Livelihoods Action Series | Boot Camp-III Alternate Farming Solutions for Small Farmers, SHGs and Agripreneurs

Livelihoods Action Series | Boot Camp-III

Alternate Farming Solutions for Small Farmers, SHGs and Agripreneurs: Hydroponics, Aquaponics & Vertical Farming | A two day boot camp on 22nd & 23rd September, 2020 (virtual)

India Livelihoods Collective, in collaboration with CSRBOX, has curated a Virtual Boot Camp for you to learn the fundamentals of alternative farming systems. Join us for the two-day virtual Boot Camp on ‘Alternate Farming Solutions for Small Farmers, SHGs and Agripreneurs: Hydroponics, Aquaponics & Vertical Farming’ and understand how to overcome the farming challenges with help of scientifically proven techniques of cultivating crops in a different media. The training session designed will be co-guided by Mr. Vijay Yelmalle and Dr. Hansa Jeswani, along with some of best practices of strongest enablers from across the country.

Date: 22nd & 23nd September, 2020

Time: 4.00-6.00 PM

Duration: 2 Hrs./ day (Total 4 Hrs.)

Key Highlights

The Bootcamp-III on Alternate Farming Solutions for Small Farmers, SHGs and Agripreneurs aims to develop an end-to-end understanding of the professionals w.r.t to the innovative techniques of hydroponics, aquaponics and vertical farming, building capacities in terms of SOPs, implementation, management, governance frameworks, key challenges associated and learning.

Session-I: Technology, Business Models and Sustainability

Mr. Vijay Suresh Yelmalle, Proprietor- CRAFT Agro, Founder & Director - Mystic Farms and Founder & CEO – Rural IDEA

• Resources and setup
• Technology and processes
• Feasibility assessment, variety of crops and market linkages
• Multiple business models, ROI and sustainability
• Allied value chains

Dr. Hansa Jeswani, Professor, Sardar Patel College of Engineering, Mumbai

• Potential areas of hi-tech farming
• High value crops
• Challenges for small farmers
• Resources’ efficiency and low-cost materials
• Strategies of promotion of hi tech farming
• Policy initiatives by Govt of India

Session-II:

• Kambala, Hydrogreens Agri Solutions
• Hydroponics & Vertical Farming Interventions, TATA Power
• Small Farming Systems using Hydroponics & Aquaponics, Hydrilla

For Whom

Promoters and enablers in the agripreneurship ecosystem (representing NGOs, CSR, Philanthropic Organisations, Start-ups, Consulting Firms and Academia)

Fee

Early Bird Registrations - INR 900 (till 15th September, 2020)

Standard – INR 1250 ( from 16th September onwards)

Registration Deadline: 21st September, 2020 (subject to availability of seats)

To download the brochure, click here

To register, click here

The session is free for India Livelihoods Collective’s partner organisations. Please write to us at bhagyashree@csrbox.org  for registering your representatives.

India Livelihoods Collective

For any query, get in touch with:

Ms. Aanchal Sharma

Email : aanchal@csrbox.org 

Mobile: +91 8980456984

For immediate escalations or to know more about India Livelihoods Collective, please feel free to write to bhagyashree@csrbox.org 

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