Agri-Business Incubator 13th AABI General Assembly & International Conference

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1 Agri-Business Incubator International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) 13th AABI General Assembly & International Conference SM.Karuppanchetty Deputy COO, Agri Science Park, ICRISAT 31 st OCTOBER 2008 SEOUL, Korea

2 ICRISAT s vision and mission Vision Improved well-being of the poor of the semi-arid tropics Mission To reduce poverty, enhance food and nutritional security and protect the environment of the semi-arid tropics by empowering the poor through science with a human face Our mandate crops Sorghum Pearl millet Groundnut Chickpea Pigeonpea

3 Our strategy A research for development strategy Integrated genetic and natural resource management (IGNRM) Focus on key livelihood and income opportunities Core principles: equity, multidisciplinary, sustainability and community participation Our locations

4 Agri-Science ICRISAT A convergence of agricultural partnerships, innovations and products for the poor ASP enhances the development, promotion and utilization of technologies from ICRISAT and its research partners Goal: To help achieve ICRISAT s mandate to develop agriculture in the SAT and thereby reduce poverty and hunger, as well as protect the environment. Vision: To become the premier Agri-Science Park in South Asia. Mission: To be a hub for public-private partnerships that enhances the development and commercialization of science-generated technologies and knowledge through market mechanisms.

5 Agri-Science ICRISAT Agri-Business Incubator (ABI) SAT Eco-Venture Ag-biotech Innovation Center (AIC) Research Consortium Hybrid Parent Research Consortium (HPRC) Bio-products Research Consortium (BRC) ICRISAT-Private Sector Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Research Consortium (SSRC) Convergence of biotechnology innovations, partnerships, and products for the poor

6 Agri-Business supported by DST, Govt. of India in 2003 Mission Facilitate creation of competitive Agri-business enterprise through technology development and commercialization

7 Approach Promote technologies developed by ICRISAT or jointly developed with collaborators. Agri-technologies developed by other R&D centers of excellence, universities, ICAR, CSIR, and other institutions. Provide infrastructure on cost-basis, business plan development, and assist in obtaining financial assistance from Development Banks and Institutions. Help with Business Start-up and Support.

8 Organizational structure Advisory Board (AB) Standing Advisory Committee (SAC) Chairman-ABI Director General ICRISAT CEO & Head, ABI-ICRISAT Agri-Science park at ICRISAT Project Leaders of Technology Investment Consultant Deputy COO ABI-ICRISAT Management Support System ICRISAT NARS Consultants Farm/Seed Executive Deputy Manager Biofuels Executive Marketing Finance Operations CEOs of Companies at ABI Institutional Partners

9 Business Framework for incubation in ABI IP Identification & Protection Strategies Access to Capital Networks & Alliances Capitalization Champions Access to R&D Networks R & D High Performance Incubation Business Development Specialized Facilities Product Development Best Practices State-of-the-Art Marketing Best Practices Business Planning Access to Services Value Proposition Development Strategy Development Exchange of Ideas Sales & Distribution Channel Strategies

10 Technologies commercialized through ABI I. Ethanol from Sweet sorghum (NTJ 2 & NSSH 104) II. Transgenic cotton (Bajarangi Bt) III. Fermentors IV. Biopesticides (NPV & Bacillus subtilis) V. Organic agriculture VI. ICGV groundnut variety VII. JG 11 Chickpea variety

11 ABI s clients S.No Clients Area of Business 1 Rusni Distilleries (I) Pvt. Ltd. Ethanol from sweet sorghum Bioseed Reserrch ( I) Pvt. Ltd. Seed works (I) Pvt ltd. Slesser Tom Hy-Tech Seeds Hyglass Chemicals BT cotton Transgenic vegetables Fermentor New hybrids of maize & sorghum Fermentor 7 Agriculture Associates of India (AAI) Commercial Extension & Agri-clinics 8 Mekins Biotech Pvt. ltd Biopesticides-Tablets formulation 9 Sresta Natural bio products Organic Retail chain BK Environmental Innovation Pvt. Ltd Gamma Agro processing Pvt. Ltd Bio cutlery Food Irradiation technology 12 Matrix Agri-Sciences Pvt. Ltd Bioproducts 13 Spriha Biosciences New hybrids of pearl millet 14 Tata Chemicals Limited Sweet sorghum Ethanol 15 Praj Industries Sweet sorghum Ethanol 16 JADE Group, Mexico Sweet sorghum Ethanol 17 CMA, Mexico Sweet sorghum Ethanol Ongoing projects Clients who have graduated New incubatees

12 ABI Seed Venture Clients S.no Name District 1 Patil Jayarami reddy Anantapur 2 Varimadugu Obi reddy Anantapur 3 Varimadugu manohar reddy Anantapur 4 G.Purushotham reddy Anantapur 5 K.Chandra shekar reddy Anantapur 6 S.Rajshekar naidu Chitoor 7 Galli.Sudharshan naidu Chittoor 8 K.Shiva shankar reddy Kadapa 9 T.Ramakrishna reddy Kadapa 10 P.Narayana reddy Kadapa 11 Veera shekar reddy Kurnool 12 Vidyasagar reddy Kurnool 13 M.Urukondappa Kurnool 14 K.P.Raj Kumar Kurnool 15 C.Venugopal Anantapur 16 A.Mallikarjuna Kurnool 17 H.Shivanna Goud Kurnool 18 Yogeshwar Anantapur 19 Sridhar Kadapa 36 Grand Total clients

13 Rusni Distilleries (I) Pvt Ltd Promoters: AR.Palaniswamy & Sai Venkat kumar Area of business: Ethanol from sweet sorghum ABI support: Sweet sorghum seeds, agri-consultancy, extension, business consultancy and escort services

14 Bioseed Research (I) Pvt Ltd Promoter: DCM Shriram Area of business: Seeds - BT Cotton ABI support: Biotechnology techniques, biosafety consultancy, biotech lab & greenhouse infrastructure

15 Seed works (I) Pvt Ltd Promoters: Balaji Nukal & Wand Partners Inc Area of business: Transgenic vegetables & BT cotton ABI support: Biotechnology techniques, biosafety consultancy, biotech lab & greenhouse infrastructure

16 Hyglass Chemicals Promoter: Kumar Area of business: Fermentor marketing ABI support: Fermentor design, QC, partnership arrangement and business facilitation

17 Mekins Biotech Pvt ltd Promoter: Akil Agarwal Area of business: Biopesticide-tablets formulation ABI support: Biopesticide technology, business consultancy, biopesticide production infrastructure

18 Hy Tech Seed Exports Pvt Ltd Promoters: Suri Sehgal & Raman Sehgal Area of business: Hybrid seed development & export ABI support: Sorghum & pearl millet breeding, agri land & cold storage

19 Aakruthi Agriculture Associates of India (AAAI) Bengal gram Promoters: Chakravarthy, Subbarao and Kishore Area of business: Commercial extension - agri-clinics ABI support: Agri-consultancy, business consultancy, and escort services

20 Sresta Natural bio products Pvt Ltd Promoter: Rajashekar Reddy Seelam Area of business: Organic retail chain ABI support: Organic Agri-training and escort services

21 BK Environmental Innovation Pvt. Ltd. Promoter: Naryanan Peesapathy Area of business: Biocutlery ABI support: Product development and escort services

22 Gamma Agro Processing Pvt. Ltd. Promoter: Mr. Kaginalli Area of business: Irradiation of agro products ABI support: Analytical testing, business development & escort service

23 Matrix Agri Sciences Pvt. Ltd. Promoter: Mr. Siva Prasad Area of business: Bioproducts ABI support: Bioproducts consultancy, bioproducts facilities & business development support

24 Seed Business Incubation services Pre production stage: Business plan Training and capacity building on seed production Escort services (liaison e banks, market yards and APSSDC). Production stage: Foundation seed/certified seed Quality control Processing of seeds and storage access. Post production stage: Branding and post sales support. Intangible services: Accreditation and social recognition Recognition in communication (web services, print and mass media.) Profit and Return on investment with minimum risk.

25 Launch of Seed Business Incubation at ICRISAT on 11 & 12th April 08

26 Sweet Sorghum Bioethanol Technology Develop improved sweet sorghum varieties, hybrids Incubate sweet sorghum-based ethanol production technology (SSEPT); ICRISAT & Rusni Distilleries tie-up through ABI Ethanol from juice of stalks after fermentation Food security not compromised

27 Rural benefits Farmers can produce bioenergy fuels and services for local application in village-scale agri-processing enterprises and community services Stimulating rural economic development Sharing best practices of feedstock cultivation methods and management and technical skills

28 Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Clients Tata Chemicals Limited Praj Industries JADE Group, Mexico CMA, Mexico JADE Group, Mexico ABI-ICRISAT support: Parental Seed materials, capacity building and agri consultancy Tata Chemicals Ltd., India

29 Impacts generated by ABI (5 years) Farmer beneficiaries: 30,000 Entrepreneurs supported: 15 Ventures incubated: 10 Technologies Exchanged: 7 Investment mobilized for clients: Rs 24 crores Employment generated: 543 Revenue Generated: Rs. 1.8 crores Projects benefits to institute: Rs. 20 crores (4)

30 ABI s achievements National award for the Best Incubator 2005 Best Social entrepreneur of the Country to ABI Client Rusni by the Prime Minister of India FAPCI Award for Rural development to ABI client AAI Pioneered globally by successful incubation of sweet sorghum ethanol Commercialization Of ICGV91114 groundnut variety

31 National Outreach ICAR-NAIP Business Planning & Development Units (Business Incubators) STEP at Thapar University, Patiala TNAU, Coimbatore

32 Global Outreach ABI at Agricultural Research and Extension Unit (AREU), Mauritius FBI at Institute of International Agriculture (IIAM), Mozambique

33 National Alliance ISBA, Conference ABI is executive member of Indian STEP and Business Incubation Association (ISBA) ABI had organized the 1 st ISBA Annual Conference on 27 th Feb 2007 at ICRISAT

34 International Alliance 2 nd Global Forum for Business Incubation, Nov 6-10 th 2006 ABI is a active member of Global Business Incubators Network ABI had organized the 2nd Global Forum for Business Incubation along with World Bank, DST and FICCI in Hyderabad

35 Mantra of ABI-ICRISAT Seed Ventures Innovative Ventures Improved well-being of the poor farmers of the semi-arid tropics Ag- Biotech Ventures Biofuels Venture 00 Farm Ventures

36 ABI s Growth Strategy The ABI future development plan will be through its Service & Outreach strategy Service strategy This will cater to the focused development impact on the Institute mandate and provide market orientation service. ABI will promote ventures directly through its service strategy. The identified new strategic services of ABI are Seed Ventures Biofuel ventures Innovative ventures Farm ventures and Agri-biotech ventures Outreach strategy The Outreach strategy of ABI will be to partner with Institutes /organizations globally on Business Incubation promote these ventures and enhance technology commercialization. This approach will help in distributed development, attain overall institute commitment to learn and share for enhancement and faster scale up.

37 Seed Ventures ABI-ICRISAT s Approach Identification and motivation of rural entrepreneurs & CBOs to take up seed ventures Training of selected rural entrepreneurs & CBOs in seed production techniques and seed business management Access to breeder seeds and foundation seed materials from ICRISAT and NARS partners Access to processing and storage facility Facilitate Quality control of seeds and training of local seed traders in seed quality standards Establish linkages between seed producers, bankers, storage agencies and local traders to ensure timely availability of good quality seed at the reasonable price to the farmers Provide branding and marketing assistance for enhancing the sales of the seeds Entry Procedures Start-up entrepreneurs in rural areas with relevant experience, skills, competence, and capacity to invest & take risk and are within the serviceable areas

38 Biofuel Ventures ABI-ICRISAT s Approach In order to promote the sweet sorghum based ethanol industry ABI-ICRISAT shall provide the industry with the following services: Parent seed materials access of sweet sorghum Capacity building on agricultural extension and technical advice Both the services shall be offered on becoming the member of ICRISAT- Private Sector Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Research Consortium. The rest of the services based on the need will be provided in following areas: Command Area Development support through contract and corporate farming Feasibility study's & report Process Technology & Turnkey project facilitation Entry Procedures Start up or established companies foraying into biofuel business (Ethanol)

39 Innovative Ventures ABI-ICRISATs Approach Technical consultancy through ICRISAT & Co-business incubation partners Prototype development Testing and Characterization of raw materials, intermediates finished products. Quality/Test Certification of finished products. Business consultancy IP Protection and consultation through network partners Business development support Assist in obtaining Financial Assistance from Banks / VCs Access to seed grant funds of TDB Facilitate deal for M&As & IPOs for graduation Implementation The implementation will be done directly and through its partners. Entry procedures Start-up Company innovative products / Technology /Services or business model in agribusiness Targeting large market or unmet need Preferably having good IP value

40 Farm Ventures Focus Areas Contract farming Organic farming Hi-tech farming (Precision farming & Hydrophonics) Agri-Knowledge Centres ABI-ICRISAT s Approach ABI-ICRISAT shall provide the following services; Technical consultancy on crop production Farm Business consultancy on planning and management Access to Seed materials Training and capacity building Soil testing, Product quality analysis Providing Market linkages through network partners Entry procedures Start-up in rural areas Start-up or established company foraying into farm business Membership Fee ABI-ICRISAT shall charge a Membership fee of Rs /- per annum based on the size of the project and rest of the charges based on actuals. This will be based on Revenue generation model

41 Ag-biotech Ventures Focus Areas Transformation protocol development for commercial crops Marker development for traits of interest for seed producers Tissue culture of medicinal, horticultural, and tree crops ABI-ICRISATs Approach ABI-ICRISAT shall offer the following services in the areas of Ag-biotech to clients Technical consultancy in the area of transgenic, MAS, & tissue culture Skills development Training and capacity building on biotechnology Access to common biotech labs and facilities on sharing basis Access to green house facilities and P2 facilities Advise on biosafety guidelines and liaison Technology exchange and facilitation support Patent search and assistance through network partners IP Protection and consultation through network partners Entry procedures Start-up or established company foraying into agri-biotech ventures for commercializing agribiotech products/ services

42 TDB DST Seed Funding Seed funding access for Incubates 15 th Nov 2007

43 Thank