Webinar on "Challenges and Opportunities in Agriculture"
04-May-2020
New Age Incubation Centre (NAIN) at Sahyadri organized a Webinar on “Challenges and Opportunities in Agriculture” on 4th May’ 2020, facilitated by Mr. Vasanth Kaje, A Techie who turned into a farmer from Mangaluru. During the webinar, he explained the various topics like Barriers to entry and Challenges in agriculture as an industry. He also spoke about the challenges he faced while switching from IT profession to agriculture. Students and faculty members from different institutions, Start-up companies, Farming-related organizations were present for the session.
Key Points from the Webinar:
? To take up farming, first you should know the philosophy of farming, then comes whether you can make a living, and also convince your family to take this up.
? Taking up farming is better than tech business - Farming is doing work with exercise to the body which is very much healthier than the tech job which is characterized as a desk job.
? Natural farming plays a vital role - natural fertilizer and adequate amount of fertilizers would be the growing demand for the present situation.
? Find value in the product first and then others would value the product.
? The budget that could be invested in the beginning of the venture would be around 30-40 lakhs for about 2-4 acres.
? Looking into the funding perspective, farming would give you opportunities to get into the ladder of success step-by-step.
? Being a techie helps in different aspects in agriculture as in
? Conceptualize farm in more professional way
? Continuing the venture
? Networking would play a vital role as well
