The theme of the International Conference will be “Reimagining Rainfed Agroecosystems- Challenges & Opportunities”. Tentatively there will be following sub-themes for the Conference. Each sub-theme will have a separate symposium.
Broad Sub-Themes
- 1) Resilience through land and water management interventions, water management and governance.
- 2) Ecosystem based approaches for climate change adaptation, ecosystem services, integrated farming system models and Land degradation neutrality.
- 3) Managing genetic resources for enhanced stress tolerance.
- 4) Sustainable soil management, conservation agriculture, organic farming, INM, soil-microorganisms-plant interactions.
- 5) Emerging approaches for biotic and abiotic stress management through big data analytics, precision farming, remote sensing, drone technology, AI, ML, Nanotechnology, modelling
- 6) Institutional and policy innovations for accelerated and enhanced impacts.