Here is how you can become an agribusiness entrepreneur

Here is how you can become an agribusiness entrepreneur
Agri-Business Incubator (ABI) of ICRISAT in association with The Entrepreneur Zone has invited applications for its 2nd batch of trainings for a 20-day Agribusiness Start-up Programme

Are you looking to start an agribusiness? Then this is for you. Agri-Business Incubator (ABI) of International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), in association with The Entrepreneur Zone (TEZ), has invited applications for its 2nd batch of trainings for a 20-day Agribusiness Start-up Programme. The programme will be held at Hyderabad to offer sessions on how to start and manage agribusiness operations.
The programme, held on Fridays and Saturdays, offers covers sessions on emerging trends and start-up opportunities in the sector, identifying market gap and customer-product mapping models, crafting go-to-market strategies, understanding business financials and regulatory compliances, and managing partnerships, networks and team building. It will include company visits, mentor sessions from investors and industry experts, and business development assistance from the incubator.
The first edition of the programme had 19 participants, mostly working professionals interested in starting their own ventures. The first edition had encouraged the participants to test their ideas and validate the models using the learning from the training, and several of them have set up their business operations on organic farming, primary processing, and value-addition.
The organisers have invited application for the second batch from aspiring entrepreneurs, start-ups and SMEs, professionals, students, consultants and NGOs operating or planning to start an enterprise in agribusiness domains such as food processing, poultry, aquaculture, floriculture, agri-biotechnology, digital agriculture, farm mechanisation and agricultural supply chain management at www.tez.co.in  by July 4, 2018. The programme will commence from July 13, 2018.
Headquartered in Hyderabad, Telangana, India, ICRISAT is a non-profit, non-political organisation that conducts agricultural research for development in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa with a wide array of partners throughout the world. Covering 6.5 million square kilometers of land in 55 countries, the semi-arid tropics have over two billion people, and 644 million of these are the poorest of the poor. ICRISAT innovations help the dry-land poor move from poverty to prosperity by harnessing markets while managing risks – a strategy called Inclusive Market- Oriented Development (lMOD).
TEZ is a unit of Zen SkillProc, a skill development company located in Hyderabad that conducts entrepreneurship training and workshops to start-up aspirants, as well as consultancy and support services to businesses.

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2 Comments on “Here is how you can become an agribusiness entrepreneur”

  1. You’ll learn about international marketing and sales, technological innovations in agribusiness, the impact of free-trade agreements, and how sustainable farming practices can be used to reduce costs and gain a competitive advantage.

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