Office of the Textile Commissioner, Ministry of textiles, Govt. of India with SASMIRA (The Synthetic & Art Silk Mills' Research Association) is organizing a Seminar on Agrotextiles : Emerging Opportunities jointly in association with FICCI (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry)

1. To generate awareness about the potential of agrotextile products
2. To highlight the present global and domestic screnario of agrotextile industries
3. To disseminte information on entrepreneurship in agrotextile
4. To emphasise on the infrastructural requirement viz., raw material and machinery for agrotextile industries
5. To increase awareness about the application of agrotextiles amongst end user industry.
6. To highlight the Indian research on agrotextiles and activities of COE (Centre of Excellence) Agrotextiles.

This Seminar will focus on application of technical textiles to all the areas related agriculture and allied activities.The Agro Textile sector comprises of all textiles that are used in growing, harvesting, protection and storage of either crops or animals. It includes diverse items such as fishing nets and fish lines, ropes, shade fabrics, mulch mats, woven and non-woven covers for crops, bird protection nets, etc., Agro textiles are driving the agro sector profitably by improving the productivity and reducing the need for chemicals. Areas of agrotextile application can be broadly identified as Agro-textiles for Crop Production, Agro-textiles for Horticulture, Floriculture and Forestry, Agro-textiles for Animal Husbandry and Aquaculture and Agro-textiles for Agro-Engineering related applications. Textiles in different forms are exclusively used for many agricultural end uses that include knitted, woven, non-woven, extruded sheet, moulded product, ropes, belt, etc.

FICCI-WRC is organizing this Seminar to explore the enormous potential of Agro Textiles. The Seminar also aims to provide a unique platform to comprehensively address the concerns and bring together the stake-holders viz., the industry, agro products manufacturers, agro processing goods manufacturers, fishing industry professionals, investors, financial institutions, warehousing companies, engineers, technicians and consultants working on all types of agro textiles. The agro-textile market is expected to grow from 1615 thousand tones (US $ 6.5 Billion) in 2005 to 1958 thousand tones (US $ 8.1 billion) in 2010. This growth is expected to be at the average rate of 3.9 % per annum. However, if we consider the region wise growth, it may be seen that in the developing regions like China, Brazil and particularly India with CAGR 7.8%, there is a tremendous potential for consumption of agro-textiles.

The uses of non-woven especially spun-bonded fabrics are increasing. Few of the popular agro-textile products are shade nets, harvesting nets, nets for crop protection, mulch mats, textiles for food packaging, fishing nets, tarpaulins and their likes. Apart from these products, few of the other technical textiles that aid agriculture are geotextiles (soil covers), protective textiles (agriculture workwear) and industrial textiles (belts, hoses and filters).

• Office of The Textile Commissioner
• Dupont, USA
• Texas Tech University, USA
• Fibreweb, UK
• Bonar Technical Fabrics NV, Belgium
• Acme Mills Co., USA
• Intertek, USA
• Reliance Industries, Mumbai
• UNIMIN, India
• CRRI, Cuttack
• Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company (Mahyco), Jalna
• ATE, Mumbai
• DILO, India
• Voltas, Mumbai
• SASMIRA, Mumbai
• MANTRA, Surat
• NAU, Navsari
• ICAR, New Delhi
• CIRCOT, Mumbai
• Tuflex India, Vadodara
• Neo Corp International Ltd , Indore
• Karlmayer, Germany
• DAC, New Delhi
• NIRJAFT, Kolkatta

CEO’s, CFO’s, Engineers, Consultant, Technocrat, Agriculture Institute, Research Organizations, Potential entrepreneurs, Manufacturers/Traders, Exporters, Importers, Suppliers/distributors from agricultural and textile industry, End Users of Agriculture & Textile Industry.

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