Rural Voice Agriculture Conclave and NACOF Awards 2023 on Saturday

Rural Voice Agriculture Conclave and NACOF Awards 2023 is being organized on the occasion of the third foundation day of Rural Voice on Saturday 23rd December at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. This year the theme of the conclave is “Making agriculture an engine of economic growth and opportunity”.

The program will be inaugurated by Dr. Sanjeev Balyan, Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, while Kailash Choudhary, Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare will distribute the NACOF Awards 2023 as the chief guest of the program.

The key speaker of this one-day program to be organized at the Silver Oak Hall of India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, will be NITI Aayog member Prof. Ramesh Chand. In this program which will run from 10.30 am to 4 pm, three sessions have been organized in which the panelists will present their views on the related topic.

The theme of the first session is “Investment and job opportunities in rural areas”. The panelists of this session include apart from Prof Ramesh Chand, President of Indian Dairy Association (IDA) and former Managing Director of Amul, Dr. R.S. Sodhi, Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala, Chairman, MCX and former Chairman, NABARD, and Roshan Lal Tomak, Executive Director and CEO, Sugar Business, DCM Shriram Limited.

The theme of the second session is “Farmers' collectivity and new emerging areas in agriculture”. In this session, Dr. Chandrapal Yadav, Chairman of Fertilizer Cooperative KRIBHCO, Prakash Nayaknavre, Managing Director of National Sugar Federation NFCSF Limited, former Director General of National Productivity Council and former Managing Director of National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) Sandeep Kumar Nayak, and Sahakar Bharti National President Dr. D.N. Thakur will participate.

The theme of the third and final session is “Agriculture and Farming Governance Agenda for 2024-29”. Rohit Kumar Singh, Secretary, Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution will participate in this session. Apart from him, other panelists include Bharat Krishak Samaj Chairman Azar Veer Jakhar, Samunnati Agro Director Pravesh Sharma and Indian Express Rural Affairs and Agriculture Editor Harish Damodaran.

After the conclusion of all three sessions, the chief guest, Union Minister of State Kailash Choudhary will give away the NACOF Awards 2023. These awards will be given to people, institutions and companies associated with agriculture and farming sector. It is given for excellent work in four categories: farmer, cooperative institution, cooperative society and company.

Rural Voice, a digital media platform dedicated to agriculture and rural economy, was established three years ago in 2020, according to its Editor-in-chief Harvir Singh.