Accelerate Your Business Ventures

For Entrepreneurs in Agri and Allied Sectors
Applications Open

ASSAM AGRIBUSINESS GROWTH LAB

EXTENSIVE SUPPORT IS PROVIDED TO STARTUPS WORKING IN THE SECTORS OF HIGH IMPACT INCLUDING LIVELIHOOD, EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE, MASS IMPACT, TECH FOR IMPACT, HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION AND ENERGY/CLEANTECH.

ASSAM
AGRIBUSINESS
GROWTH LAB

CIIE.CO has launched ‘AAGL’ program under Assam Agri-business and Rural Transformation Project (APART) to support and accelerate growth of agri and allied enterprises in Assam. The program would assist 100 enterprises in agri and allied sectors in the state of Assam in 4 years. Read more

PROGRAM OFFERINGS

ENTREPRENEURIAL WORKSHOPS

Building Entrepreneurial mindset for identifying best opportunities and applying best practices in business.


BUSINESS SESSIONS

Supporting 1st generation entrepreneurs to learn the nuances in different aspects of business.


TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

Support in product quality & testing, new product development, packaging, technology incorporation.

ASSISTANCE IN COMPLIANCES

Assistance in accounting, government certifications for products, statutory compliances, automation of processes.


MARKET LINKAGES

Provide business connects, collaboration opportunities, networking with stakeholders, building online presence.


ACCESS TO FINANCE

Assistance in refining DPRs, selecting best modes of finance and connecting to Angel/VC investors, Banks, govt. schemes.

TIMELINES

APPLICATIONS
OPEN
10th June, 2022
APPLICATIONS
CLOSE
17th July, 2022
COHORT
ANNOUNCEMENT
12th August, 2022 (tentative)

FOCUS AREAS IN AGRI & ALLIED SECTORS

FARM INPUTS

  • Solutions in crop protection and nutrition

  • Providing optimized seeds to farmers

  • Feed Production & Supply in Live Stock & Fishing Industry

  • Providing seedlings to farmers for crop production

  • Fresh water Fish Hatchery production service for fish farmers

  • Predictive Health and Nutrition Management (Animal Husbandry)

PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT & SERVICES

  • Facilitating farm equipment to farmers

  • Providing production services including knowledge transfer, farm analytics etc

  • Services in drying, sorting and grading of farm produce

  • Providing alternate power solutions to farmers for farming

  • Providing irrigation solutions to farmers

  • Farm automation services through new age technology

  • Improving Cattle Management & Food Productivity for small dairy farmers

FOOD PROCESSING

  • Processing farm produce into food ingredients/ready to eat products

  • Dairy processing and dairy products

  • Processing of meat, pork, poultry

  • Farm processed Health & Nutrition products

WAREHOUSING & LOGISTICS

  • Innovative solutions in agri logistics for farmers

  • Storage discovery platform for farmers

  • Cold storage solutions for micro farmers

  • Warehouse receipt financing

FARM TO FIBRE

  • Enterprises working in the silk supply chain

  • Fibre solutions from farm produce/by products in Apparel & Packaging

  • Enterprises producing Utility products through agri produce/by products

MARKET LINKAGES

  • Facilitating market access to farmers and FPCs

  • Providing Aggregating services to agri, dairy and other farmers

  • Providing market insights to farmers in agri and silk production

  • Enterprises enabling farm to corporate for farmers/FPCs

Apart from the above, if you are working on other innovative solutions in the agri and allied sector please apply.



ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA

  • The entrepreneur should be a citizen of India and permanently based in Assam and the enterprise should be registered in Assam

  • Atleast 1 founder/promoter of the enterprise should be dedicated in the business full-time or it should be a core business activity for the entrepreneur

  • The enterprise should be working as a ‘For Profit’ entity.

  • The enterprise should have running operations from 1-5 years in Agri and allied sector

  • The enterprise should have considerable scope for scale and expansion

  • The enterprise should be looking to raise funds between 10 lacs to 5 cr. in next 8-12 months

SELECTION PROCESS

Application Submission


Round 1
Application Evaluation

Round 2
Interview
Call

Round 3
Panel Presentation

Round 4
Due Dilligence Process

Final
Selection


PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

  • Support 100 including 28 women led agri and allied enterprises in 4 years (25 each year) through a structured process and incubation support.

  • Assisting enterprises to develop new products and services which create opportunities for business growth.

  • Enterprises would be supported to develop new technologies, adopt techniques and methodologies which can enhance their production capabilities as well as help them expand in newer markets.

  • Technical Assistance in improving product quality, packaging standards, etc to compete in the larger markets. Such technical support will ensure that they easily get licenses and approvals.

  • Enterprises selected in the program would be provided support to improve their business pitch/reports which can provide them with access to finance from investors, banks, NBFCs and under the specific schemes of the government.

Cohort






AQUA BLUE Aqua Blue Group provides one stop solution for aquaculture which includes consultancy, quality seeds, feed, medicine and equipment. They have also created a B2B platform app to link fish farmers with the market. www.aquabluegroup.in
FRESHDO Freshdo is an online delivery platform for farm fresh vegetables, fruits, meat, fish, seafood, groceries, etc. http://www.freshdo.in/
JUHAAL An online platform that deals in authentic food products from Assam and other states of North East India. From dry, perishable to organic and naturally grown products, Juhaal offers a variety of options to connoisseurs of Assamese food. http://juhaal.com/
BARAK SPRINGS Barak Spring Life is a manufacturing unit processing turmeric, cumin, chilli, cinnamon powder under brand name BSL Spices.
OUIJA Biosolutions Ouija Biosolutions Pvt. Ltd. has developed a fermentation technology that modifies the conventional process of agarwood oil extraction through a biotechnology intervention https://ouijabio.co.in
BLUE PLANET AMALGAMATED Blue Planet Amalgamated has a farming unit by the name Saraighat Farm and also processes a range of smoked meat and fish under brand name Dhuwa Sang http://runa.thegoodsboxes.com/
INDILUV Indiluv is a social enterprise working with fringe communities living across wild areas and providing them alternative sources of income through community beekeeping and waste to wow practices. They are currently working with communities in Manas and Nameri wildlife sanctuary and providing them honey boxes free of charges. 50% of the honey produced is collected by the enterprise and marketed as raw & unprocessed honey under brand name Indiluv. https://indiluv.com
SiMANG SiMANG Collectives is a natural fiber manufacturing company that produces high end handicraft products for both domestic and export markets
DONG VALLEY CREATIONS Dong Valley Creations Pvt. Ltd. curates, processes & markets a range of wild teas, herbal teas and herbal lattes that are fortified with indigenous super foods from North East India https://beyondarie.com/
MARVELLA Marvella is involved in comprehensive Muga silk rearing, reeling and weaving along with development of silk tourism in Assam https://www.marvella.co.in/
WOOLAH TEA TTLT INDIA Pvt. Ltd. has developed a technology which compresses the wholesome processed tea leaves into a bagless cylindrical tablet form christened as “TrueDips” https://woolahtea.com/
AROOHAN AGRO FEEDS Aroohan Agro Feeds has created a brand of poultry feed and now plans to set up a multi feed manufacturing plant including cattle, fish and pig feed.
PREMIER AGRO BIOTECH Premier Agro Bio–Tech is involved in production of fish feed and plan to expand the business in palletized and floating fish feed https://premieragro.thegoodsboxes.com/
M H FARMS M H Farms is developing a business model by providing linkages to farmers for selling their goats through a systematic expansion of breeding programmes https://mhfarms.thegoodsboxes.com/
PASSIONATE MULTI FARMS Passionate Multi Farm is a specialized multi farming initiative involving rubber plantation along with goatery, piggery, poultry and quail.
DEEPSHIKHA MUSHROOM Deepsikha Mushroom is involved in cultivation and aggregation of mushrooms along with primary processing. The enterprise is planning for value addition of mushroom into powdered form.
MAHABAHU FISHERIES Mahabahu Fisheries Pvt Ltd is an integrated aquaculture production unit with fish farms and seed bank, along with a mid-sized feed mill. https://mahabahufisheries.com/
BAKER’S KINGDOM Baker’s Kingdom is a semi-automatic bakery unit with 3 exclusive outlets in Dhemaji district of Assam. The product range includes various fruit Cookies, Banana Cake and Apple Cake with raw materials sourced from local orchards. https://bakerskingdom.thegoodsboxes.com/
BENGASA ORGANICS Bengasa Organics LLP is involved in production, aggregation, processing, branding and marketing of mushrooms. The dried and packaged products are marketed under a registered Trademark "Kathfu". http://bengsaorganics.thegoodsboxes.com/
CRIOFORMA INDUSTRIES Crioforma Industries Pvt. Ltd. is engaged in the processing of rice and marketing under their brand name IFR. The enterprise plans to venture into parboiled rice. http://jyotishman.thegoodsboxes.com/
SAYURI FARMS Sayuri Farms is a farm to fork business model involving farming, processing and retailing of market fresh meat and value added processed meat. http://sayurifarms.thegoodsboxes.com/
SPICENATURA Spicenatura Foodtech LLP aims to harness exotic local spices and develop unique Spice Blends tailored to ethnic cuisine from the region and also establish a superior alternative to regular spice blends available in the market. www.laajawabspices.com
AMORA AMORA Foods is a food processing startup with a delectable range of Sausages, Ham, Bacon, Salami, Keema, Meat balls, Smoked products etc.

SUPPORT & IMPLEMENTATION PARTNERS

SERVICE PARTNERS

TEAM

ARIJIT SARMAH
Arijit Sarmah
Team Leader, AAGL
Afreen Rahman
Afreen Rahman
Entrepreneurship Specialist, AAGL
Amitav Dutta
Amitav Dutta
Incubation Specialist, AAGL
Prasanjit
Prasanjit Das
Finance Specialist, AAGL
Rimi
Rimi Phukan
Communications Specialist, AAGL