Acknowledging the importance of innovation to agriculture development
and affirming our commitment to advancing further the contributions
of knowledge – based industries to India’s growth, ASSOCHAM
is organizing a Summit on GREEN
REVOLUTION - II with focus on ‘Knowledge Agriculture’
scheduled for 22 - 24 November, 2006 at New Delhi jointly
with the Ministry of Agriculture, Indian Council for Agricultural
Research (ICAR) and the Council for Scientific Research (CSIR).
The Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh
has been requested to inaugurate the summit.
The
summit is being supported by the Ministries of Agriculture,
Science and Technology, Water Resources, Chemicals and Fertilizers,
Rural Development, Department of Biotechnology, Planning Commission,
Indian Council for Agricultural Research and The Council for
Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India.
The
summit will be a milestone event that will bring emerging opportunities
for both the academia and industry in pursuit of improving agricultural
productivity in the country and offers an excellent forum for
interaction with key players from the world over in Agriculture
and allied sectors thereby fostering international cooperation
and public-private partnerships linkages for commerce and employment
creation.
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