Technical Sessions
Session 1: Interface with Global Women Trailblazers
Focus:
Highlighting leadership lessons from global women leaders.
Candid conversation with renowned international women leaders who achieved significant success.
Session 2: Driving Progress, Attaining New Heights
Focus:
Successful case studies by women leaders.
Hear from accomplished women scientists, farmers, and industry professionals as they share their inspiring journeys and showcase how they achieved success and broke barriers in the agri-food sector.
Session 3: Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
Focus:
Integrating gender-sensitive approaches in agri-food systems, gender equity in agri-food policies and institutions.
This session will explore strategies and best practices for effectively incorporating gender equality and social inclusion into agricultural policies, programs, and institutions to create a more equitable system for all.
Session 4: Emerging and Disruptive Technologies for Gender-Transformative Change
Focus:
Scope for mainstreaming gender-sensitive agricultural technologies, women-friendly tools for drudgery reduction to digital inclusion (ICT, AI, IoT, and climate-smart technologies tailored to women farmers).
This sub-theme will highlight the importance of developing and implementing technologies and practices that specifically address women's needs, enhancing their productivity, efficiency, and empowerment.
Session 5: Building Future Leadership in the AgriFood Sector
Focus:
Nurturing the next generation of leaders.
Discussions will focus on building mentorship platforms, creating opportunities for young women in agriculture, and equipping them with the skills and knowledge needed to become the future leaders of the agri-food sector.
Session 6: Empowering Women through Economic Inclusion
Focus:
Entrepreneurship, Employment, and Financial Models for market linkages, cooperatives, e-commerce and microfinance innovations.
This session will delve into the critical role of economic empowerment, exploring successful models of women's entrepreneurship, access to finance, and employment opportunities that strengthen their position in the agri-food value chain.
Session 7: Gender Dynamics in Policy and Market Access
Focus:
Policy Influence on food security and market opportunities.
Experts will analyze how genderresponsive policies can improve food security and ensure that women farmers and entrepreneurs have equal access to markets, resources, and decision-making processes.
Session 8: Women Farmers' Forum: From Field Challenges to Global Influence
Focus:
Bridging farm challenges with policy frameworks to amplify the economic and social influence
Sharing best practices, ground realities and actionable strategies to ensure women farmers secure fair market access, technology and policy support.
Session 9: Youth Forum – Nurturing Next Generation of Agri-Food Leaders
Focus:
Empowering young professionals and students with skills and vision
Networking, skill development, collaboration, connecting aspiring minds.
Session 10: Way Forward and Valedictory Session
Focus:
Summing up and outlining key recommendations.
This session will summarize the key takeaways from the conference and outline actionable recommendations for the future.
Exhibition & Networking Zone
Exhibiting technological developments that could empower women in agri-food system, and showcasing women-led agri-tech startups, NGOs, FPOs, SHGs, and researchers. It also offers networking space to promote collaborations.
Tracks of Presentations
Keynote Lectures
Eminent experts, scientists from academia and industry, policy makers and farmers will be invited to deliver special lectures on various thematic areas related to agri-food systems. Keynote lectures will be for 15-20 minutes.
Invited Lectures
Each invited lecture will be a concise presentation of 10-15 minutes, highlighting emerging technologies and recent scientific advancements.
Panel Discussions
Panel discussions will be organized; eminent Panelists will discuss the thematic issues related to role of women in agri-food systems.
Rapid Oral Presentations
Papers will be shortlisted by a designated committee based on the significance of the topic and its alignment with the themes/sub-themes. Authors of the selected papers will be notified well in advance to prepare for a brief oral presentation of 5–6 minutes.
Poster Presentations
All delegates will have the opportunity to showcase their contributory research through poster presentations. Posters should be brief, self-explanatory and informative.
Official Language: The official language of the symposium will be English for all communications and presentations.