Overview

• The five-day event runs September 25–29 at the India Expo Centre and Mart in Greater Noida, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi scheduled to inaugurate it on Thursday.
• Uttar Pradesh’s Agriculture Department will host a 1,000 sq m pavilion featuring five state agricultural universities, UP Beej Vikas Nigam, and IRRI Varanasi to showcase farming advances.
• More than 15 Farmer Producer Organizations are set to participate, alongside 17 mechanization firms, nine seed companies, eight fertilizer firms, and eight crop-protection companies.
• Officials have appointed nodal officers across seeds, fertilizers, equipment, crop protection, and startups, with IIT Kanpur tapped to coordinate on emerging agri-technologies.
• Organizers plan dedicated sustainability programming in Hall No. 8 under the “Uttar Pradesh Pledges to the Planet” initiative, highlighting irrigation efficiency and the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign.