FLO Uttarakhand, under the leadership of Chairperson Tripti Behl, successfully organized its landmark Farmer & Cooperative Summit titled SAMAGAM, advancing its core commitment to People, Purpose, and Planet. Held at Shehani Vatika, Gadarpur, Udam Singh Nagar, the summit established a strategic roadmap to accelerate modern, scientific farming practices while mitigating immediate Kharif crop challenges, reducing cultivation input costs, and championing balanced fertiliser use to safeguard long-term soil health.
The SAMAGAM Summit was a strategic collaboration between FICCI FLO Uttarakhand and KRIBHCO. Aligned with its mission for rural economic inclusion, the forum emphasized strengthening the cooperative model to connect smallholders with institutional resources and competitive market channels. The summit was backed by the Government of Uttarakhand.
“True agricultural transformation relies on driving innovation that balances economic prosperity with sustainable, planet-conscious practices,” stated Tripti Behl, Chairperson of FICCI FLO Uttarakhand. “Under our banner ‘From farming to prosperity,’ we are actively building a robust ecosystem that elevates women farmers, strengthens Self-Help Groups (SHGs), and links high-value women-led agri-enterprises, food processing units, and agro-handicrafts directly to mainstream markets.”
Key Objectives
The primary objective of the SAMAGAM – Farmer & Cooperative Summit was to strengthen the agricultural ecosystem by driving collective action toward a prosperous, modern, and sustainable rural economy in Uttarakhand.
- Promoting Scientific Farming: Educate and train farmers on modern scientific approaches and advanced agricultural technologies to boost overall productivity.
- Addressing Seasonal Crop Challenges: Provide active solutions and expert guidance to tackle the immediate technical challenges associated with Kharif crops.
- Empowering Women in Agriculture: Aligning with the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026, the summit aimed to recognize, support, and strengthen the role of women as vital contributors, decision-makers, and agri-entrepreneurs.
- Fostering Cooperative Movements: Encourage collective cooperation and resource- sharing among local farmers to build a highly resilient, market-linked farming ecosystem.
Key Takeaways
- Modern & Scientific Farming: Focus on adopting modern agricultural technologies and scientific farming practices to make agriculture more productive, efficient, and profitable.
- Balanced Fertiliser Use: Emphasis on the right and balanced use of fertilisers to improve crop productivity while protecting long-term soil health.
- Soil Health: Creating awareness among farmers about maintaining healthy soil as the foundation for sustainable agricultural productivity.
- Kharif Crop Challenges: Discussion around key challenges faced by farmers in Kharif crops, along with practical and technology-driven solutions.
- Reducing Input Costs: Introducing methods that can help farmers reduce cultivation costs while improving yields and overall farm profitability.
- Agricultural Innovation: Encouraging farmers to adopt new technologies, improved practices, and innovations that can enhance productivity.
- Strengthening Cooperatives: Highlighting the importance of the cooperative model in bringing farmers together, improving access to resources, markets, knowledge, and collective opportunities.
- Farmer Empowerment: Creating a stronger connection between farmers, agricultural experts, cooperatives, institutions, and policymakers.
- Women & Rural Development: With FICCI FLO Uttarakhand’s participation, the summit can also serve as a platform to highlight women’s role in agriculture, allied activities, entrepreneurship, value addition, and rural economic development.
Impact
Backed by the Government of Uttarakhand, the event united 1,200 farmers, including 500 women. It successfully bridged the gap between policymakers, technical experts, and grassroots agricultural collectives to drive sustainable rural development.