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Detailed explanation-1: -Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the Virtual Agri India hackathon 2020 in New Delhi. It is the largest virtual gathering to organise dialogues and promote innovations in agriculture.

Detailed explanation-2: -Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the Virtual Agri-hackathon 2020 organised by the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare in association with IARI, Pusa, New Delhi today.

Detailed explanation-3: -The mission of e-Agriculture is to facilitate the discussion on the adoption and use of ICTs and digital innovations in agriculture, forestry, fisheries, natural resource management and rural development.

Detailed explanation-4: -An AgriTech Hackathon is an event planned to identify existing challenges in the agricultural domain and for which tech solutions are proposed.

Detailed explanation-5: -The aim of the Smart India Hackathon is to bolster a culture of product innovation and a problem-solving attitude to solve some of the pressing problems we face in our daily lives as stated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.