he conference offers a platform for new startups along with large ag tech companies, venture capitalists with new ideas to discuss, collaborate, strategically partner and explore business partnerships to change agriculture from the way it is currently cultivated to more sustainable practice to enhance profitability to the customers.

Sustainable farming solutions will be invented through data analytics. Parameters from crops, soils or micro environment for Precision Agriculture, variability of soils and crops, data processing and decision support systems, site-specific crop and field management practices by Farm Management Information and Communication systems, I o Ag T (Internet of Agriculture Things) in Precision Agriculture, Hyperspectral remote sensing applications in agriculture will be explored for farming applications and solutions.

Each of the specific solution is targeted towards solving the challenges in the fields of

• Crop protection from pests, diseases and weeds
• Water / irrigation related issues
• Weather forecasting and climate challenges
• Crop insurance etc