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| Re-shaping Agriculture for a Sustainable Future - focus on small farm-holders Hyderabad, India, 4 - 7 November, 2013 The 2013 Congress in Hyderabad, India was been the most successful to date. Over 1000 delegates present over three days, 70 world class speakers, 170 Government Officials, 160 exhibitors and 5500 Trade Fair visitors and 185 media. The World Agricultural Forum apologises to attendees who may not have received all the official documentation – this was due to the unexpected numbers of attendees The full 2013 Congress Programme as delivered is available here and the speakers’ presentations will be made available as they are received. The delegate 2013 Congress Manual is available here (Please note: this file is very large and may not be easily downloaded on dial- up links) The 2013 Trade Fair Manual is available here (Please note: this file is very large and may not be easily downloaded on dial-up links). Video recordings of parts of the Congress courtesy of the publication Farmer Review are available here. |
Patrons: Mr. Sharad Pawar, Minister of Agriculture & Food Processing Industries, Government of India Mr. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy – Chief Minister Andhra Pradesh, India Co-Patron: Mr. Kanna Lakshminarayana Minister for Agriculture and Agriculture technology Mission, Government of Andhra Pradesh Organising Committee: Chairs: Dr. Prasanna Kumar Mohanty IAS Chief Secretary, Andhra Pradesh. Dr Kenneth M. Baker, Chairman World Agricultural Forum Mr. Anil Chandra Punetha, IAS, Principal Secretary, Andhra Pradesh ) Members: Rt. Hon. James Bolger, Chairman WAF Advisory Board, Member of the Board, WAF and former Prime Minister of New Zealand Mr.Satish Chandra, IAS, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Fertilizers, Government of India, New Delhi Dr. William Dar, Director General, ICRISAT Dr. Leonard Guarraia, Chairman Emeritus, WAF. Professor Aldas Janaiah (& Convenor), Head - School of Agribusiness Management ANGR Agri University (Convenor) Dr. A. Padma Raju, Vice-Chacellor, ANGRAU Dr.P.V.Ramesh, Principal Secretary, Finance, Government of Andhra Pradesh Mr. K. Madhusudhan Rao, IAS, sioner and Director of Agriculture, Govt of Andhra Pradesh Mr. Harish Reddy, President, Seedsmen Association of Andhra Pradesh Dr. Pravesh Sharma, Managing Director, Small farmers AgriBusiness Consortium, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India Ms. Evie Soames, Member of the Board, WAF |
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WAF 2013 Congress & Agri-Tech Trade Fair
Hyderabad, India 4 - 7 November, 2013
| Speaker List included: Hon. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy - Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Hon. Tariq Anwar, Hon. Minister of State for Agriculture, Government of India Hon. Kanna Lakshmi Narayana - Minister for Agriculture, Andhra Pradesh Dr. Kenneth M. Baker, Chairman, World Agricultural Forum, Belgium Rt. Hon. James Bolger – Chairman of the WAF Advisory Board and Former Prime Minister of New Zealand Hon. Krishna Byregowda, Minister of Agriculture, Govt. of Karnataka Mr Liam Condon – CEO, Bayer CropScience, Germany Dr. R. B. Singh, Former Director, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) Ms. Denise Burrell, Global Farm Extension Manager, International Farming Ventures, Fonterra Cooperative Group Limited, New Zealand Dr. Suhas P. Wani, Assistant Research Program Director, ICRISAT, Patancheru, India Mr. Arie Veldhuizen MBA, Counsellor for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality in India and Sri Lanka, Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Netherlands Mr. Anil Jain - CEO, Jain Irrigation, India Mr. Manan Bindal, Senior Client Manager, Vice President, Global Partnerships, Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd, Singapore Mr. G. Chandrasekhar, Associate Editor, Hindu Business Line, India Mr N Prabhakar, Vice-President, Nava Bharat Ventures Sugars Division Mr. Murali Sastry, Director Innovation, DSM India. Professor Haresh Shah, Chairman of ARC, Advisory Board, ICRM Emeritus Professor, Stanford University, USA Mr Thad Simons - CEO, Novus International, USA Dr S A Patil, Ex Vice-Chancellor, UAS, Bangalore Dr A. Padma Raju, Vice-Chancellor, ANGRAU Mr. Chris Carson, Director International Policy, Ministry of Primary Industries, New Zealand Mr. Amareesh Gulati, Managing Director and Head of Financial Inclusion, Standard Chartered Bank Dr. N. Poole, Chairman ICRISAT, UK Mr. Arun Chandra Ambatipudi, Executive Director Fairtrade Foundation India and Chief Functionary & Director, Chetna Organic India Mr. Michael Doane, Vice President, Sustainable Agriculture Policy, Monsanto, USA Mr. Atul Chaturvedi, CEO, Adani Wilmar Ltd Dr. Pawanexh Kohli, Chief Advisor National Centre for Cold- Chain Development, Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Government of India Mr. Rainer von Mielecki, BASF, Germany Mr. Philippe de Laperouse, Managing Director, HighQuest Partners, USA Mr. Sanjay Kaul MD & CEO, National Collateral Management Services Ltd Professor Julian Cribb, Professor of Science Communication, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Dr. Kiran Sharma, CEO AgriBusiness and Innovation Platform, ICRISAT, India Dr Purushottam Mainali, Deputy Team Leader/ Policy and Institutional Specialist, ADS (Agriculture Development Strategy), Nepal. Mr. Bhanu Sharma, Managing Director & CEO, SAME DEUTZ- FAHR Dr. Andrew Klein, International Director Program Strategy and the Regional Director, Asia Subcontinent, USSEC, USA Dr R. V. Raja Kumar, Vice-Chancellor, RGUKT, Hyderabad |
| Hon. Tariq Anwar, Hon. Minister of State for Agriculture, Government of India, Hon. N. Kiran Kumar Reddy - Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Rt. Hon. James Bolger – Chairman of the WAF Advisory Board and Former Prime Minister of New Zealand, Dr. Kenneth M. Baker, Chairman, World Agricultural Forum |
