Event Schedule
7th National Convention on Organic Farming – “ORGANIC MAHOTSAV”
29th November – 1st December 2019, Shilpgram, Udaipur
7th National Convention on Organic Farming – “ORGANIC MAHOTSAV”
29th November – 1st December 2019, Shilpgram, Udaipur
29th November 2019
| 10:00 AM | Registration Begins |
Auditorium
| 10:15 – 10:25 AM | Welcome Speech, Rohit Jain(Secretary, OFAI) |
| 10:25 – 10:35 AM | Chair, K.P. Illiyas(President, OFAI) |
| 10:35 – 10:55 AM | Shri Kailash Ji Choudhary, Union Minister of State, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare of Government of India |
| 10:55 – 11:00 AM | Shri Gulaab Chand Ji Kataria, Ex- Home Minister, Rajasthan, Leader of Opposition Party, Government of Rajasthan. |
| In Presence of Shri Arjun Lal Ji Meena, Member of Parliament Udaipur and Shri CP Joshi Ji Member of Parliament Chittorgarh. | |
| 11:00 – 11:15 AM | Greeting from Padamshree Shree Hukumchand Patidar |
| 11:15 – 11:30 AM | Shri N. Raghuraman, Author, Editor and Motivational Speaker |
| 11:30 – 11:50 AM | Edith Van Walsum, IFOAM Organics International World Board member, Netherlands |
| 11:50 – 12:00 PM | Farmers Victory over PepsiCo case |
| 12:00 – 2:00 PM | Claude Alvares – What are the lessons from 40 years of organic farming in India for farmers in Rajasthan? |
Session Venue
| Time | Auditorium | Vayu Chaupal | OFAI Pavilion | Tech Chaupal | Farm Chaupal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Sultan Ismail Director, Ecoscience Research Foundation | Open Discussion | Rajinder Singh Weed Management | Pawan Tak – Compost Preparations | Deepika – Natueco Farming |
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Sabarmatee – Women, Agriculture, Drudgery and health-What we have to think of it? | Manish Jain – Localization and Education | Jagat Ram – Challenges in Organic Farming | Babulal Dahiya Folk literature and Seed Conservation | |
| 4:00 PM – 4:45 PM | Anant Bhoyar Organic India – Dharti Mitra (Process and Award) | Avinash Singh Dangi – Importance of Indigenous Seeds and Multicropping in Organic Farming | Hukumchand Patidar – Right of farmer from seed to market. | Dr Sharad Goda, Government Schemes in Rajasthan for Promotion of Organic Farming | |
| 4:45 PM to 5:30 PM | Dr SK Sharma – Science in Organic Farming | Aparna Beejom Permaculture | Umendra Datta – Cultural aspect of Agriculture | Prem Singh – Aavartansheel Kheti | |
| 5:30 PM to 6:15 PM | Dr E Som Sundaram – Scientific Validation of Organic Inputs and Organic Farming Policy | Bharat Mansata – Regenerating, using and sharing plant/crop diversity. | Devesh Patel – Innovation in value addition | ||
| 6:15 PM to 7:00 PM | Ravi Gauria – Fakenews and misnoformation in social media | ||||
| 7:00 PM onwards | Culture Night at Amphitheater | ||||
7th National Convention on Organic Farming – “ORGANIC MAHOTSAV”
29th November – 1st December 2019, Shilpgram, Udaipur
30th November 2019
Session Venue
| Time | Auditorium | Vayu Chaupal | OFAI Pavilion | Tech Chaupal | Farm Chaupal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Dr A Kumar, Ravi Kelkar, Vaishali Malviya, Prem Singh – Future of Organic Farming | Shiva Prasad, Telanaga (Conservation and distribution of Traditional Seeds) | Gauri Sarin, Kapil Bhanwala,Vishwanath Gupta, Jagpal Phogatji, Jiggi Chauhan,Yash Jain, Ravi Singh chowdhary – The future of food – role of small Agripreneurs. BHUMIJAA | Manu Moudgil – Digitial Media toolkit for advocacy | |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Navroop Singh, Traditional Cow Care | Gauri Sarin In conversation with Rambabu – LIVING WITHOUT MEDICINE | Sanjoy Singh – Organic pulses farming -Oppotunities and Challanges | ||
| 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM | Kapil Shah – Issues with Organic Certification System and Alternative Quality Assurance Systems | Akash Badave – Comminuty mobilization and Farmer Producer Organization | Akash Chourasia – Multi Layer farming | Sachin Desai – Smyantak Univerity of Life | |
| 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Shruti Shah – Agroecological way of Managing Weeds | Shamika Mone – A Model Organisation -Kerela Jaiva Karshaka Samithi | Vishalakshi Padmnabhan – PGSOC | Dr M Shahid Siddhiqui – Use of technology in Agriculture | |
| 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Sudhir Gupta : Opportunities For Agri Entreprenurs in Organic. | Ravi Kelkar – Model Organic Farm | Sujata Goel and Maya Goel – Biodiversity, why it is essential ? | Akash Chourasia Practical Session on Multi Level Farming | |
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Bharat Mansata – Holistic Understanding of Water and its linkages to soil, forest, farming, economy and culture | Santhosh Nimbarkar Multi-cropping System | Rajesh Tiwari – Biodynamic Farming | ||
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Vijay Jardari – Beej Bachao Andolan | Siddharth Jaiswal – Guidelines to set up Organic Business by Farmers/FPOs | Afsar Jafri and Farmer Union Reprsentative from AIKS, BKU, BKS on Free Trade Agreement, RCEP and their impact on Farmers. | ||
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Naresh Bishwas Bewar Swaraj | ||||
| 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Gaba – Seed to Fabric Show at Amphitheater | ||||
| 7:30 PM onwards | Kabir Concert at Amphitheater | ||||
7th National Convention on Organic Farming – “ORGANIC MAHOTSAV”
29th November – 1st December 2019, Shilpgram, Udaipur
1st December 2019
Session Venue
| Time | Auditorium | Vayu Chaupal | OFAI Pavilion | Tech Chaupal | Farm Chaupal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM | Minhaj Ameen -Rainfed Agriculture- Key to achieving food and nutrition security | Benson Issac – Theater of Oppressed | Suresh Desai – Hortipuncture farming | Organic Certification of handloom textiles- Round Table Discussion | |
| 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | Kalyan Paul – Adoption of value chains for enhancing incomes for small farmers – from farms to fingers! | Kumud Dadlani – Farming Miracles around the world | |||
| 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Movie – Film Festival Begins | Rakesh Chaudhary – Medicinal plants | Siddharth Jaiswal – Start a Start-up in Organic & Sustainable Agribusiness | Deepak Ashwin – Design your Food Forest | |
| 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | Discussion on Organic Traditonal Handloon- Closed Group Session | Arun Baid – Natural Dye Made simple, easy to learn and apply by innovative process | Anita Paul – Participatory Guarantee System and Gender Euality ! Experiences from Himalaya | Akash Sinha – Earth Masonry – Self Sustainable Natural Housing | |
| 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Brij Ballabh Udaiwal – Plants used in natural Dye and their significance. | Dr. Archana Thombare – Benefits of Millets and Local food in women and Children. | |||
| 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM | VK Sajeevan – Role of Tubers in our diet | Dr Shankar Ramachandani – Paraquat-the Killer – case study from Odisha | Vidhi Jain – Gastronomy and our family kitchens. | ||
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM | Dr Arun Acharaya – Feed your Health and starve your Disease. | Rohit Jain – Jaivik Kutumb “Community Supported Agriculture” |
Auditorium
| 3:00 – 4:30 PM | Concluding Ceremony | |
| 3:00 – 3:15 PM | Welcome – Shamika Mone, Treasurer OFAI | |
| 3:15 – 3:30 PM | Chair – Illiyas K P, President OFAI | |
| 3:30 – 4:00 PM | Hon’ble Chief Minister, Shri. Ashok Gehlot, Government of Rajasthan | |
| 4:00 – 4:20 PM | Keynote Speech – Ashok Kumar V Secretary Kerala Jaiva Karshaka Samithi (KJKS) | |
| 4:20 – 4:30 PM | Gratitude – Rohit Jain Secretary Organic Farming Association of India (OFAI) | |
| 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM | Aai Ki Handi and Food Festival at Food Festival Area | |
| 10:00 AM – 12:00 AM | Satvik Cooking Workshop Heena Chowksi | Food Festival Area |
| 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM | Masterclass on Millets Recipes- Shalini Rajni | |
| 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM | Lunch | Kindly decide when to have Lunch & Dinner based on the sessions you would want to attend. |
| 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM | Dinner | |
Our Speakers
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VENUE
The Organic Mahotsav 2019 is being held at Shilpgram, a craft village built by the West Zone cultural Centre (WZCC). The venue, situated 3 kms away from Udaipur, ideally resonates with the theme and feel of the event.
Spread over an undulating terrain between the Aravallies, it is a living ethnographic museum depicting the lifestyles of the folk and tribal people of the West Zone.
VENUE
The Organic Mahotsav 2019 is being held at Shilpgram, a craft village built by the West Zone cultural Centre (WZCC). The venue, situated 3 kms away from Udaipur, ideally resonates with the theme and feel of the event.
Spread over an undulating terrain between the Aravallies, it is a living ethnographic museum depicting the lifestyles of the folk and tribal people of the West Zone.
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