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 EXPERTISE
MARKETING, 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.
 COVERAGE
OVERVIEW
 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

TECHNOLOGY CAPITAL
 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
BACKWARD
FORWARD
INTEGRATION MARKETS INTEGRATION
AGRICULTURE MARKETS
- PLANTING MATERIAL
- SEEDS
CULTIVATION & -PROCESSING
- FERTILIZERS
GROWING - VALUE ADDITION
- PESTICIDES
- CONSUMERS
- 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 DEVELOPMENT
ASSISTANCE FOR PREPARATION OF PROJECT REPORT
SUPPORT FOR SETTING UP OF CENTER OF EXCELLENCE/ SPECIFIC CROP
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

OTHER POLICY INTIATIVES

4.2 Land
4.3. Contract Farming
4.4 Irrigation
4.5 Power
4.6 Road
4.7 Human Resource Development
4.8 Pollution Control and Environment Protection
4.9 Marketing
4.10 High-tech Agriculture
4.11 Exports
4.12 Research & Development
4.13 Information Technology
4.14 Certification Agency for Organic Farming
4.15 Venture Capital Fund
4.16 Agri-Waste
4.17 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.
 FINANCING
MAJOR 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 OTHER
OTHER 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