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About 6th Global Knowledge Millennium Summit
BIONANO –THE WAR ON HUNGER
Revitalizing Indian agricultural calls for a paradigm shift would neither be empty rhetoric nor an overstatement. Agriculture is the backbone of our rural economy, providing both employment and livelihood opportunities to more than 65 percent of the country's rural population, besides food security. However, subjected to ever-growing demographic strain on land and other resources for food and developmental needs, the natural resource bases of land, water and bio-diversity are terribly constrained. Agriculture is facing its worst ever challenge in the production of all major grains to sustain the continuously increasing world’s population. Constraints on production are further amplified by the reduction in arable land and management of available water resources. The country like India loses more than Rs 58,000 crore worth of agricultural food items every year due to improper storage facilities. These current crises place a great predicament on the Governments all over the Globe to ensure food for their people.
Biotechnology and Nanotechnology are the new frontiers, which can be harbored to resolve these crises by increasing agricultural productivity and offering solutions for other food related problems as well as bolster the ever growing food processing industries. Acknowledging the vast potential of the Bio-Nano technology and realizing the opportunities that lie ahead, ASSOCHAM is organizing 6th Global Knowledge Millennium Summit “Bio-Nano:The War on Hunger” as a forum for discussing and providing technological solutions for a hunger free world.
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