India Pulses and
Grains Association announces
THE
PULSES CONCLAVE 2020
CHIEF GUEST
Shri
Raosaheb Patil Danve,
Hon’ble Minister of
State, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
Key
Highlights:
·
The 5th edition of The Pulses
Conclave will be held at Aamby Valley City, Lonavala from February 12th
to 14th, 2020
·
Close to 1000 trade stakeholders from India
and overseas expected to participate in the Conclave
·
Focus of the Conclave will be to brainstorm
on ideas to help Indian Pulses Trade become a major contributor to the PM’s
vision of making India a $ 5 trillion economy by 2024
India Pulses and Grains Association (IPGA), the nodal body for India’s pulses
trade and industry today announced that the 5th
edition THE PULSES CONCLAVE, their biennial global pulses conference will be
held from Feb. 12th
to 14th,
2020 at Amby Valley City in Lonavala, Maharashtra. IPGA expects close to 1000
trade stakeholders from India and key pulses exporting countries like USA,
Australia, Canada, Myanmar, Ethiopia, Uganda, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi,
etc. to participate in The Pulses Conclave 2020 (TPC 2020).
Shri Raosaheb Patil Danve,Honourable Minister
of State, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution shall
grace The Pulses Conclave as the Chief Guest and will be joined by Guest of
Honour like Mr. David Marit, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture, Government of
Saskatchewan, Canada. The Conclave will also see the participation of senior
Indian Government officials including Dr. Krishnamurthy Subramanian, Chief
Economic Advisor, Government of India and Dr. Ashok Dalwai, CEO of National
Rainfed Area Authority Shri Ashish Bahuguna, Former Agriculture Secretary and
Former FSSAI Chairperson; Dr. Bijaya Behara, Economic Advisor, Ministry of Food
Processing Industries, Dr. S K Malhotra, Agriculture Commissioner, Ministry of
Agriculture & Farmers Welfare.
The Pulses Conclave 2020,
as a part of its agenda will not just discuss increasing domestic production
and consumption but will also bring to fore other areas of the trade like
Improving Processing efficiencies, increasing Consumption, Exports, Value
Addition, Protein Extraction, Post-harvest Crop Management, etc.,
Mr. Jitu Bheda, Chairman,
IPGA speaking on the occasion said, “Hon’ble Prime
Minister’s vision is to double the farmers income by the year 2022 and a huge
effort has been put into achieving the same. The result has been that India’s
pulses production has steadily grown every year from around 19 million tons in
2013-14 to 23 million tons in 201-19 and the target for 2019-20 is of 26.30
million tons. IPGA’s agenda and road map going forward will be to encourage its
members to take advantage of the increased domestic production, balance imports
vis-à-vis the production and demand thereby ensuring that the Indian consumer
does not face any availability crunch nor high retail prices.”
Mr. Bimal Kothari, Vice
Chairman, IPGA said, “At TPC 2020 IPGA’s
focuswill be to try and put together a roadmap that will help the Indian Pulses
Trade be able to contribute to the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of making
India a $ 5 trillion economy.The domestic production of pulses has consistently stayed over 23
million tons in the last three years, and this has helped give a fillip to the
processing sector which has now moved beyond traditional dal milling.
Mr. Kothari further added, “Recognizing the need of the hour, IPGA has
collaborated with the Good Food (GFI) Institute for The Pulses Conclave 2020. GFI will
present a one-hour session titled, Product Innovation in Pulses: Spotlight on Alternative
Proteins. The
session will explore key questions about stimulating the ecosystem for business
and research in the country.The sessionwill cover aspects such as Global
overview of the alternative protein sector, types of products, success case
studies; current global bottlenecks in product development - scientific
information on indigenous crops, lack of functional ingredients for
entrepreneurs, lack of processing capacity as well as challenges to be overcome
for the Indian pulse industry to capitalize on this ecosystem - agricultural
transformation for the growth of these value chains, lack of processing
capacity and technology know-how.”
Mr Kothari also said, “Pulse processors are actively engaging in developing
an alternative protein sector in India which will include developing tasty,
affordable and high-protein foods, making plant-protein products from pulses,
developing plant-based and cell-based alternatives to meat, dairy and eggs to
dramatically reduce animal suffering as well as reduce environmental strain on
the planet caused by the animal agriculture sector. The growth and development
in the processing sector will see the flow of domestic and foreign investments
into the sector.”
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