4. ICRISAT’s new research paradigm 00 Biotech Agroecosystems Development Institutions, Markets, Policies & Impacts Crop Improvement Reducing rural poverty Promoting poverty alleviation & sustainable NRM Producing more & better food at lower cost Improving policies & facilitating institutional innovations Sustaining biodiversity Improved well-being of the poor of the semi-arid tropics
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6. Agri-Science Park @ 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.
7. Agri-Science Park @ ICRISAT Convergence of biotechnology innovations, partnerships, and products for the poor Research Consortium Agri-Business Incubator (ABI) Ag-biotech Innovation Center (AIC) SAT Eco-Venture Hybrid Parent Research Consortium (HPRC) Bio-products Research Consortium (BRC) ICRISAT-Private Sector Sweet Sorghum Ethanol Research Consortium (SSRC)
8. Agri-Business Incubator @ICRISAT Mission “ Facilitate creation of competitive Agri-business enterprise through technology development and commercialization” supported by DST, Govt. of India in 2003
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11. Organization of ABI Governing Board (GB) Director General ICRISAT Standing Advisory Committee (SAC) Deputy COO ABI-ICRISAT Management Support System Project Leaders of Technology Programmes to be Incubated CEOs of Companies at ABI Head, ABI-ICRISAT Deputy manager Agri-Science park at ICRISAT
12. ABI Advisory Board Chairman Dr. William D Dar DG-ICRISAT Advisory Members Mr. Sharath Naru, MD APIDCVC Dr. Barwale, Chairman, MAHYCO Seeds Mr. Vijayaraghavan, Md Sathguru Management Consultants & Cornell India Program Dr. Ramakrishna, Director CRIDA Mr. Rajamani, IAS, Ex-Advisor to PM on S&T-GOI Dr. Bhatia, Ex-Secretary, DBT-GOI Dr. HK Mittal, Advisor NSTEDB, DST-GOI Dr. Farid Waliyar, MD, ASP-ICRISAT Dr. Kiran Sharma, Principal Scientist & Head ABI Secretary Mr. SM Karuppanchetty, Deputy COO, ABI
13. ABI’s Standing advisory Committee Chairman Mr. Sharath Naru, MD APIDCVC Advisory Members Mr. Vijayaraghavan, Md Sathguru Management Consultants & Cornell India Program Prof. Ramachandran, Prof. Indian School of Business (ISB) Dr. Rajesh Agarwal, Director Finance, ICRISAT Dr. Kiran Sharma, Principal Scientist & Head ABI Dr. NNS Prasad, Head FES, ICRISAT Secretary Mr. SM Karuppanchetty, Deputy COO, ABI
14. Business Framework for incubation in ABI Business Planning Capitalization Access to R&D Networks Product Development Best Practices Access to Services Value Proposition Development Exchange of Ideas Champions Networks & Alliances Access to Capital IP Identification & Protection Strategies R & D Sales & Distribution Channel Strategies Strategy Development State-of-the-Art Marketing Best Practices Specialized Facilities Business Development High Performance Incubation
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16. ABI’s clients Ongoing projects Clients who have graduated New incubatees Biopesticides-Tablets formulation Mekins Biotech Pvt. ltd Commercial Extension & Agri-clinics Agriculture Associates of India (AAI) Bio cutlery BK Environmental Innovation Pvt. Ltd Organic Retail chain Sresta Natural bio products Fermentor New hybrids of maize & sorghum Fermentor Transgenic vegetables BT cotton Ethanol from sweet sorghum Area of Business G-Tech Seeds Hyglass Chemicals Slesser Tom Seed works (I) Pvt ltd. Bioseed Reserch ( I) Pvt. Ltd. Rusni Distilleries (I) Pvt. Ltd. Clients
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33. ISBA, Conference National Alliance 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. 2 nd Global Forum for Business Incubation, Nov 6-10 th 2006 International Alliance 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
Mr Juan Miguel Luz, President, International Institute of Rural Reconstruction, guests and dear friends, I thank the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction for giving me this opportunity to speak on “ Making technology pay off for rural enterprises: Managing the human resource requirements for enterprise development in rural areas’. This presentation will be illustrating how the Institute I head, the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, goes about empowering the rural poor with its wide array of technologies that facilitate rural enterprises.
But before that ,let me brief you on ICRISAT’s mandate. ICRISAT envisions the improved well-being of the poor of the semi-arid tropics of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Its mission is to reduce poverty, enhance food and nutritional security and protect the environment of the semi-arid tropics by helping empower the poor through science with a human face. This it does through research on five mandate crops dear to the poor of the SAT.
Headquartered in Patancheru in Andhra Pradesh state of India, ICRISAT carries out its research from its regional hubs in Nairobi in Eastern and Southern Africa and Niamey in West and Central Africa and four other centers located in Mali, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. ICRISAT adopts a research for development strategy with Integrated genetic and natural resource management (IGNRM) as its guiding principle. Its research is focused on key livelihood and income opportunities and is fuelled by the core principles of equity, multidisciplinarity, sustainability and community participation.
ICRISAT’s research centers around four themes, namely, Crop improvement and management, Biotechnology, Agro-ecosystems development and Institutions, markets, policies and impacts.
The Agri-Science Park is the means by which ICRISAT commercializes technology to help farmers in the Semi-Arid Tropics (SAT) through partnerships with the private and public sectors. The Agri-Science Park brings together the expertise available at ICRISAT, the State Government and renowned private sector companies. It comprises of the Agri-Business Incubator, Ag-Biotech Innovation Center, Hybrid Parent Research Consortium and the SAT Eco-venture.
Set up in Dec 2002 with Support of NSTEDB-DST, Government of India, ABI facilitates the creation of competitive Agri-business enterprise through technology development and commercialization. Entrepreneurs are supported with agri-technology, consultancy, networking with management experts, venture capital funding, marketing experts and physical infrastructure.
ABI is a pioneering concept to promote enterprise development in agriculture. At present, it has 10 clients, and as shown in the slide; 3 have graduated, 5 are ongoing incubatees and there are 2 new clients. The following slides briefly describe ICRISAT’t ties with each incubatee.
The farmer benefits in terms of deriving more income from cultivation of sweet sorghum; sale of stalks to distilleries and the sale of grain and stalks for food and feed use. Moreover, it is more profitable than even grain sorghum in India.