The theme of the International Conference will be “Rainfed Agriculture: Building Pathways for Resilience & Sustainable Livelihoods” . Tentatively there will be following sub-themes for the Conference. Each sub-theme will have a separate symposium.
Broad Sub-Themes
- 1) Resource Characterization, Conservation, Management and Governance.
- 2) Livelihood Diversification for Risk mitigation & Ecosystem Services.
- 3) Crop Improvement and Management for Biotic & Abiotic Stress Mitigation.
- 4) Sustainable Soil Management for Resilient Rainfed Agro-ecosystem.
- 5) Next-Gen Technologies: AI & ML, Remote Sensing, Modelling, Drones.
- 6) Enabling Technology & Knowledge Dissemination For Scaling Impacts.
- 7) Resilience Through Livestock and Fisheries in Rainfed Regions.
- 8) Agroforestry and Horticulture for Risk Minimization.
- 9) Mechanization, Processing and Value chains for Rainfed Crops and Systems.