National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film

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National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film
National award for contributions to short film
Sponsored by Directorate of Film Festivals
Reward(s)
  • Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus)
  • ₹50,000
First award1984
Final award2021
Most recent winnerMunnam Valavu
Highlights
Total awarded26
First winnerKrishi Jantrapati

The National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film was one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It was one of several awards presented for non-feature films.

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The award was instituted in 1984, at 32nd National Film Awards and awarded annually for non-feature films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. [1] At the 70th National Film Awards, the award is discontinued and clubbed with National Film Award for Best Promotional Film, National Film Award for Best Scientific Film, National Film Award for Best Educational/Motivational/Instructional Film, National Film Award for Best Exploration/Adventure Film, National Film Award for Best Anthropological/Ethnographic Film, National Film Award for Best Investigative Film, National Film Award for Best Film on Social Issues and National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Environment/Conservation/Preservation Film, and two new categories were created; Best Documentary and Best Non Feature Film Promoting Social and Environmental Values. [2]

Awards

Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:

Awards legends
Awarded as Best Environment Film Including Agriculture
List of award films, showing the year (award ceremony), language(s), producer(s) and director(s)
YearFilm(s)Language(s)Producer(s)Director(s)Refs.
1984
(32nd)
Krishi Jantrapati Hindi Ghanashyam MahapatraGhanashyam Mahapatra [1]
1985
(33rd)
Cash in Cashew CultivationEnglishK. K. GargD. Gautaman [3]
1986
(34th)
Three Spices: Cinnamon Part IEnglishD. Gautaman for Films Division D. Gautaman [4]
1987
(35th)
Angora For WoolEnglishD. Gautaman for Films DivisionK. Jagjivan Ram [5]
1988
(36th)
Seeds of HopeEnglishM/s Eco Media Pvt Ltd.  Romulus Whitaker
 Shekar Dattatri
[6]
1989
(37th)
Integrated Pest Management in CottonEnglishD. GautamanK. Jagajivan Ram [7]
1990
(38th)
Golden EarthEnglish BAIF Development Research Foundation Vishram Revankar [8]
1991
(39th)
Malberiyum Pattunoolum Malayalam Kerala State Film Development Corporation P. P. Govindan [9]
1992
(40th)
BerEnglishOm Prakash Sharma for Films DivisionRajgopal Rao [10]
1993
(41st)
Building From BelowEnglishN. G. HegdeVishram Revankar [11]
1994
(42nd)
No Award [12]
1995
(43rd)
Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation Hindi L. K. Upadhyaya for Films DivisionA. K. Goorha for Films Division [13]
1996
(44th)
No Award [14]
1997
(45th)
Post Harvest Management of PotatoHindiY. N. Engineer for Films DivisionV. Packirisamy for Films Division [15]
1998
(46th)
No Award [16]
1999
(47th)
No Award [17]
2000
(48th)
Vermi Culture
(News Magazine 424)
HindiKuldip Sinha for Films DivisionA. R. Sharief for Films Division [18]
2001
(49th)
No Award [19]
2002
(50th)
No Award [20]
2003
(51st)
Seeds of LifeEnglish Rajiv Mehrotra Usha Albuquerque [21]
2004
(52nd)
No Award [22]
2005
(53rd)
Seed Keepers  Telugu
  English
Rajiv Mehrotra Farida Pacha [23]
2006
(54th)
Jaivik KhetiHindi Mr. Ravindra Alias Nitin Prabhakar Bhosale
  Mrs. Mrunalini Ravindra Bhosale
Mrunalini Ravindra Bhosale [24]
2007
(55th)
No Award [25]
2008
(56th)
The Land of RupshupasEnglishFilms DivisionA. K. Sidhpuri [26]
2009
(57th)
In For MotionEnglishAmlan DuttaAnirban Dutta [27]
2010
(58th)
No Award [28]
2011
(59th)
No Award [29]
2012
(60th)
TimbaktuEnglishPublic Service Broadcasting Trust Rintu Thomas
 Sushmit Ghosh
[30]
2013
(61st)
Foresting Life Hindi
  Assamese
Humanity Watchdog Foundation Aarti Shrivastava [31]
2014
(62nd)
I Cannot Give You My ForestEnglishTop Quark Films Pvt. Ltd. Nandan Saxena
 Kavita Bahl
[32]
2015
(63rd)
The Man Who Dwarfed The MountainsEnglish  Rajiv Mehrotra
  PSBT
 Ruchi Shrivastava
 Sumit Sunderlal Khanna
[33]
God on the Edge Hindi
 English
Elements Picture StudioAshok Patel
2016
(64th)
The Tiger Who Crossed The LineEnglishKrishnendu BoseKrishnendu Bose [34]
2017
(65th)
The Pangti Story Rajiv Mehrotra Sesino Yhoshü
2018
(66th)
No Award
2019
(67th)
No Award [35]
2020
(68th)
No Award [36]
2021
(69th)
Munnam ValavuMalayalamSree Gokulam MoviesR S Pradeep [37]

References

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  13. "43rd National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  14. "44th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  15. "45th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  16. "46th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  17. "47th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  18. "48th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  19. "49th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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  21. "51th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  22. "52nd National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  23. "53rd National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  24. "54th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  25. "55th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  26. "56th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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  33. "63rd National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
  34. "64th National Film Awards" (PDF) (Press release). Directorate of Film Festivals. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 7 April 2017.
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  36. "68th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau . 22 July 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  37. "69th National Film Awards for the year 2021 announced". Press Information Bureau . 24 August 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2024.