The event was held under the aegis of Global Environment Facility (GEF) funded GEF7 FOLUR Impact Project on ‘Promotion of sustainable food systems in India through transformation of rice-wheat system in Punjab, Haryana, Odisha and Chhattisgarh’ implemented by Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India through Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

The project was implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India, as the National Executing Partner, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), serving as the GEF Implementing Agency.