**Executive Summary**
The "Advanced Agriculture Festival 2026 – Exhibition and Training" is a three-day event scheduled for April 11–13, 2026, at Dussehra Maidan in Raisen. The festival aims to provide farmers with scientific guidance, technological demonstrations, and training to elevate farming practices and increase income. Key focuses include the "Waste-to-Wealth" stubble management initiative, live soil testing, and the adoption of modern agricultural technologies.
**Key Points / Main Content**
**Event Structure and Schedule**
* **Three-Day Mahakumbh:** Held from April 11 to April 13, 2026, featuring subject-based sessions across four seminar halls covering crop management, markets, and technology.
* **Day 1 Focus:** Post-harvest management, use of the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF), digital agriculture, AI-based solutions, mechanization, natural farming, and beekeeping.
* **Day 2 Focus:** Farmer Producer Organisation (FPO) meets, soil health discussions, climate-smart protected cultivation (polyhouses), and workshops on the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).
* **Day 3 Focus:** Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) meet, paddy seed self-reliance, fish and pearl farming, agriculture credit (KCC), and animal husbandry including poultry and goat rearing.
**Waste-to-Wealth Initiative**
* **Stubble Management:** Special emphasis on converting agricultural waste into manure and energy to provide farmers with additional income and prevent environmental damage from burning.
* **Public Awareness:** Use of street plays and theatrical performances to communicate technical messages regarding stubble management and the "Save the Earth" campaign in accessible language.
**Advanced Technology and Live Demonstrations**
* **ICAR Live Models:** Demonstrations of soil testing, hydroponics, grafting, high-tech horticulture, and integrated farming systems.
* **Precision Farming:** Live demonstrations of drone technology and nano-fertilizer applications to showcase low-cost, precise nutrient management.
* **Soil Health:** On-site testing of soil samples brought by farmers to provide immediate health reports for better crop planning.
**Knowledge Sharing and Market Linkages**
* **Expert Guidance:** Sessions led by eminent agricultural scientists and experience-sharing by progressive farmers.
* **Market Integration:** Focus on the entire agricultural chain to improve market linkages and successful experimental innovations.
**Impact Analysis**
**Farmers**
* **Impact:** Farmers gain direct access to scientific expertise, live technology demonstrations, and on-the-spot soil health analysis to improve productivity and sustainability.
* **Action Required:** Attend the festival in large numbers, bring soil samples for testing, and engage with scientists to adopt new farming technologies.
**Agricultural Scientists and ICAR**
* **Impact:** These stakeholders serve as the primary knowledge providers, translating technical research into practical field applications for rural audiences.
* **Action Required:** Conduct live demonstrations, lead technical sessions, and provide actionable guidance on soil health and integrated farming.
**Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs)**
* **Impact:** These groups are provided a platform for networking, system-based planning for seed self-reliance, and training on agricultural credit and insurance.
* **Action Required:** Participate in the dedicated FPO and KVK meets scheduled for the second and third days of the festival.
**Ministry of Agriculture & Culture Department**
* **Impact:** Responsible for the logistical and educational success of the event, including the dissemination of government schemes and environmental messages.
* **Action Required:** Collaborate to stage educational street plays and facilitate workshops on the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund and crop insurance.
Key Entities Referenced
Advanced Agriculture Festival 2026: A three-day exhibition and training initiative in Raisen aimed at educating farmers on modern technologies, stubble management, and scientific farming practices.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan: The Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development who is leading the initiative to provide scientific guidance and technological access to farmers.
Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR): The primary scientific organization providing technical expertise, soil testing models, and demonstrations of advanced agricultural technologies like drones and hydroponics.
Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF): A central government scheme highlighted as a key resource for farmers to finance post-harvest management and the adoption of advanced farming technologies.
Raisen: The central location in Madhya Pradesh (specifically Dussehra Maidan) where the agricultural festival and its associated training sessions are conducted.
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Farmers will get guidance from scientists at
advanced agriculture festival in Raisen: Shri
Shivraj Singh Chouhan
Farmers will get a glimpse of advanced agriculture along with
a three-day knowledge mahakumbh starting from April 11
Through the agricultural fair, stubble will be turned from
‘waste to wealth’ – scientific path of Waste to Wealth: Shri
Shivraj Singh
At the Raisen agricultural fair, live models of ICAR soil testing,
drones, hydroponics and integrated farming systems will also
be showcased
Posted On: 05 APR 2026 5:53PM by PIB Delhi
The ‘Advanced Agriculture Festival 2026 – Exhibition and Training’ in Raisen will provide farmers with
guidance from the country’s eminent agricultural scientists, while technologies to convert stubble into
‘waste to wealth’ and a three-day continuous training programme will elevate farmers’ farming to a new
level.
Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare and Rural Development, Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan
said that during this festival to be held at Dussehra Maidan in Raisen, subject-based sessions will be
conducted for all three days at four locations — Seminar Hall 1, Seminar Hall 2, Seminar Hall 3 and the
Main Hall — covering the entire chain from crop management to markets and modern technologies.
”Guidance from scientists, glimpse of advanced agriculture – Three-day knowledge mahakumbh”
He explained that on the first day, April 11, afternoon sessions will cover topics such as post-harvest
management and the use of the Agriculture Infrastructure Fund (AIF) for advanced farming, digital
agriculture and artificial-intelligence-based solutions, enhancing farm income through beekeeping, and the
role of mechanisation in making agriculture progressive. In addition, sessions on increasing productivity
and area expansion in pulses, natural farming, expanding horticultural crops, and stubble management
under the ‘Waste-to-Wealth (from waste to treasure)’ concept will be held, along with street plays to
convey practical messages to farmers.
On the second day, April 12, the morning will host an FPO meet (farmer producer organisation meet),
discussions on green and safe agriculture through soil health, protected cultivation (polyhouse-shade-net)
as a climate-smart and sustainable farming approach, awareness and dialogue workshops on the Pradhan
Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY), and special street plays. In the afternoon and evening, there will be
focused sessions on integrated farming systems, integrated nutrient management, scientific cultivation offlowers and vegetables, integrated pest management (IPM) and the use of bio-pesticides, nursery
management and production of quality planting material, micro-irrigation and fertigation, hydroponics,
precision farming and vertical farming.
On the third day, April 13, the morning will feature a KVK (Krishi Vigyan Kendra) meet, a system-based
approach to achieve self-reliance in paddy seed, discussions on fish farming and pearl farming, agriculture
credit and the Kisan Credit Card (KCC). In the afternoon sessions, climate-based dairy development and
animal husbandry in Madhya Pradesh, direct seeding of rice, diversifying income through poultry and goat
rearing, and a street play on the theme “Dharti Bachao (Save the Earth)” will be organised to promote
climate-balanced and sustainable farming practices.
“From stubble to ‘Waste to Wealth’ – Scientific path of Waste-to-Wealth”
Shri Shivraj Singh said that special emphasis will be placed on stubble management at the festival, where
the ‘waste to wealth’ concept will be presented through Waste-to-Wealth models, enabling farmers to
convert stubble and agricultural waste into manure, energy and an additional source of income rather than
burning it. Along with technical sessions on stubble management, street plays will clearly explain the
environmental damage caused by stubble burning and the economic benefits of scientific management in
simple and accessible language. The Ministry of Agriculture and ICAR have shared scripts for street plays
on stubble management, crop insurance, safe use of pesticides, natural farming and the ‘Save the Earth’
campaign with the Culture Department, which will stage these theatrical performances at different
locations during the fair. The aim of these presentations is to translate technical messages into farmers’
everyday language and inspire sustained behavioural change.
“Live models of ICAR soil testing, drones, hydroponics and integrated farming systems”
According to Union Minister Shri Shivraj Singh, during the fair the Indian Council of Agricultural
Research (ICAR) will bring the concept of “guidance from scientists, glimpse of advanced agriculture” to
the ground. Soil samples brought by farmers will be tested and soil-health reports will be provided,
enabling them to plan the right crops and nutrient management at the field level. In addition, live models
of grafting, advanced nursery management, hydroponics, high-tech horticulture and integrated farming
systems will be demonstrated so that farmers can see, understand and adopt these technologies in their
own fields. Demonstrations of drone technology and nano-fertiliser application will also be organised,
giving farmers a clear view of precise and low-cost fertiliser management options. Experience-sharing
sessions by progressive farmers and scientists from different states will showcase successful experiments,
innovations and practical examples of market linkages, encouraging farmers to initiate new changes in
their farming practices.
Union Agriculture Minister Shri Chouhan said that this three-day large-scale programme will translate the
vision of transforming farmers’ lives into reality and will prove to be the biggest opportunity to change
farmers’ fortunes. He urged farmers to participate in this event in the largest possible numbers.
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