February 2011 - CII

spotlightBusiness Focus @ Agrotech 2010International Buyer-seller MeetThe International Buyer Seller Meet at Agro Tech 2010 attracted 13 buyersfrom 6 countries - China, Malaysia, Oman, Singapore, Thailand, and UAE.65 meetings were organised with 13 sellers.Interest areas: Basmati rice, Aromatic products, Packaged foods, Spices Fruits &vegetables, Baby cereal and ConfectioneryThere were 3 country specific meetings with potential clients(UK, France, and Germany).Focused conferences: Addressed by about 75 experts over 450representatives from Agro based industry government, academic institutions,and progressive farmers participated in these conferences on: Future of Indian Agriculture– Sustaining Indian Agricultural Growth; Agri Infrastructure: Imperatives to Growth; NewDrivers in Food Processing Sector; Emerging opportunities in the Dairy and Poultry Sector;Production Technology and Marketing & Post Harvest Management.MoUs• SAI Cold storage and Allround (India) Vegetable Processing signed an MoUworth Rs 5.5 Crores for setting up 8,000 MT multi storage with allsorting, grading, packaging and loading facilities for potato, onion, carrot and beat.The facility would be set up at Palanpur, Gujarat.• Mahindra & Mahindra’s Farm Equipment Sector (FES) announced a tie-up with M/sMaschio-Gaspardo S.p.A, Italy. As part of this agreement, Maschio will provide rotovatorsto Mahindra. Maschio will also manufacture other kinds of rotary tillage equipment forplanting, seeding, crop care and crop residue management for Mahindra AppliTrac.Product launches• 846 business enquiries generated which have an estimated businesspotential of about Rs 100 crores• About 200 new products launched / displayedFarmer Focus• About 40,000 farmers visited; majorly from 10 States - AndhraPradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Punjab,Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh.• Special farmer delegation from Afghanistan visited the show and shared their experiencesin Kisan Goshthis• 250 women farmers from Una district of Himachal Pradesh benefittedfrom the showf e b r u a r y 2 0 1 15