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NITI Aayog, Government of India
August 21-22, 2017
DOUBLING FARMERS’ INCOME
Shared Services
Processing
Education
Entrepreneurship
Demand and Diversification
Shared Services: from Farmers to Agripreneurs
• Create 1 million Agripreneurs to serve 100 million farmers
• Shared Services providers for farm clusters
• Financially sustainable entities
Start-up India | Digital India | Mudra Yojna
to enable “agripreneurship”
Processing: from APMCs to E-Markets
• E-Marketplaces to connect food processors with agripreneurs to
bridge the value gap
• Move farm income sources from basic food grain to value added
• APMC Act to be scrapped in totality making it an open market.
from Rs.50/kg to Rs.500/kg (for tomato, as example)
value-addition thru ”processing”
Education: from Extension to Education
• Reform agri-education at 3 levels: Farmers | Agripreneurs | Agriprofessionals
• 1.5L vets as part of #SkillIndia
• Industry-Academia Partnerships
• Integrated nutrition management using secondary & micro nutrients as
a national imperative
create India – Good Agriculture Practices standards
“IN-GAP”
Entrepreneurship: from Subsidy to Impact Investment
• Bring Risk Capital to support agribusiness startups and accelerators
• Create non-farm entrepreneurial ventures to generate supplementary
income
• Reduce animal feed shortages, by private investments
creation of
“rural for-profit enterprises”
for serving 110M potential customers
Demand: from Supply led to Demand Driven
• PPP “India Intelligent Agri Info Centre” to deliver Demand Data & Analytics
• Create Brand Value for source of origin
• Create Indian Superfoods e.g. Adrakh, Makhana, Ragi, Amla, Haldi
• Encourage demand-driven thinking and industry p’ships among all
nodal agencies
build brands that proudly say
“Grown in India”
Policy Enablers
• Allow “De-materialisation of Land” : online exchange for agricultural land
• Create “Irrigation Highways” : pay-per-use for water-access
• Widen DBT Net for “reducing fertilizer subsidies”
• Agri-risk Zoning
MAKING IT HAPPEN
TOGETHER!