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Agro Universities, India, Start ups

MoA to provide co-incubation, technical support, networking, value added services, and co-networking opportunities

The Association for Innovation Development of Entrepreneurship in Agriculture (a-IDEA) hosted by the ICAR- National Academy of Agricultural Research Management  has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with NACL Industries Limited, Konda Laxma Reddy Telangana State Horticultural University , Hyderabad, ICAR-Sugarcane Breeding Institute , Coimbatore and ICAR- National Research Centre on Grapes, Pune to support the startup incubated at a-IDEA in particular and the entrepreneurial ecosystem in general.

The MoA proposed to provide facilities like Co-incubation, technical support, mentoring, lab facilities, networking, value added services, and co-networking opportunities.

Dr G Venkateshwarlu, Joint Director, ICAR-NAARM highlighted the  strong need of collaborations  among organisations to strengthen agri-startups.

MoA to provide co-incubation, technical support, networking,

Agro Universities, Agrotech

The MoA will aid in tech transfer for the production of acid lime nutri-jelly

The ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur, Maharashtra signed the Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Ashok Agro, Nagpur as an Incubatee for the Production of Acid Lime Nutri-Jelly under the National Agricultural Innovation Project of ICAR, New Delhi.

Dr Dilip Ghosh, Director, ICAR-CCRI, Nagpur stated that the Agreement will promote the viable agriculture-based enterprises and generate employment opportunities for the Incubatees trained in its ABI Centre. He underlined that the Incubatee – Sumit Gulabrao Tate, a BPL and Divyang Registered with DIPP / MSME is a Start-Up Entrepreneur.

The technology developed by Shri Venkatraman Bansode, Scientist (Food Technology) and Dr Dinesh Kumar, Principal Scientist (Horticulture), ICAR-CCRI, Nagpur can prove to be a source of secondary income to the farmers and Start-Ups as they can set a micro-industry using the technology.

The MoA is aimed to facilitate close cooperation between both parties and create a small platform for uplifting the weaker sections of the society.

The MoA will aid in tech transfer

Agro Universities, Dairy

A small scale dairy processing unit with a budgetary allocation of Rs 9.91 lakhs has been established at Vaniyampara Village of Coastal District, Thrissur

The ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Goa signed an Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (KVASU), Pookode, Wayanad, Kerala for establishing the Farmers’ Producers’ Organization (FPO) / Self Help Groups (SHGs) / Community Organizations (COs) of the tribal farmers of the coastal districts of Kerala.

Dr R Solomon Rajkumar, Senior Scientist & Liaison Officer, ICAR-CCARI, Goa represented the ICAR-CCARI, Goa for signing the MoA on the behalf of the Director, ICAR-CCARI, Goa.

As a part of the collaboration, a small scale dairy processing Unit with a budgetary allocation of Rs 9.91 lakhs has been established at Vaniyampara Village of Coastal District, Thrissur.

The senior officials of ICAR-CCARI, Goa and KVASU, Kerala were also present during the occasion.

A small scale dairy processing unit with

Agro Universities, R&D, Start ups

The main objective of the MoA was to support the start-ups by organising joint events, extending lab facilities and co-networking

The a-IDEA, agri-business incubator of ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the five incubation units.
Dr Ch Srinivasa Rao, Director, ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad and Dr RM Sundaram, Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Rice Research, Hyderabad; Dr M Parvez Alam, CEO & Director, Crescent Innovation and Incubation Council, Chennai; Dr Debashis Dutta, Director, RR Animal Health Care, Hyderabad; Paritosh Tripathi, CEO, Atal Innovation Centre – Mahamana Foundation for Innovation and Entrepreneurship – IM-BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh and Shri Puneet Rai, Incubation Manager, Atal Innovation Centre, NITTE Incubation Centre, Karnataka signed the MoA on the behalf of their respective organisations.

Dr Rao, Director, ICAR-NAARM highlighted the a-IDEA activities and its support to more than 100 Start-Ups in the agriculture and allied sectors.

Dr G Venkateshwarlu, Joint Director, ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad stated that the MoA provides the overarching framework for collaboration in the various project activities like capacity building, workshops, lab facilities and technical support for the Incubates on mutual interests.
The main objective of the MoA was to support the start-ups by organising joint events, extending lab facilities and co-networking, etc.

The main objective of the MoA was