A meeting on Innovations for Industry in crop science was organized recently by the Zonal technology management - business planning and development (ZTM-BPD) unit, South zone, Kochi along with the National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM) Hyderabad at Rajendranagar, Hyderabad for showcasing the innovations from seven prestigious crop science research institutions under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).
Business incubation
The meet was organized as part of the business incubation drive designed for the agricultural sector to promote entrepreneurs with the help of latest R&D facilities and vast knowledge available with ICAR.
The event planned to bring together innovators and entrepreneurs in agriculture on the same platform.
The technologies presented at the meet were improved crop varieties and hybrids suited to the diverse agro-ecologies and situations, technologies for eco-friendly and sustainable crop production and protection, crop improvement, health management, bio-resource utilization, bio-safety, value added products, bioinformatics, genomics, biotechnology, farm machinery, land use diversification and energy management.
These technologies were exposed to interested private sectors keen on taking up business ventures.
Exhibition
An exhibition on innovative showcase of technologies was also conducted providing an opportunity for the private sector to witness a wide range of knowledge based and entrepreneur ready technologies.
ICAR started the business incubation drive, designed specially for the Indian agricultural sector to promote agribusiness, by utilizing the vast research and development facilities, and knowledge available with its research institution.
The World Bank funded National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) has given a renewed boost to the agricultural research scenario of India through agribusiness promotion.
The ICAR through NAIP has developed the R&D system through new ways of doing business in agriculture and allied fields.
