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1

Kharif season

The monsoon-sown crop season, roughly June to October, covering cotton, soybean, paddy and tur in Vidarbha. Exhibitors at Agrovision India time machinery, seed and crop-protection launches around kharif buying decisions, so kharif-rated implements and varieties are the core of the machinery yard and seed stalls.

2

Rabi season

The winter-sown season, roughly October to March, dominated in eastern Maharashtra by wheat, gram and irrigated vegetables. Rabi buyers visit the show looking for irrigation equipment, seed drills and sprayers that fit post-monsoon sowing windows.

3

Farm mechanisation

The shift from bullock and manual field operations to tractor-mounted and self-propelled machinery - rotavators, seed drills, combine harvesters, balers, power weeders. At an Indian agri fair this is the largest product block, and demonstrations usually run in an open yard beside the halls.

4

Micro-irrigation (drip and sprinkler)

Pipe-and-emitter systems that deliver water and fertigation directly to the root zone. Maharashtra has promoted drip heavily in the orange and cotton belts, so drip, sprinkler and fertigation suppliers are a standing category at Agrovision India, often alongside pump and solar-pump exhibitors.

5

Agri-input dealer

The licensed local retailer who sells seed, fertiliser and crop-protection products to farmers and extends credit. Dealers are the highest-value channel visitor at an Indian farm show: they arrive to compare companies, negotiate distributor margins and book seasonal stock.

6

FPO (Farmer Producer Organisation)

A registered collective of farmers that aggregates produce, buys inputs in bulk and often runs shared machinery. FPO office-bearers attend the show to source equipment on group purchase terms and to look for buyers and processor tie-ups.

7

Custom Hiring Centre (CHC)

A farm-machinery rental business, often run by an entrepreneur or FPO, that hires out tractors and harvesters to smallholders who cannot buy them outright. CHC operators visit to compare implement prices, financing schemes and service networks.

8

APMC mandi

The regulated Agricultural Produce Market Committee yard where farmers sell graded produce under state rules. Mandi-linked conversations at the show concern grading, weighing, storage and transport - the reason post-harvest and warehousing exhibitors sit near the machinery halls.

9

e-NAM

The national electronic trading platform that links APMC mandis so produce can be sold online across states. Related show-floor interest is in assaying, grading equipment, moisture meters and digital weighbridges that make produce e-NAM-ready.

10

Soil Health Card

The government scheme that gives farmers a soil-test report with crop-wise fertiliser recommendations. Exhibitors selling soil testing kits, micronutrients and bio-fertilisers position products against the card's nutrient gaps.

11

Seed treatment

Coating seed with fungicide, insecticide or bio-agents before sowing to protect germination and early vigour. It is a small-ticket but high-rotation category in Vidarbha's cotton and soybean belt, so seed-treatment and bio-input stalls are usually clustered together.

12

Post-harvest and grading

Cleaning, drying, grading, sorting and packing operations after harvest. At Agrovision India this covers cotton ginning inputs, soybean cleaning and grading lines, onion and orange grading tables, cold storage and packaging suppliers.

13

Vidarbha crop belt

The Nagpur division farming region whose cash crops are cotton, soybean, tur (pigeon pea) and the famous Nagpur mandarin orange. Show-floor product relevance is judged against this crop mix, not against Punjab wheat or Kerala plantation calendars.

14

Nagpur mandarin (Nagpur orange)

The GI-tagged citrus crop grown around Nagpur and Katol, harvested mainly in the winter months. The show's horticulture and sprayer exhibitors pitch orchard sprayers, drip lines and fruit grading equipment specifically at orange growers.

15

Demonstration plot

An open ground area where machines are run on soil or crop material so buyers can watch output quality rather than read a brochure. For an agri show, the demo plot is where tractor-implement combinations and sprayer coverage are actually judged.

16

Agri-input financing

Seasonal credit, equipment loans and dealer channel finance offered by banks and NBFCs. Lenders set up desks at Indian farm fairs because the buyer's decision on a tractor or harvester is usually tied to the EMI and subsidy paperwork discussed on the same day.