AGRI-BUSINESS POSSIBILITIES

FACULTY – AMIT VASAVADA

AMIT VASAVADA – B.Sc, MBA

PRESIDENT AND PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT

- ECOSYSTEMS GROUP, AHMEDABAD.

CHAIRMAN

-PRASANNA FOUNDATION, AHMEDABAD

CONTACT : MOBILE : 9825937972

AREAS OF EXPERTISEMARKETING, EXPORTS, PRODUCT AND MARKET DEVELOPMENT, TECHNO-ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY REPORTS AND PROJECT FINANCING, COLLABORATIONS AND TURNKEY, COMPREHENSIVE CONSULTANCY IN VARIETY OF AGRI BUSINESS AREAS

TRAINING, MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND ONLINE TECHNO-ECONOMIC SUPPORT IN AGRI BUSINESS SUPPORT.

VENTURE PLANNING, VENTURE START-UP

INTRODUCTION & METHODOLOGY

INTRODUCTION

- PARTICIPANTS

- AMIT VASAVADA

- PRASANNA FOUNDATION & ECOSYSTEMS GROUP

METHODOLOGY- PRESENTATION BY THE FACULTY ON IMPORTANT ISSUES

& CONCEPTUAL INPUTS

- RESPONSES AND DISCUSSIONS FROM THE PARTICIPANTS

- ANALYSIS OF ISSUES & DRAWING CONCULSIONS

- MULTILATERAL & PARTICIPATIVE DISCUSSIONS

- WILL RESPECT EACH OTHER’S VIEWS AND HAVE MEANINGFUL

DISCUSSIONS.

COVERAGEOVERVIEW

SCOPE

GOVERNMENT POLICY, INCENTIVES ETC.

EMERGING OPPORTUNITES

GREEN HOUSES

MEDICINAL AROMATIC PLANTS

AGRI FOOD

AGRI BIO-TECH

NANO BIOTECHNOLOGY

AGRI INFRASTRUCTURE

ENERGY

INTERNATIONAL MARKET

POLY-FARMS

LINKAGES

FINANCING

MANAGING

PROJECT PLANNING & ACTION PROGRAM.

IMPORTANT INSTITUTIONS

PLAN A PROJECT

SUMMARY & CONCULSION

OVERVIEW APPROXIMATELY 65 % POPULATION IN INDIA DEPENDS ON AGRICULTURE.

IN SOME DEVELOPED COUNTRIES ONLY 3 TO 4 % POPULATION DEPENDS ON

AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURE CONTRIBUTES 25 TO 30 % OF GDP AND IS AHEAD BY FAR FROM

ALL OTHER SECTORS OF ECONOMY.

HEALTHY PERFORMANCE OF AGRICULTURE SECTOR IS KNOWN TO BOOST

ECONOMY EVEN IF MANUFACTURING AND OTHER SECTORS ARE DOWN AND

VICE VERSA IS TRUE.

THE LAND HOLDINGS ARE LESS THAN ONE HECTAR PER CAPITA AND ARE

GETTING FURTHER FRAGMENTED

OVERVIEW INDIA HAS MORE OF SUBSISTANCE AGRICULTURE AND HARDLY ANY

COMMERICAL AGRICULTURE AS OPPOSED TO DEVELOPED PART OF THE WORLD

THERE IS URGENT NEED TO SETUP

FARM FACTORIES & AGRI BUSINESS VENTURES

AS WELL AS HAVE

AGRIPRENEURS TRIANGLE OF SUCCESS

MANAGEMENT

CAPITALTECHNOLOGY

OVERVIEW SUCCESS OF GREEN REVOLUTION - FIRST TURNING POINT FOODGRAINS – SHORTAGE & DAYS OF PL-480 ARE GONE & WE HAVE HUGE BUFFER STOCK NOW, ON THRESHOLD OF SECOND GREEN REVOLUTION NEED FOR

MARKET DRIVEN AND NOT PRODUCT DRIVEN ACTIVITIES BUSINESS DRIVEN MODEL EFFICIENCY TO REPLACE EFFECTIVENESS PRODUCTIVITY TO BECOME THE WATCHWORD VALUE ADDITION AND VALUE CHAIN

ADVANTAGE INDIA HUGE DOMESTIC MARKET ACCESS TO INTERNATIONAL MARKET STRATEGIC GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION VARIED AGRO-CLIMATIC CONDITIONS & LARGE BASKET OF POSSIBILITIES INDIAN AGRICULTURE ON VERGE OF IMPROVING FOOD CHAIN AND FOOD GRAIN PRODUCTION MAY DOUBLE IN TEN YEARS. INDIA IS THE SECOND LARGEST PRODUCER OF FOODGRAIN WITH A TURNOVER OF RS. 250,000 CRORES. INDIA IS THE SECOND LARGEST PRODUCER OF FRUITS & VEGETABLES IN THE WORLD AFTER CHINA BUT 30 TO 40 % ARE WASTED. TRAINED TECHNICAL & MANAGERIAL MANPOWER AS WELL AS LABOUR FORCE SUPPORT SERVICES SUCH AS RESEARCH & ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, BANKING FINANCE & INSURANCE FACILITIES AVAILABLE EXCELLENT GENERAL INFRASTRUCTURE INCLUDING ROAD, POWER, COMMUNICATION , LOGISTICS & TRANSPORTATION, INTERNATIONAL AIR CONNECTIVITY & SEA CONNETIVITY & TELECOMMUNICATION.

OVERVIEW

TENTH FIVE YEAR PLAN IDENTIFIES AGRI BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AS A STRATEGIC PRIORITY. GOI HAS INITIATED STEPS TO DEVELOP AGRI BUSINESS FOR DOMESTIC AND EXPORT MARKETS GOG HAS INITIATED STEPS TO DEVELOP AGRI BUSINESS FOR DOMESTIC AND EXPORT MARKETS BANKING SECTOR EXPECTS GROWTH OF AGRI BUSINESS SECTOR TO EXCEED ALL OTHER SECTORS RATIONALISATION OF LEGAL FRAMEWORK

LAND HOLDING & OWNERSHIP CONTRACT FARMING & WASTELAND DEVELOPMENT OTHERS

THOUGH SUCCESSIVE WTO CONFERENCES SO FAR INCONCLUSIVE THESE ARE HEADING IN THE DIRECTION WHERE EXPORT MARKET ACCESS MAY BECOME EASIER WHILE SAFE GUARDING INTEREST OF VULNERABLE PRODUCERS

* INHERENTLY THEREFORE THERE EXISTS TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL FOR AGRIPRENEURS TO TAP THE AGRI BUSINESS POSSIBILITIES.

SCOPE

AGRICULTURE

CULTIVATION & GROWING

FORWARD INTEGRATION MARKETS

-PROCESSING- VALUE ADDITION- CONSUMERS

BACKWARD INTEGRATION MARKETS

- PLANTING MATERIAL- SEEDS- FERTILIZERS- PESTICIDES- ENGINEERING- IRRIGATION- INPUTS

FINANCE

TECHNOLOGY

GOVT. POLICY

MANPOWER , RESEARCH & CONSULTANCY – BDS

INFRASTRUCTURE

LINKAGES

NEW VISTAS SUCH AS BIOTECHNOLOGY, TISSUE CULTURE, BIO-FERTILIZERS,

ORGANIC FARMING & ORGANIC FOODS, NANO BIO-TECHNOLOGY, GREEN HOUSES, FLORICULTURE.

TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CORE COMPETENCE IN TRADITIONAL AREAS SUCH AS TEA, COFFEE,

CARDMOM, ETC.

POLYFARMS, URBAN AGRICULTURE, MARKET AGRICULTURE, AGRO-FORESTRY

SUPPLEMENTARY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BEE-KEEPING

CAPTIVE INDUSTRIAL PLANTATIONS, WASTELANDS, CONTRACT FARMING, MEDICINAL PLANTS,

AROMATIC PLANTS, HEALTH SCIENCES AND PHYTO-CHEMISTRY, AGRI FOOD.

INNOVATION INCLUDING IDEAS SUCH AS LUCKY PLANTS

GREAT OPPORTUNITIES

IF YOU CAN SEE DOOR WHERE OTHER SEE WALL

JUST LOOK AT PROSOPIS, CASSIA, AKADO, DHATURO, PILOO, GOKHRU, JASUD,

BARMASI, COW DUNG, AS YOU WALK DOWN THE ROAD OR TAKE A STROLL IN

THE GARDEN. EVERYWHERE YOU SEE WEEDS AND ORNAMENTALS. I SEE

OPPORTUNITIES.

PEPSI COKE TIEING UP WITH STAR BAZAR…….. FOR VEGETABLE SUPPLY

WALMART ENTERING INDIA….. LOOKING TO SOURCE INDIAN GROSSERY…..

I SEE OPPORTUNITIES EVERYWHERE ……. DO YOU ?

IF YOU ARE ENGINEERING COMPANY IN REFRIGERATION OR COMPRESSOR

RELATED BUSINESS I S

I SEE OPPORTUNITIES EVERYWHERE ……. DO YOU ?

Let us see how !

INNOVATIVE THINKING AND OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRI-BUSINESS

INNOVATION IS THINKING OUTSIDE BOX – CASE OF THE POOR GIRL IN

A SALT FARM

INNOVATIVE THINKING WITH REGARD TO AGRI-BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

FOR AN ENGINEERING COMPANY

       Agri-food sector

       Farm gate possibilities

       Post harvest

       Other possibilities

 Areas, which can be of interest in the above could be –

    Cold stores, cooling chambers etc.

       Air circulation, ventilation, humidification etc.

       State of art pesticide and fertilizer delivery systems

       Irrigation systems

       Special projects in the area of grading, classification, standardization.

Food processing and Agri-processing industries related systems.

PRODUCTS, S ERVICES, PROJECTS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND JOINT VENTURES

FARMERS , AGRI-INDUSTRY, AGRI-BUSINESS, GOVT., NGOs AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

DEFINITION :

a) Agro Industries :

  'Agro Industry' means units which add value to agricultural products/intermediates/residues, both food and non-food, by processing into products, which are marketable or usable or edible or by improving storability or by providing the link from farm to the market or part thereof. Agro industry also includes hitech and biotechnology based agriculture.

b) Agricultural product :

  'Agricultural Product' means produce of Agriculture -Horticulture - Sericulture - Floriculture - Fisheries and includes minor forest produce and live stock based products, except dairy and dairy based products.

c) Hi-tech and Bio-technology based Agriculture :

  'Hi-tech and Biotechnology based Agriculture' means and includes projects, which involve any one of the processes such as Tissue Culture, Production of Transgenic Plant, Mass Multiplication of parasites/ predators, Fermentation Plant for bio-fertilizers, Gene Mapping, Cloning, Genetic Engineering, Green House, Aquaculture or any other frontier technology having agro industrial application.

d) Other categories of units, products and processes as may be notified by Government from time to time, would also be eligible.

 

OBJECTIVES :

1.To create world class supply-chain infrastructure needed for agro industrial development.2.To increase total flow of investments both skills and capital, in agro industries to establish backward and forward linkages,3.To accelerate a close interface between research, extension mechanisms and industry and farmers in agri sector,4.To increase the value addition and reduce wastages, thereby increasing the income of farmers and delivering better quality products to consumers,5.To create rural employment and improve quality of life of rural people,6.To assist small-scale agro based units to remain competitive in global markets,7.To increase export of value added agri products.

INCENTIVES

INTEREST SUBSIDY TO AGRO INDUSTRIAL UNITS AGRI INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTASSISTANCE FOR PREPARATION OF PROJECT REPORT SUPPORT FOR SETTING UP OF CENTER OF EXCELLENCE/ SPECIFIC CROP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

OTHER POLICY INTIATIVES

4.2 Land4.3. Contract Farming 4.4 Irrigation4.5 Power4.6 Road 4.7 Human Resource Development 4.8 Pollution Control and Environment Protection4.9 Marketing4.10 High-tech Agriculture4.11 Exports4.12 Research & Development 4.13 Information Technology4.14 Certification Agency for Organic Farming4.15 Venture Capital Fund 4.16 Agri-Waste4.17 Miscellaneous   

GOVT. OF INDIA INCENTIVE

NATIONAL HORTICULTURE BOARD SUBSIDY

MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING SUBSIDIES

AIR FRIEGHT SUBSIDIES

PROCEEDURE FOR AVAILING INCENTIVE

AGRI BUSINESS REGISTRATION NO.

INTEREST SUBSIDY

OTHER SUBSIDY

SANCTIONING AUTHORITY

DISBURSEMENT

EQUITY PARTICIPATION

PERMISSIONS REQURIED

UNDERSTANDING CHANGE

MARKET ECONOMY

GLOBALIZATION

IMPACT ON INDIAN BUSINESS

IMPACT ON INDIAN AGRICULTURE

STRATEGIES

COMPETITIVE AND BUSINESS LIKE APPROACH

EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES IN TECHNOLOGY AND PROCESSES

EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES

GREEN HOUSES

EVOLUTION OF GREEN HOUSES

WHAT IS A GREEN HOUSE

APPLICATION OF GREEN HOUSE

GREEN HOUSES IN INDIA

INVESTMENTS AND ECONOMICS

FINANCING

MARKETING

TECHNICAL AND MANAGERIAL CONSULTANCY AVAILABLE

EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES MEDICINAL PLANTS

MORE THAN 100 IMPORTANT MEDICINAL PLANTS OF GREAT COMMERCIAL VALUE AVAILABLE IN INDIA. POSSIBILITIES INCLUDE – PHYTO-CHEMICALS – HEALTH & LIFE CARE BOTH GROWING AND VALUE ADDED FINISHED PRODUCT RELATED.

ALOEVERA – COSMETICS, PHARMA APPLICATIONS

GLORIOSSASUPERBA – CANCER CURE

NEEM LEAF EXTRACT – ANTI-FEEDANT AND SPERMICIDAL

NEEM BARK – ANTICID

CALOTROPIS – ANTI-VIRAL – TWO SPOT DISEASE IN PRAWNS

VINCA – MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF VINCO BLASTIN

RAHULAPHIA – BLOOD PRESSURE

GUGGAL – ARTHRITIS

ARTEMISIA – FALCIPARUM MALARIA

SEVERAL PLANT PREPARATION

EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES

AROMATIC PLANTS

PALMA ROSA

LEMON GRASS

VETIVAR

AND MANY OTHERS

AGRI FOOD COMMODITIES AS SUCH

VALUE ADDED INTERMEDIATE PRODUCTS SUCH AS FLOUR

BRANDED PROCESSED PRODUCTS SUCH AS FLOUR, OIL (EDIBLE & NON-EDIBLE)

MANUFACTURED FOOD PRODUCTS

-SCOPE IS UNLIMITED

AGRI BIOTECH BIOTECH APPLICATIONS ENCOMPASS SEVERAL APPLICATION INCLUDING

HEALTH AND AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURE APPLICATIONS INCLUDE

BIO-FERTILIZERS

VERMICOMPOST

BIO-PESTICIDE & FUNGICIDES

TISSUE CULTURE

TRANS-GENIC SEEDS

NANO AGRI BIOTECH FUTURE HORIZON IN AGRI BUSINESS

AGRI INFRASTRUCTURE & OTHER ISSUES

AGRI BUSINESS PARKS

EXPORT HANDLING CENTRES, WAREHOUSES

COLD CHAIN AND POST HARVEST HANDLING

LOGISTIC AND TRANSPORTATION

IRRIGATION

AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT & MACHINERY

PESTICIDES & OTHER INPUTS

PUBLICATIONS, TECHNO-ECONOMIC NEWSLETTERS, SEMINARS, CONSULTANCY

& BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES

ORGANIC FARMING

CAPTIVE INDUSTRIAL PLANTATIONS

ENERGY 1890 – RUDOLPH DIESEL UNVAILED FIRST DIESEL ENGINE IN PARIS.

THE ENGINE RAN ON PEANUT OIL

FOSSIL FUEL PRICES OF THIS EXHAUSTIBLE RESOURCE BRINGS US A FULL

CIRCLE IN SEARCH OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL

WESTERN COUNTRIES EXCEPT U.S. HAVE SIGNED KYOTO PROTOCOL THAT

BINDS THEM TO USE 2 % BIO-FUELS IN MOTOR VEHICLES BY 2005 AND

5.75 % BY 2010

CHINA PLANS TO USE 10% BIO-FUELS BY 2010 A.D. AND 12% BY 2020 A.D.

WESTERN COUNTRIES HAVE EARMARKED A BUDGET OF $ 52 BILLION

TO HELP REDUCE EMISSIONS WORLDWIDE –

BIO-FUELS HELP A LOT IN THIS – THEY REDUCE 67% HYDROCARBONS ,

47 % CARBON MONOXIDES AND 100% SULPHUR

DIESEL CONSUMPTION IN INDIA IN 2004 WAS 46.97 MILLION M.T. AND EXPECTED TO RISE @ 5 % EVERY

YEAR.

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DO NOT HAVE CLIMATE LAND AND OTHER MEANS

TO GROW BIO-FUEL AND BIO-DIESEL PLANTS – INDIAN HAS IT.

BIO-DIESEL AND OIL BASED FUELS HAVE GREAT POTENTIAL

ENERGY – POSSIBILITIES

RENEWABLE LIQUID AND GASEOUS FUEL PRODUCTION IN

RURAL AREAS COULD BE RS.20000 – 30000 CRORE P.A. INDUSTRY BIO-DIESEL

NEEM, KARANJ, JETROPHA, MAHUA AND MANY OTHER NON-EDIBLE OIL

SEEDS HAVE A GREAT POTENTIAL

JETROPHA HAS IMMENSE POTENTIAL

GROWS BY CUTTINGS OR SEED

NEEDS LESS WATER AND CAN GROW IN DRYLANDS

IS NOT GRAZED

COMES IN PRODUCTION IN LESS THAN ONE & HALF YEARS

HAS GOOD SOIL BINDING POTENTIAL

HAS GOOD ECONOMIC VIABILITY

SEEDS WHEN BRUSHED GIVE OIL AND UPON TRANSESTERIFICATION

BIO-DIESEL IS DERIVED

INDIGENOUS TECHNOLOGY AND COST OF 300 TONS PLANT COULD BE

RS 40 CRORES.

AVG INDIAN VILLAGE HAS 100 HECTARE OF FALLOW LAND AND

GROWING COULD BE DONE THROUGH COMMUNITY TIE-UPS.

PER HECTARE OIL YIELD COULD BE 3 M.T. TO 6 M.T. PER VILLAGE

EXTRACTION OF ONE LITRE OF CRUDE OIL REQUIRES THREE KG. OF JETROPHA SEEDS.

READY TO USE FUEL – COST RS 50 PER LITRE. ONCE THIS COST REDUCES POTENTIAL IMMENSE.

ENERGY – POSSIBILITIES

SUGARCANE AND SORGHUM

SWEET SORGHUM 4 MONTH ROTATION CROP. NEEDS LESS WATER. GROWS IN POOR SOIL. ETHANOL CAN BE MANUFACTURED AND TESTED TECHNOLOGY EXISTS

PYROLISIS OF AGRI WASTE INDIA PRODUCES 400 MILLION TONS OF AGRI RESIDUE EACH YEAR. POTENTIALLY PYROLISIS OIL EQUIVALENT TO 86 MILLION TONS OF DIESEL CAN BE PRODUCED. THIS OIL WORKS SUCCESSFULLY ON 5 M.W. DIESEL GEN. SETS – EUROPEAN EXPERIMENT

BIO-GAS PROSOIPIS JULIFLORA – CHARCOAL – PRODUCER GAS – POWER

TRANSPORTATION, INDUSTRY, POWER GENERATION RELATED APPLICATIONS SOME ARE USEFUL FOR LOCALIZED VILLAGE LEVEL POWER NEEDS, SOME COULD BE GOOD FOR TRANSPORTATION SECTOR.

INTERNATIONAL MARKET COMMODITIES TRADING

FLORICULTURE, HORTICULTURE

HERBAL PRODUCTS – DHANVANTRI MODEL

MEDICINAL PLANTS & PHYTOCHEM

POLYFARM INTEGRATED, MULTIACTIVITY, MULTI-PRODUCT, OPTIMIZATION MODEL

AGRO FORESTRY AND URBAN AGRICULTURE

VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS FROM AGRO INDUSTRIES EDIBLE , NON-EDIBLE OILS ETC.

INPUT RELATED – SEEDS , PLANTING MATERIAL, PESTICIDES, FERTILIZERS,

MACHINES & EQUIPMENTS, REFRIGERATION & COLD CHAINS, PROFESSIONAL

SERVICES ETC.

PLANTATION CROPS -

OTHER POSSIBILITIES

INNOVATIVE IDEAS SUCH AS LUCKY PLANTS, WHEAT GERMS, SHYAM TULSI ETC.

LINKAGES SELF-HELP GROUPS

COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES

INDIVIDUAL FARMERS OR THEIR GROUPS

INSTITUTIONAL LANDS

WASTELAND

CONTRACT FARMING

CAPTIVE INDUSTRIAL PLANTATIONS, CUSTOMER DRIVEN AGRICULTURE

CONCEPT OF BOSS – BUSINESS OPERATION SUPPORT SERVICES – CENTRIPETAL

ORGANISATION CONCEPT.

VALUE CHAIN LINKAGES FROM RAW MATERIAL TO CUSTOMER, VARIOUS

STAGES OF PROCESSING AND EXIT TOWARDS CUSTOMER

GOVT. , NGOs, RESEARCH AND ACADEMICS, TRADE, COMMERCE & BUSINESS IN

A GRID WITH LINKAGES.

FINANCING

OPPORTUNITIES FOR A FINANCER

TERM LOANS, WORKING CAPITAL FINANCE FOR A LARGE HI-TECH PROJECT

CONVENTIONAL CROP LOANS

MICRO-CREDIT & FINANCE

POST HARVEST MANAGEMENT

EXPERT COMMITTEE SETUP BY MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURAL HAS ESTIMATED INVESTMENT TO HE TUNE OF RS. 11200 CRORES IN NEXT TEN YEARS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND AGRICULTURE MARKETING ALONE

INFRASTRUCTURE AND SPREAD OF IT

CONTRACT FARMING , FOOD PARKS ETC.

COLLATERAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES

EXTENDING FINANCE AGAINST THE WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS TO PROVIDE COMFORT AND LIQUIDITY.

PRICE RISK MITIGATION PRODUCTS

WITH COMMODITY EXCHANGES IN INDIA SPREADING. IT IS POSSIBLE TO MAKE AVAILABLE BENEFIT OF COMMODITY MARKET TO FARMERS. BANKS CAN ACT AS INTERMEDIARIES BETWEEN

EXCHANGES AND FARMERS TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE BENEFITS OF PRICE RISK INSURANCE TO LARGE SECTION OF FARMERS.

FINANCIAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS DISCOUNT BILLS, BILL OF EXCHANGE

FINANCING ANCILLIARY UNITS INCLUDING PACKAGING.

UNION GOVT. HAS ALLOWED PROPOSALS FOR JOINT VENTURES, FOREIGN COLLOBARATIONS, INDUSTRIAL LICENSES AND 100% EXPORT ORIENTED UNIT WITH ESTIMATED INVESTMENTS OF 19100 CRORES.

FINANCINGMAJOR PLAYERS IN FINANCE

NABARD NATIONALISED, COMMERCIAL BANKS AND REGIONAL RURAL BANKS

(68,000 BRANCHES) WITH DOMESTIC SAVINGS GROWING @ 28% OF GDP AVAILABILITY OF

FUNDS IS NOT AN ISSUE AT ALL. FINANCIAL INSTITUTION MICRO-CREDIT RELATED FUNDING FROM INTERNATIONAL BODIES –

WORLD BANK – GOVERNMENT EQUITY RELATED INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING VENTURE CAPITAL

NATIONAL EQUITY FUND SCHEME INTERNATIONAL FUNDING POSSIBILITIES INCLUDING CDC, ECIP, FMO

AND OTHERS. SUBSIDY RELATED FUNDING FROM NHB, SUPPORT FROM APEDA,

MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING AND STATE GOVT. AND OTHEROTHER INSTITUTIONS.

WHERE WOULD AN ENTREPRENEUR GO FOR FINANCING ?

HOW WOULD ONE TIE-UP FINANCES FOR AN AGRI BUSINESS PROJECT ?

MANAGING AGRI BUSINESS VENTURE AGRI BUSINESS IS NO CASUAL ACTIVITY

IT HAS TO BE MANAGED LIKE ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL BUSINESS VENTURE. OPTIMAL RESOURCE MOBILIZATION AND UTILIZATION IN CORE AREAS SUCH AS HUMAN RESOURCE CAPITAL AND TECHNOLOGY HAVE TO BE ENSURED.

SWOT ANALYSIS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING AND FINE TUNING HAVE TO BE DONE LIKE ANY OTHER BUSINESS VENTURE.

STANDARDS AND QUALITY CONTROL EEC CLASS I STANDARDS

FPO

ISI

AGMARK

ISO 9000/14000

HACCP (HAZARD ANALYSIS CRITICAL CONTROL POINTS) – FOR MICRO BIOLOGICAL HAZARDS

ROLE OF APEDA IN CERTIFICATION

ORGANIC FOOD CERTIFICATION UNDER NATIONAL ORGANIC STANDARDS – APEDA, SPICE BOARD, TEA-BOARD, COFFEE BOARD – DESIGNATED AGENCIES

OPPORTUNITIES FOR REFRIGERATION & COMPRESSOR RELATED ENGINEERING COMPANY STATE OF ART STORAGE SYSTEMS

DEHUMIDIFICATION

PACKING, STANDARDIZATION, GRADING, SORTING

MOVEMENT OF GOODS / COMMODITIES IN THE WAREHOUSES

COLD STORES, PRE-COOLING, CLIMATE CONTROL

WATER HARVESTING AND OTHER SOURCES OF WATER, IRRIGATION

SOIL MANAGEMENT

FERTIGATION, PEST & DISEASE MANAGEMENT

SULPHUR DUSTERS

FARM AUTOMATION

INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCTS

AGRI BUSINESS – PLANT, MACHINERY & EQUIPMENTS

LATERAL OPPORTUNITIES POWER

WATER

INPUTS

VALUE ADDITION

PROJECT PLANNING & ACTION PROGRAM-DISCUSSION

COMPONENTS OF AGRI BUSINESS PROJECT REPORT

HOW TO PREPARE A PROJECT

DISCUSS POTENTIAL PROJECTS OF INTEREST

-PARTICIPANTS VIEWPOINTS

PROJECT FORMULATION EXERCISE AND COUNSELLING

ACTION PLAN- IMPACT ASSESSMENT - INITIATION