National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film

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 award	1984
Final award	2021
Most recent winner	Munnam Valavu
Highlights
Total awarded	26
First winner	Krishi 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.

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)
Year	Film(s)	Language(s)	Producer(s)	Director(s)	Refs.
1984 (32nd)	Krishi Jantrapati	Hindi	Ghanashyam Mahapatra	Ghanashyam Mahapatra	[1]
1985 (33rd)	Cash in Cashew Cultivation	English	K. K. Garg	D. Gautaman	[3]
1986 (34th)	Three Spices: Cinnamon Part I	English	D. Gautaman for Films Division	D. Gautaman	[4]
1987 (35th)	Angora For Wool	English	D. Gautaman for Films Division	K. Jagjivan Ram	[5]
1988 (36th)	Seeds of Hope	English	M/s Eco Media Pvt Ltd.	• Romulus Whitaker  •Shekar Dattatri	[6]
1989 (37th)	Integrated Pest Management in Cotton	English	D. Gautaman	K. Jagajivan Ram	[7]
1990 (38th)	Golden Earth	English	BAIF Development Research Foundation	Vishram Revankar	[8]
1991 (39th)	Malberiyum Pattunoolum	Malayalam	Kerala State Film Development Corporation	P. P. Govindan	[9]
1992 (40th)	Ber	English	Om Prakash Sharma for Films Division	Rajgopal Rao	[10]
1993 (41st)	Building From Below	English	N. G. Hegde	Vishram Revankar	[11]
1994 (42nd)	No Award				[12]
1995 (43rd)	Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation	Hindi	L. K. Upadhyaya for Films Division	A. K. Goorha for Films Division	[13]
1996 (44th)	No Award				[14]
1997 (45th)	Post Harvest Management of Potato	Hindi	Y. N. Engineer for Films Division	V. Packirisamy for Films Division	[15]
1998 (46th)	No Award				[16]
1999 (47th)	No Award				[17]
2000 (48th)	Vermi Culture (News Magazine 424)	Hindi	Kuldip Sinha for Films Division	A. R. Sharief for Films Division	[18]
2001 (49th)	No Award				[19]
2002 (50th)	No Award				[20]
2003 (51st)	Seeds of Life	English	Rajiv Mehrotra	Usha Albuquerque	[21]
2004 (52nd)	No Award				[22]
2005 (53rd)	Seed Keepers	• Telugu  • English	Rajiv Mehrotra	Farida Pacha	[23]
2006 (54th)	Jaivik Kheti	Hindi	•Mr. Ravindra Alias Nitin Prabhakar Bhosale  • Mrs. Mrunalini Ravindra Bhosale	Mrunalini Ravindra Bhosale	[24]
2007 (55th)	No Award				[25]
2008 (56th)	The Land of Rupshupas	English	Films Division	A. K. Sidhpuri	[26]
2009 (57th)	In For Motion†	English	Amlan Dutta	Anirban Dutta	[27]
2010 (58th)	No Award				[28]
2011 (59th)	No Award				[29]
2012 (60th)	Timbaktu†	English	Public 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 Forest†	English	Top Quark Films Pvt. Ltd.	•Nandan Saxena  •Kavita Bahl	[32]
2015 (63rd)	The Man Who Dwarfed The Mountains†	English	• Rajiv Mehrotra  • PSBT	•Ruchi Shrivastava  •Sumit Sunderlal Khanna	[33]
	God on the Edge†	•Hindi  •English	Elements Picture Studio	Ashok Patel
2016 (64th)	The Tiger Who Crossed The Line†	English	Krishnendu Bose	Krishnendu 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 Valavu†	Malayalam	Sree Gokulam Movies	R S Pradeep	[37]

References

1. "32nd National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
2. Under Secretary to the Government of India (14 December 2023). "Report on Rationalization of Awards Conferred by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting | Government of India". Ministry of Information and Broadcasting . Retrieved 25 August 2024.
3. "33rd National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
4. "34th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
5. "35th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
6. "36th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
7. "37th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
8. "38th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
9. "39th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
10. "40th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
11. "41st National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
12. "42nd National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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.
20. "50th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
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.
27. "57th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
28. "58th National Film Awards, 2010" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
29. "59th National Film Awards for 2011: Non-Feature Films" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 2 April 2012.
30. "60th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
31. "61st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 16 April 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
32. "62nd National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
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.
35. "67th National Film Awards announced". Press Information Bureau . 22 March 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2024.
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.

External links

• Official Page for Directorate of Film Festivals, India
• National Film Awards Archives