Netafim USA
Govind Tapadia is an experienced manufacturing operations manager currently at Netafim USA since February 2022, overseeing the extrusion plant and other critical functions such as planning, engineering, and sustainability. Previously, Govind served as the plant manager and general manager at Netafim Irrigation India Pvt Ltd. from April 1999 to July 2022, leading multiple manufacturing sites and a team of 120 personnel. Early career roles included positions at Kunststoff Industries Ltd. from December 1997 to December 1998. Govind holds a B.E. in Polymer from the Maharashtra Institute of Technology and has pursued further education at institutions like Harvard Business School (Online) and IIM Bangalore.
Netafim USA
Netafim is an Orbia Precision Agriculture business. Netafim is the world’s largest irrigation company and a global leader in precision agriculture solutions committed to fight scarcity of food, water and land, for a sustainable future. Netafim USA, based in Fresno, CA, develops and manufactures drip irrigation systems for agriculture, landscape & turf, greenhouse & nursery, mining, and wastewater. Netafim offers an extensive range of irrigation solutions including driplines, filters, sprinklers, valves, water meters, digital farming equipment, and turnkey greenhouses. Founded in 1965, by farmers and Agronomists on the idea that micro-irrigation is a solution to one of the world's most urgent problems: lack of quality water for food production, Netafim pioneered the drip revolution and created a paradigm shift toward low-flow agricultural irrigation. We started in the Negev desert in Israel, trying to grow crops in desert soil. So, we know what it’s like to farm in extreme conditions. That struggle taught us how to combine precision irrigation, agronomic expertise and relentless innovation to help farmers grow more of any crop, in any climate, with less resources.