# National Film Award for Best Agriculture Film

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. 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.

## 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) |
| 1984 (32nd) | Krishi Jantrapati | Hindi | Ghanashyam Mahapatra | Ghanashyam Mahapatra |
| 1985 (33rd) | Cash in Cashew Cultivation | English | K. K. Garg | D. Gautaman |
| 1986 (34th) | Three Spices: Cinnamon Part I | English | D. Gautaman for Films Division | D. Gautaman |
| 1987 (35th) | Angora For Wool | English | D. Gautaman for Films Division | K. Jagjivan Ram |
| 1988 (36th) | Seeds of Hope | English | M/s Eco Media Pvt Ltd. | • Romulus Whitaker • Shekar Dattatri |
| 1989 (37th) | Integrated Pest Management in Cotton | English | D. Gautaman | K. Jagajivan Ram |
| 1990 (38th) | Golden Earth | English | BAIF Development Research Foundation | Vishram Revankar |
| 1991 (39th) | Malberiyum Pattunoolum | Malayalam | Kerala State Film Development Corporation | P. P. Govindan |
| 1992 (40th) | Ber | English | Om Prakash Sharma for Films Division | Rajgopal Rao |
| 1993 (41st) | Building From Below | English | N. G. Hegde | Vishram Revankar |
| 1994 (42nd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1995 (43rd) | Drip and Sprinkler Irrigation | Hindi | L. K. Upadhyaya for Films Division | A. K. Goorha for Films Division |
| 1996 (44th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1997 (45th) | Post Harvest Management of Potato | Hindi | Y. N. Engineer for Films Division | V. Packirisamy for Films Division |
| 1998 (46th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 1999 (47th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2000 (48th) | Vermi Culture (News Magazine 424) | Hindi | Kuldip Sinha for Films Division | A. R. Sharief for Films Division |
| 2001 (49th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2002 (50th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2003 (51st) | Seeds of Life | English | Rajiv Mehrotra | Usha Albuquerque |
| 2004 (52nd) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2005 (53rd) | Seed Keepers | • Telugu • English | Rajiv Mehrotra | Farida Pacha |
| 2006 (54th) | Jaivik Kheti | Hindi | • Mr. Ravindra Alias Nitin Prabhakar Bhosale • Mrs. Mrunalini Ravindra Bhosale | Mrunalini Ravindra Bhosale |
| 2007 (55th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2008 (56th) | The Land of Rupshupas | English | Films Division | A. K. Sidhpuri |
| 2009 (57th) | In For Motion† | English | Amlan Dutta | Anirban Dutta |
| 2010 (58th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2011 (59th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2012 (60th) | Timbaktu† | English | Public Service Broadcasting Trust | • Rintu Thomas • Sushmit Ghosh |
| 2013 (61st) | Foresting Life† | • Hindi • Assamese | Humanity Watchdog Foundation | Aarti Shrivastava |
| 2014 (62nd) | I Cannot Give You My Forest† | English | Top Quark Films Pvt. Ltd. | • Nandan Saxena • Kavita Bahl |
| 2015 (63rd) | The Man Who Dwarfed The Mountains† | English | • Rajiv Mehrotra • PSBT | • Ruchi Shrivastava • Sumit Sunderlal Khanna |
| 2015 (63rd) | God on the Edge† | • Hindi • English | Elements Picture Studio | Ashok Patel |
| 2016 (64th) | The Tiger Who Crossed The Line† | English | Krishnendu Bose | Krishnendu Bose |
| 2017 (65th) | The Pangti Story† | | Rajiv Mehrotra | Sesino Yhoshü |
| 2018 (66th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2019 (67th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2020 (68th) | No Award | No Award | No Award | No Award |
| 2021 (69th) | Munnam Valavu† | Malayalam | Sree Gokulam Movies | R S Pradeep |