Workshop Schedule

Inaugural: “Smart Agriculture: Synergy of Technology and Practices”

• Opening remarks
• Objectives of IEI-COCE
• Keynote Address: “Smart Agriculture – National Priorities & Global Trends” by Government & Industry representatives
• Workshop objectives and vision

Pre-Session: Round 1 Proposals

Presentations of the proposals submitted during the round 1 of CoCE (5 minutes each).

Session 1: Climate-Smart & Regenerative Farming

• Digital innovations in soil & water conservation and farm waste management
• Carbon‑sequestering cropping systems
• Early warning systems of biotic and abiotic stresses
• Altitude based digital extension models

Session 2: Data-Driven Decision Support for Farming

• IoT, AI & Robotics tools for soil health, slope stability, smart irrigation, and micro-climate
• ML for yield prediction and disease detection & mobile advisory service platforms
• Application of RS&GIS and Drone imagery for precision farming
• Tech for animal health and productivity (wearables, monitoring tools)

Session 3: Farm Automation & Human–Robot Collaboration

• Lightweight and terrain-adapted automated machinery for hill regions
• Drones and robotics for crop management and fish feeding management
• Safety & ethics of agri‑cobots

Session 4: Post-Harvest Value Chains & Provenance

• IoT and sensor-enabled community-based cold storage, warehousing and controlled logistics systems
• Drone-based logistics innovations for small payloads in difficult terrain
• Application of blockchain technology for supply chain visibility and traceability

Discussions for Round 2 Proposals

Discussions on the topics of day for Round 2 of proposals.