Innovation in Agriculture | Ashok Alur | TEDxElizadeUniversity

Prof. Ashok Alur, spoke about innovations that are revolutionizing various aspects of agriculture. He called attention to innovative farming technologies and approaches such as Soil DNA testing, vertical farming, farm automation using drones, autonomous tractors, etc. Prof. Alur has a PhD in Agriculture with 20+ years of experience in Agriculture, Higher Education, International Cooperation, Natural Resources Management etc. He has held different positions in Swiss Agency for Development-Cooperation,International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics & Horticultural University & also served as Vice Chancellor of BESTIU(Andhra Pradesh).Presently he is the Director-Centre of Excellence for Farmer Producer Organizations. He is recipient of many prestigious awards including, Honors from ICRISAT for his contributions to reduce poverty,malnutrition,environmental-degradation;Honorary Recognition(FCRI-Thailand); Honorary-Credential(China); Honors from Government of Mozambique&Swaziland;SarvottamSeva-Award,ScienceCommunicators-Award and Independence Day Honour from Government of Karnataka. He has served as Honorary Expert for the Food Security Programs of Mozambique & Swaziland, Regional-Committee of UNDP-GEF; Israel Technology Committee etc This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

[@tilakravikrishnaswamy7807]

Dr Alur is a man who had help over a million farmers. This is very insightful talk on who technology enablement can help farmers more than ever.

[@binduraokulkarni4640]

Dear DrAshok Alur congratulations for being taking over as VC of the university. I am Prof(Flt. Lt.)BR KulkarniExIAF(Bewoor) from government engineering college Ponda Goa .I am delighted listening to your lecture.Myself and your brother Shivanand are classmates untill such time we branched out after 12th Std into engg and vet sc.

[@27VSR]

very nice expression ,good briefing on all the new methods on farming, God bless you for your great services

[@TheNagaraju2babu]

Very good informative talk and really great help to all students
Thank you sir for sharing such a wonderful knowledge

[@noorie777]

Dr ashok it clearly shows ur intent and deep desire to uplift the farmers lives and outputs
Thx stay blessed

[@bhavanasiramaiah2576]

Nice presentation Sir, covered most of remarkable points in innovation. It enlightened the farming community

[@RaviTrivedix]

Really good one Dr Alur. It is great to know you.

[@caenterprisellc6922]

Agriculture is very important and it also face challenges with climate change.

[@ahsanulhoquechoudhury1300]

These help to grow more crops

[@aakashsingh409]

We can say this video is for producer ecosystem, not just agricultural practices.

[@manjunathvajramatti3097]

Super

[@sabirhasanpuri3086]

In my opinion you should be go on hindi plateform.

[@gateway2grow631]

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