AG  FUTURE  2015-­‐2050    INDIA    by  

MOHAN  BAJIKAR  AVF  -­‐India  

NEEDS  

Projec@on  of  popula@on                        2050        -­‐          2030        -­‐      2010  India  1.6  billion  -­‐  1.53  billion  -­‐  1.22  billion  

China  1.4  billion    

India  +  China  a  third  of  world  popula@on  an@cipated  9.2  billion  

CaSle  popula@on  546  million  in  2012  

CONDITIONS  Soils  Map  of  India  degraded  saline  soils    

CONDITIONS  Ground  water  deple@on  

CONDITIONS  Average  temperature  

CONDITIONS  Average  rainfall  even  drinking  water  scarcity  

CONDITIONS   Climate  change  impact  2015  affected  10  million  hectares    which  resulted  in  drought  with  severe  crop  loss  resul@ng    farmers  suicide  on  increase  

CONDITIONS   45%  farmers  have  abandoned  agriculture  leading  to    RAPID  URBANIZATION    farming  has  become  unremunera@ve.  

CONDITIONS   Demonstra@ons  across  India  on  recent  land  bill  introduc@on  In  the  Parliament  

CONDITIONS  Sad  blow  of  Earth  Quake  twice  on  25  &  26  April  2015    

CONDITIONS  

OPPORTUNITIES   GROW  CUBE          Anybody  can  do  it  

OPPORTUNITIES   Freight  farms  

OPPORTUNITIES   HYDROPONICS  has  failed  in  India  

OPPORTUNITIES  AEROPONICS  has  been  tried  and  acceptable  under  controlled  climate  agriculture.  Imports  costs  are  high  local  manufacturing  is  needed  

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OPPORTUNITIES   Ver@cal  farming  concepts  already  two  projects  proposed  with  expected  paybak  61/2    tears  and  20%  profit  for  investors  Third  are  sky  farms  

OPPORTUNITIES   Farmers  are  willing  to  lease  their  lands  long  term  basis  30-­‐50  years.  They  can  be  trained  and  employed  from  produc@on  packaging  to  distribu@on.  Management  exper@se  and  funding  is  necessory  

ACTIONS  INITIATED  

Ver@cal  Farming  Associa@on  has  been  just    recently  registered  

ACTIONS  INITIATED  

Have  addressed  several    PE  firms,  Bankers  all    are  interested.    Also  some  leading    industrialists  have  shown  interest  and  presenta@ons    will  be  made.  

ACTIONS  INITIATED  

Have  addressed  agri  university  and  cer@ficates  of  introductory  training  with  kind  help  from    AVF  have  been  awarded    to  par@cipants.      Have  addressed  an  engineering  university.    Expec@ng  news  coverage  soon.  

ACTIONS  INITIATED  

Plan  to  hold  ver@cal  farming  summit  in  Delhi-­‐Mumbai-­‐Bangalore  end  September  2015  

Need  of  the  hour  is  to  have    1-­‐3  demo  projects  to  validate  claims  economic  viability  

Have  come  to  learn/co-­‐create  to  deliver  and  examine  possible  @e  up  with  Technology  Groups  

Way  forward    Up  &  up  in  the  sky,    sky  is  the  limit    

CONCLUSION  

 MOHAN  BAJIKAR  +91  -­‐  9810  618  066,  +91  –  9717  977756  mohanbajikar@gmail.com  mohanbajikar@agfuture.in      

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