Presentations

World renowned scientists, policy makers and administrators will be invited to deliver special lectures on the topics related to food production and policy, farming systems research, climate change, conservation agriculture, energy, environment, biotechnology, input use efficiency etc. They would present overview of the various symposia of the congress. Speakers will be requested to provide 3-4 pages write-up of their talk along with brief biodata for inclusion in the Pre-Congress Proceedings. Plenary lectures will be 40-50 minutes duration. Full length papers will be published in the Post-Congress Proceedings or Indian Journal of Agronomy.

Nine Symposia have been planned on the sub-themes of the Congress as listed above. Selected speakers will be invited to make their presentations on the sub-themes of the Congress.

The organizing committee will screen and decide the mode of presentation depending on the merits of paper based on originality/novelty of research work on the themes of Congress.

There will be an organized Poster Session covering the themes identified in the Symposia to encourage wider interaction and information sharing. The papers contributed for Poster Session will be screened and each Poster Session will have a Convener and Co-convener. The Conveners/Co-conveners will prepare and present summary of the concerned Poster Session. This will permit discussion and help in formulation of meaningful recommendations.