Pandurang Taware — CEO

Recipient, Maharashtra State Agri Tourism Award 2022 by Department of Tourism , Government of Maharashtra at 15th World Agri Tourism Day Conference , Mumbai India May 2022 Recipient, ZEE Media , Krishi Sanman Puruskar 2022 by ZEE Media TV Channel Recipient ,Lakbay Bukid Award 2019, for Development & Promotion of Farm Tourism in Asia, by ISST in collaboration with The Philippine Department of Tourism at 6th Farm Tourism Conference Nov 2019 ,Cebu ,Philippines Recipient, National Innovative Farmer Award 2018 by Indian Council of Agriculture Research, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India Recipient , Indian Responsible Tourism Awards for Best Community Run Home-stays by the Hands Director General, Ministry of Tourism,Government of India Recipient, 50 Most Influential Rural Marketing Professionals of India Award 2017 Recipient, STAR Pravaha Ratn Award 2016 ,by STAR TV Channel Recipient, World Responsible Tourism GOLD Award 2015 Recipient,Sustainable Tourism Award 2014 by SKAL International Spain Recipient, Skal Special Recognition Tourism Award by SKAL International and Diversey Care @ 75th Skal Tourism Congress,Mexico Oct 2014. Recipient, National Tourism Award 2012, by Ministry ofTourism, Government of India by the Hands of Hon'ble President of India @ New Delhi,March 2013, for Best Responsible Tourism Project. Recipient, Wild Asia Responsible Tourism Awards 2012,by Wild Asia, Malaysia@ ITB Singapore Oct 2012 for Community Engagement & Development & Cultural Preservation. Recipient, Global, Responsible Tourism Award 2011, by Responsible Travel, London @ WTM London, Nov , for Conservation of Cultural Heritage. Finalist, Global Tourism for Tomorrow Award 2011, by WTTC London @ Global Tourism Summit May 2011 Las Vegas, USA for Community Benefit Tourism. Recipient, National Tourism Award 2008-09,by Ministry of Tourism Government of India by the Hands of Vice President of India @ New Delhi , March 2010, for Most Innovative Tourism Product.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Agricultural Tourism with a focus on sustainable practices and community development.

Location: Baramati, Maharashtra, India

Experience: 21 yrs 4 mos

Skills

Agriculture
Tourism
Business Development
Sales Management

Career Highlights

Awarded multiple national and international tourism awards.
Pioneered agri-tourism initiatives benefiting local farmers.
Led training programs enhancing farmer income through tourism.

Work Experience

World Agri Tourism Day committee in Global Agritourism network

Chair (2 yrs 11 mos)

Government of Maharashtra (GoM)

Member Maharashtra AGRI TOURISM Development Committee Government of Maharashtra (1 yr 8 mos)

International Workshop on Agritourism

International Steering Committee Member (7 yrs 2 mos)

AGRI TOURISM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Director Sales & Marketing (20 yrs 10 mos)

MD (21 yrs 3 mos)

Education

Pune at Baramati

Pandurang Taware

CEO

Baramati, Maharashtra, India21 yrs 4 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Awarded multiple national and international tourism awards.
Pioneered agri-tourism initiatives benefiting local farmers.
Led training programs enhancing farmer income through tourism.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Agricultural Tourism with a focus on sustainable practices and community development.

Contact

pandurang@agritourism.in LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

AgricultureTourismBusiness DevelopmentSales Management

Other Skills

Business PlanningBusiness StrategyEntrepreneurshipHospitalityMarket ResearchMarketingMarketing CommunicationsMarketing StrategyNegotiationNew Business DevelopmentPolicyPublic PolicyPublic RelationsResearchRural Development

About

Experience

World agri tourism day committee in global agritourism network

Chair

Apr 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos · South West Asia · Hybrid

Indian Farmers in village are engaged in farming activity throughout the year. Their income from farm produce depends on good monsoon, good harvest and good marketing. It is experienced that the income from agriculture is only once or twice in the year, but the expenses are on weekly basis, it is very difficult for the farmer to sustain throughout the year, since the income is not sufficient. To make farming sustainable and feasible there was an urgent need for some experiments in addition to traditional farming, after two years of consistent research and studies, we concluded that adding Tourism to agriculture is one such experiment that will generate weekly income which can compensate weekly expenses of the farm.
PANDURANG BHAGVANRAO TAWARE
CONVENER
WORLD AGRI TOURISM DAY

Marketing StrategyAgricultureRural DevelopmentTourism

Government of maharashtra (gom)

Member Maharashtra AGRI TOURISM Development Committee Government of Maharashtra

Jan 2021 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos · Maharashtra, India

International workshop on agritourism

International Steering Committee Member

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 2 mos · United States

Agri tourism development corporation

2 roles

Director Sales & Marketing

May 2005 – Present · 20 yrs 10 mos

AGRI TOURISM DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, INDIA
Founded in 2005 by Pandurang Taware ,entrepreneur and descendant of a farming community, Agri Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC) is a company that facilitates agricultural tourism in the Indian state of Maharashtra. With a stagnating Indian agricultural industry, farmers across Maharashtra are looking at agri-tourism as a means of diversifying business opportunities and securing a viable livelihood.
Following a phase of research and an initial pilot programme in the village of Baramati in 2005, ATDC now has 500 trained farmers and 307 agri-tourism locations across the state of Maharashtra. Since the inception of the programme, farmers across the state have experienced a 33% growth in their income.
ATDC offers farmers agri-tourism training programmes which equip them with the technical knowledge they need to diversify their products and establish small-holding tourism ventures. ATDC advocates a policy of employing local youth in its agri-tourism centres and specifically contracts women for food preparation services through organised Women Self Help Groups. In an area where nearly half the village population do not have any relatives in the same village, ATDC's concept is pioneering in the way it is addressing the migration of rural youth to urban centres. ATDC has established close networking links with Maharashtra state and has been instrumental in securing a preferential loan policy for agri-tourism farmers from the bankers
Furthermore, it pools the farmers' marketing activities and organises an award programme for its agri-tourism centres on world agri tourism day WAD 16th may every year
With agriculture becoming a more strenuous and less profitable sector for the majority of the Indian population, Agri Tourism Development Corporation has developed a concept that is leading the the way towards sustainable livelihoods for many farmers and their families.

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