunities beyond agriculture, emerging technologies and business opportunities, investment opportunities in India and many others.
The government’s emphasis on “Natural Farming”, has inevitably boosted the usage of various BioAg inputs, generating great interest amongst the national farming community.
The corporations realise that for sustainable agriculture and to mitigate the rising climatic deviations, excess usage of chemical fertilizers affecting soil conditions has only forced them to expand towards the biological sector. As a whole, agriculture is moving towards biological agriculture due to climate resilience and the ill-effects of chemical-based farming practices.
India has massive potential as a sourcing hub for biologicals. The organic food segment in India is expected to grow at a CAGR of 10 percent during 2015-25, and is estimated to reach Rs 75,000 crore (US$ 10.73 billion) by 2025 from Rs 2,700 crore (US$ 386.32 million) in 2015.