Horticultural Plant Industry for Bio-Entrepreneurhip

Workshop on HORTICULTURAL PLANT INDUSTRY FOR BIO-ENTREPRENEURHIP

Jan 11, 2018 Agriculture College and Research Institute, Madurai A platform for key stakeholders from government, academia and industry to deliberate on the scope and challenges of bioentrepreneurship through Horticultural research

India is a home to variety of horticultural crops which covers a wide range of fruits, vegetables, tuber crops, flowers, mushrooms, spices, medicinal and aromatic plants. India produces about 70 varieties of vegetables and equally diverse variety of fruits, consisting 70% of tropical and sub-tropical type and 30% of temperate type. The importance of horticultural sector in Indian economy can be visualized from the fact that it accounts for 30% of India’s agricultural GDP from only 8.5% of the cropped area. Tamil Nadu, one of the Southern States of India has seven agro-climatic zones viz., North Eastern Zone, Cauvery Delta Zone, Southern Zone, Western Zone, North Western Zone, High Altitude Zone and High Rainfall Zone spread over in 29 districts. The state is the largest producer of bananas (56.50 lakh MT), flowers, tapioca (49.76 lakh MT), the second largest producer of mangoes, natural rubber, coconut, groundnut and the third largest producer of coffee, sapota, tea and sugarcane. The total area covered under horticulture crops in the State moved up from 10.01 lakh hectares in 2011-12 to 10.81 lakh hectares in 2012-13 (8.0%) and further raised to 11.46 lakh hectares in 2013-14 (6.0%). The increase in area and yield rate helped to augment the total production of horticultural crops from 152.62 lakh tonnes in 2011-12 to 173.99 lakh tonnes in 2012-13 (14.0%) and further to 191.31 lakh tonnes in 2013-14 (10.0%). Fruits, vegetables, spices and condiments and plantation crops together claimed a share of 96.0 percent of the total area covered under horticultural crops. Entrepreneurship development is an important way of achieving the integration for bringing net gain to farmers, producers, consumers and nation. Large number of crops has been brought under improved cultivars as a result of considerable increase in production of quality planting material and seeds through research. A large number innovative technologies like drip irrigation, green house cultivation, micro grafting etc have been invented for the welfare of the farmers. Conference seeks  To promote innovative technologies in horticulture for bioentrepreneurship opportunity.  Challenges and market potential of horticulture industry.  Enhancing rural livelihood through sustainable utilization of the vast bioresource for economic development.  To provide interactive platform for students/scientist/entrepreneurs working in horticulture crops for sustainable production and marketability

Agenda Jan 11, 2018 9:30 am – 10:00 am Registrations 10:00 am – 11:30 am Welcome Address: Mrs.RV.Shajeevana, Additional Director, EDII Felicitation: Dr.M.K.Shanmugasundaram,IAS, Development Commissioner,MEPZ Special Economic Zone, , Chennai Thiru K. Veera Raghava Rao IAS., District Collector, Madurai Inaugral Address: Mr.Ashok Dongre, IAS, Principal Secretary/Director, EDII Keynote Address: Dr.K.Ramasamy, Vice-Chancellor, TNAU, Coimbatore

11:30 am – 1:00 Bio-entrepreneurship through horticulture research pm Panelists Dr. S.Uma, Director, ICAR-NRC for Banana, Tiruchirapalli Dr.C.Aswath Reddy, Head, Division of Floriculture, Indian Institute of Horticulture Research, Bangalore Mr.Ajeethan, Farmer Producer Company, Trichy Moderator Dr.S.Suresh, Dean i/c, AC&RI, Madurai.

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm Lunch Break

1:30 pm – 2:30 pm Challenges and market potential of horticulture industry Panelists: Dr.Bharathi, Grow-More Bio-tech, Hosur Mr.Ramakrishnan, Satya deva nursery, Rajamundri, Andra Pradesh Dr.Joswa Fenn Suresh, Exporter Agri-Horti Products, Chennai Moderator Dr.N.Senthil, Project Director, CI, AC&RI,Madurai

2.30 pm - 3.00 pm Start-up Pitch Mr.NRR Vijayakumar, Co-Founder, FounderPassion, Coimbatore

3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Hands-on training Micrografting in Horticulture crops Dr.T.N.Balamohan, Professor & Head, Department of Horticulture, AC&RI,Madurai 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm Tea break 4:30 pm onwards Valedictory session

About Organizers

Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute, Govt. of Tamil Nadu Established in 2001, the Entrepreneurship Development and Innovation Institute (EDII), Chennai is an apex organisation in the field of entrepreneurship education and self-employment promotion in the state of Tamil Nadu. EDII was constituted by Government of Tamil Nadu as a not-for- profit society and is administered by Department of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). Headed by the Principal Secretary/Director, EDII is managed under the superintendence of a Governing Council, appointed by the Government of Tamil Nadu. EDII has recently widened its scope to promotion of innovation by leveraging R&D for enterprise development.

Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai, Govt. of Tamil Nadu Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai (AC & RI) is a constituent college of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore and is situated at twelve kilometers away from the Madurai City on Madurai-Trichy National Highway and just 5km away from Mattuthavani Integrated Bus Station. This campus is the second biggest campus of TNAU accommodating 650 under-graduate, post-graduate students and Ph.D. scholars, and is placed at the foothill of historical monument Yanamalai, a small rocky mountain on the western side. The green and idyllic atmosphere has made the campus a favorite picnic spot for the pupils of schools and colleges in and around Madurai and they say the spirit of beauty and the quest for knowledge reign supreme in the campus. The campus also has a watertank which attracts birds and has been referred as undeclared sanctuary for peacock. The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University was selected as the best university in India for the year 2000 and Agricultural College and Research Institute, Madurai was adjudged the best College in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University twice during 2002 and 2008.