AI is the new-age crop doctor: Nitin Gadkari

Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways emphasised that Agrovision's insights today directly shape Maharashtra's agricultural decision-making.

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With nearly three lakh farmers participating annually, the platform has grown into India's most influential farmer training ecosystem. He credited Agrovision and Dr. Panjabrao Deshmukh Krishi Vidyapeeth (PDKV) for reviving Vidarbha's orange sector, with scientific training helping push productivity from three tonne to a targeted twelve tonne per hectare within the next five years. Gadkari highlighted the Rs 450-crore investment in establishing the Agro Convention Centre at PDKV as a foundational pillar for future knowledge dissemination.

Speaking at the inaugural session of the four-day 16th edition of Agrovision that promises to be the most impactful edition yet — Bigger, Better, and Bolder, on November 21 at Nagpur, Nitin Gadkari, Chief Patron, Agrovision urged Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who inaugurated the event earlier to empower the Citrus Research Institute in Nagpur to certify twelve nurseries across Vidarbha, ensuring varietal purity and genetic consistency for India's next wave of citrus expansion, recognising the urgent need to strengthen India's citrus backbone.