Krishi Kumbh 2.0

📍: Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research , Lucknow

🗓️: December,2023

Around 2 lakh farmers from India and abroad will be participating in the Krishi Kumbh fair which will be organised in Lucknow in December. Farmers will be learning agricultural innovations and techniques from the experiences and experiments of fellow cultivators as well as agricultural scientists.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has decided to organise the second edition of Krishi Kumbh (agriculture fair) in the coming December. The earlier edition, a first-of-its-kind, was held in 2018.

Aim :

According to a government official, the aim is to make farmers from across the country and the world familiar with the state’s agriculture and its practices and enhance their technical awareness, new agricultural technologies and innovations.

New farming and agricultural practices in various countries, including Japan, Israel, Germany and the US, will also be displayed and taught. The discussions will be held on challenges related to cow-based natural farming, climate change preparedness, encouragement for sustainable agriculture, entrepreneurship based on FPOs, cost reduction in farming, and efforts to increase the contribution of the agriculture sector in making the state a one trillion dollar economy.

Various agriculture techniques through lectures, demonstrations and agricultural exhibitions will be showcased. Recently, at a meeting presided over by Adiyanath, it was decided to make possible participation of two lakh farmers in the fare. He has also instructed authorities to invite esteemed national and international agricultural companies and organisations, agricultural universities, agricultural science centres, and progressive farmers to the event.

Displaying the best practices in the agriculture sector. “This will enable our farmers to become more prosperous from the technical point of view. This event will provide information on technology and innovation being adopted in the agriculture sector across the world from seeds to markets,” the chief minister was quoted as saying in a statement.

The chief minister further said that more than 2 lakh farmers, 10 partner countries and more than 500 national/international companies/institutions are likely to participate in the second edition of Krishi Kumbh. “Honorable ministers of the Government of India, reputed national and international companies/institutions of agriculture and related sectors, all agricultural universities, agricultural science centres, and progressive farmers should be invited to participate in the event,” he said.