Agripreneurship Development Programs
Workshop #1
Business Opportunities and Farmer’s Role in Carbon Farming and Related Ecosystem Services”
17 January 2023
9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Workshop #2
Smart Urban Farming: An opportunity for Farmers to Double Their Income
On 18 January 2023
9:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Venue: Zonal Technology Management & Business Planning and Development Unit ICAR- Indian agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi- 110012
About The Programs
Business Opportunities and Farmer’s Role in Carbon Farming and Related Ecosystem Services
Objective:
- To strengthen the concept of carbon farming and ecosystem services towards agripreneurship
- To disseminate information about adoption of farm practices for carbon credits and income generation
- Course Director: Arti Bhatia, Principal Scientist, Division of Environment Science, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi 110012
- Course Co-Director: Dr. Neeru Bhooshan, Incharge & PS, ZTM & BPD Unit, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
- Course Coordinator: Bidisha Chakrabarti, Principal Scientist, Division of Environment Science, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi 110012
- Course Co-Coordinator: Dr. Ashish Khandelwal, Scientist (SS), Division of Environment Science, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi 110012
Smart Urban Farming: An opportunity for farmers to double their income
Objective:
- To highlight the importance and scope of smart urban farming
- To bring out the role of smart urban farming for doubling the farmers income in current and future scenario
- To understand the farm market supply chain of smart urban farming products in urban and rural setup
- Smart urban farming as a means of crop diversification for better income
- Course Director: Dr. Bhupinder Singh, Head & PS
- Course Co-Director: Dr. Neeru Bhooshan, Incharge & PS, ZTM & BPD Unit, ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
- Course Coordinator: Dr. Murtaza Hasan, PS, CPCT
- Course Co-coordinator: Sandeep Kumar, Scientist (Sr. Scale)
- Duration & Date: 01 day (Tentative: 18th January, 2023)