1. M.S.SWAMINATHAN SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
CENTURION UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND
MANAGEMENT,PARLAKHEMUNDI
Submitted To- Dr. Satarupa Modak
Submitted By- Subhra Pratik Behera
Sec-B
Sem-5th
Reg.No-180804130094
Entrepreneurship development
And business communication
Course-ASEE103
Topic-Startups in Agricultural Sector and facilities

2. CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION
 NEED OF AGRI STARTUP
 CHALLENGES IN AGRI STARTUP
 STRENGTH
 FACILITIES FOR AGRI-STARTUPS
 ARYA-Attracting and Retaining Youth in Agriculture
 Arise-Launch Pads for Agri-Startups
 Who can Apply?
 What they are offering?
 Government support
 Recommendations
 Conclusion

3. STARTUP FACILITIES FOR AGRICULTURE
INTRODUCTION
 A Startup is a company generally a small or just a beginning to
develop .
 It is initially finananced and operated by a handful of founders
or an individual .
 They offer products and services that is not currently being
offered elsewhere in the market ,or that the founders believe is
being offered in an inferior manner.
 In the beginning ,expenses are more than the revenues.
 Because of more expense, they require financing ,they can be
funded from different source.

4. Definition: A firm that is engaged in the business of fostering early stage
company through the developmental phase until such time as the company
has sufficient financial condition , human and physical resources to function
on its own.
Incubators can provide assistance for,
1. Access to financial capital through relationships with financial partners
2. Access to experienced business consultants and management level
executives
3. Access to physical location space and business hardware or software
4. Access to informational and research resources via relationship with local
universities and Govt. entities.
INCUBATORS

5. NEED OF AGRI STARTUP
 Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy.
 Agriculture is the India’s biggest employer.
 Huge employment opportunities for the farmers and
agricultural graduates
 Everyone needs food, that means depending the kind of
Startup, it can have a large number of clients and customers
 Can promote rural welfare
 Will surely help in faster growth of Agriculture sector in India

6. CHALLENGES IN AGRI SETUP
 Lack of awareness among startup about possible capital raising options
 Lack of understanding on part of the investors community as this sector lacks glamour
quotient
 Farmers as the main customer of startup are sometimes skeptical to new innovations
 as a state subject, Regulations in agricultural sector is complicated with a strong influence
from the central government which might create confusions for various stockeldhom
 Though there is increasing support from the government , limited consistency to the
policies followed which adds to the challenges
 Today, Problem is not whether the technology is available but the India specific solutions
 Government policies for agriculture are treated as poverty alleviation method rather than a
means to enhance productivity and raising incomes ,and this keep entrepreneurs out
 Investor tends to view agriculture as a risky proposition
 So the biggest challenge for Start up is to target right area of the agricultural operation.

7. STRENGTH
 Market size is huge.
 Possible to create multi-billion dollar
opportunities.
 Recession proof and diversification.
 Public Private Partnerships.

8. FACILITIES FOR AGRI-STARTUPS
 Linkage of Agri-Startup ,Startup India and
skill India with the Agricultural Graduates
especially who are unemployed.
 Capacity utilization of Agricultural
Graduates.

9. ARYA-Attracting and Retaining Youth
in Agriculture
 Youth are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults
 Most youth find it as an unattractive profession, especially the way
it is practiced traditionally
ARYA-Constituted by ICAR, aim to suggest ways of attracting youth
to agriculture
 Agri-Startup can be one of the activity that can attract the youth
and can provide them a profitable venture.

10. ARISE- launch pads for Agri Startups
 Arise” is the Agri bussiness incubation Program of ZTM-
BPD UNIT,IARI in association with ICAR institutes and
States Agricultural Universities of North India
 After the success if first edition Agri Biz Idol Camp cum
incubation workshop in2014.The Second edition of Arise
is an initiative in sync with the Govt. of India policy of
“Start-Up India” and “Skill India”
 Aim-To provide a platform for budding Agripreneurs to
provide innovative solutions to today’s market needs.

11. Who Can Apply ?
 Smart Farmers
 Youth
 Students
 Women Entrepreneurs
 Anyone interested in Agribusiness

12. What they are offering?
 Capacity Building and pre–incubation support
 Technical Mentorship
 Business Mentorship
 Incubation Support
 Investors Pitch Support
 Facilitation for Funding and Investments

13. GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
 Important stakeholder in agricultural system.
 Farm extension via Agricultural Universities.
 NABARD,ICAR and other allied institutions can provide a
significant value addition to the stakeholders .
 Provides subsidized financing to improve the profitability
of farming sector.
 Recent initiatives of “Startup India ” and “Skill India”.

14. Recommendations
 Many of the Agri Startup are inspired by western countries with
the intention of solving the problems .But most of these peoples
have no idea what the problems really are. Because these ideas
mostly fit the developed countries which are non-agrian country.
 So such Startup need to be encouraged which understand the
farmers background and can visualize the problems from the
farmers point of view.
 ICAR can become a nodal agency for technology licensing for
private agriculture enterprises and Agri startups.
 Agricultural Extension can play a major role in motivating and
guiding the farmers to take up new Agri-Startups and
transforming their ideas into reality.

15. CONCLUSION
According to the various research studies,
 Innovativeness is necessary for the Agri-entrepreneur to
devise and adopt new methods of production ,processing
,marketing and problem solving considering the socio-
economic and agro –ecological challenges of his farm and
firm.
 Social Networking highlights that success of Agri-enterprise
is not only influenced by agro-ecological factors.
 Moderate risk taking is prerequisite to establish an enterprise
running it.