Agri-Clinic And Agribusiness Services Scheme In India

IIPMB, ABMS , Presented by Minhaj Ali

1. WEL COME “ AGRI-CLINICS AND AGRI-BUSINESS SERVICES SCHEME IN INDIA ” Course Instructor: Dr. K C Prakash Presented By: MINHAJ ALI (18) Section- I Course : AGRI-BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 1

2. CONCEPT / DEFINITION 2 • AGRI-CLINICS : setting up of Agri-Clinics to provide expert advice to farmers on various aspects like soil health, cropping practices, plant protection, crop insurance, post harvest technology, feed and fodder management etc. • AGRI-BUSINESS CENTRES : Commercial agri-ventures for income generation & entrepreneurship development ex. farm equipments, sale of agro inputs, value addition activities, livestock enterprises etc. • Agripreneur defined as “entrepreneur whose main business is agriculture or agriculture-related” Agriculture + Entrepreneur = Agripreneur

3. Central Sector Scheme of AGRI-CLINICS AND AGRI- BUSINESS CENTRES (AC & ABC) OBJECTIVES To support Agriculture development To supplement the efforts of public extension To create gainful self-employment opportunities to unemployed Agricultural Graduates, Agricultural Diploma holders, Intermediate in Agriculture, and Science Graduates with PG in Agri related subjects. 3

4. WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM SCHEME? Graduates in agriculture and allied subjects from State Agriculture Universities (SAUs)/Central Agricultural Universities/Universities recognized by ICAR/UGC. Degree in Agriculture and allied subjects offered by other agencies are also considered subject to approval of Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Government of India, on recommendation of the State Government. Diploma (with at least 50% marks)/Post Graduate Diploma holders in Agriculture and allied subjects from State Agricultural Universities, State Agriculture and Allied Departments and State Department of Technical Education . Diploma in Agriculture and allied subjects offered by other agencies are also considered subject to approval of Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Government of India on recommendation of the State Government.

5. CONT……….. Biological Science Graduates with Post Graduation in Agriculture & allied subjects. Degree courses recognised by UGC having more than 60 percent of the course content in Agriculture and allied subjects . Diploma/Post Graduate Diploma courses with more than 60 percent of course content in Agriculture and allied subjects, after B.Sc. with Biological Sciences, from recognised colleges and universities. Agriculture related courses at Intermediate (i.e. plus two) level, with at least 55% marks.

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7. MoU finalized with 181 Nodal Training Institutions (NTIs) 1. State Agriculture Universities - 16 2. State Government Institutes - 08 3. NGOs - 36 4. Agribusiness Companies - 100 5. Institutes of Co-operative Management - 11 6. Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVK) - 10 TRAINING NETWORK 7

8.  Basic Agriculture Knowledge  Central and State Government Schemes  Field Visits  Agricultural Extension  IT enabled Agricultural Extension Advisory Services Agri-entrepreneurship Development including Market Survey, Hands on Experience and preparation of Detailed Project Report. TRAINING CONTENT 8

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10. ACABC Over the Years… 10

11. Major Constraints 11 Availability of candidates for training Capability of the Nodal Training Institutes with respect to training and handholding support and its linkages with different stakeholders Support to the trained graduates in availing timely /adequate credit and easy availability of the subsidy to him Slow loaning and subsidy release - response of bankers towards credit/subsidy flow to the trained agri-preneurs Small enterprises established with their own investment or a very low credit need greater support for their sustainability.

12. Project Cost : Individual Projects : Rs.20.00 lakhs Group Projects : Rs.100.00 lakhs (5 member group) An a d di t i o n a l l i m it o f R s . 5 . 00 l a khs s u bs i dy i s a l s o pr o v i ded for extremely successful ventures per person, Margin Money : 10 –15 % or as decided by individual banks Bank Loans: Type of Loan - Composite Term Loan (fixed cost + cost for one operative cycle)- At least 10% of the project cost should be in the form of capital investment Security : Hypothecation of assets, mortgage of lands or third party guarantee. Collateral Security is waived up to Rs.5.00 lakhs loan. LOAN & SUBSIDY 12

13. Repayment Period : 5 – 10 years depending upon the project. Gestation period – Maximum two years as per the nature of the project Rate of Interest : (Commercial / Private Bank / RRB / State Co- As determined by Bank operative Bank). Composite Subsidy: Credit Linked and back ended subsidy with lock-in period of 3 years. Subsidy will be released by NABARD to the Banks up-front 13

14. 36% Subsidy on a maximum Project Cost of Rs.20.00 lakhs (Rs.100.00 lakhs for Group) for general category and 44% for SC, ST , women, Hilly States (NE States, J&k, H.P and Uttaranchal). The benefit of subsidy will be extended maximum twice to a candidate under the Scheme within the prescribed loan limits Pay m ent o f b a c k - e n d e d su b sidy will b e l i nked t o e x t ens i on se r vic e s provided by Agripreneur. Project Activities : 32 Projects mentioned (only ex.). Any Project which provide services to the farmers . Hand Holding by Nodal Training Institutions: Up to one year 14

15. S.No. State Trained Established 1 Andhra Pradesh 856 321 2 Arunachal Pradesh 35 3 3 Assam 700 218 4 Bihar 3659 1315 5 Chandigarh 3 1 6 Chattisgarh 612 289 7 Delhi 31 5 8 Goa 11 5 9 Gujarat 1 531 629 10 Haryana 646 225 11 Himachal Pradesh 418 108 12 Jammu and Kashmir 1 388 1 80 13 Jharkhand 698 1 6 8 14 Karnataka 3432 1 417 15 Kerala 1 99 51 16 Madhya Pradesh 2069 774 15 State-wise Progress (2 9 / 9 /201 7 )

16. S.No. S t a t e Trained Established 17 Maharashtra 12825 6194 18 Manipur 438 1 28 19 Meghalaya 35 3 20 Mizoram 34 21 Nagaland 1 84 21 22 Orissa 5 42 10 6 23 Pondicherry 132 84 24 Punjab 601 212 25 Rajasthan 3011 1119 26 Tamilnadu 6321 3360 27 Tripura 4 1 28 Uttar Pradesh 11482 5753 29 Uttaranchal 461 155 30 West Bengal 993 292 31 Telangana 1136 363 32 Sikkim 9 1 To t al 54496 23501 18 Revised Agri-Clinics and Agri-Business Centers (ACABC) Scheme – 201 7-18

17. Sl.No Name of the Activity No. of Agriventures Established 1 Agri-Clinics 4,156 2 Agri-Clinics and Agribusiness Centres 6,807 3 Agro-Eco Tourism 15 4 Animal Feed Unit 52 5 Bio-fertilizer production and Marketing 120 6 Contract Farming 110 7 Cultivation of Medicinal Plants 1 13 8 Direct Marketing 1 70 9 Farm Machinery Unit 753 10 Fisheries Development 368 AGRO-VENTURES ESTABLISHED ( 29 -0 9 -201 7 ) 17

18. Sl.No Name of the Activity No. of Agriventures Established 11 Floriculture 109 12 Horticulture Clinic 1 78 13 Landscape + Nursery 113 14 Nursery 547 15 Organic Farming 95 16 Pesticides Production and Marketing 47 17 Post Harvest Management + value addition 285 18 Fisheries clinic 1 6 19 Seed Processing and & Agri-business 354 20 Soil Testing Laboratory 103 18

19. Sl.No Name of the Activity No. of Agriventures Established 21 Tissue culture unit 28 22 Vegetable production & Marketing 300 23 Vermi Composting / Organic manure 514 24 Veterinary Clinics 907 25 Crop production 218 26 Dairy/Poultry/Piggery/Goat etc 6662 27 Rural Godowns 57 28 Production & Marketing of Bio-Control Agents 28 29 Agriculture Journalism 16 30 Sericulture 52 31 Mushroom Cultivation 114 32 Apiary 101 Total 23502 19 Revised Agri-Clinics and Agri-Business Centres (ACABC) Scheme – 201 6-17

20. Issues in up-scaling Agri-Clinics and Agri-Business Centres 20 Not attracting serious candidates to the scheme Need for Quality NTIs which produce results Slow pace of Loan and Subsidy disbursement Lack of conve r g e nce between A TMA and Agripreneurs

21. CONCLUSION 21 A griclinics and agribusiness centres scheme now become popular among agrigraduates due to specialized training, credit facility, subsidy and handholding support for the establishment of agribusiness/agriventure, but the success rate of total agriventure establishment is low against total trained candidates in the country. The success rate is increasing day by day. There is also need a state level coordination committee between MANAGE and Nodal training Institutes in oder to ensure smooth implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the training programme under the agriclinics and agribusiness centres scheme in India.

22. References www.agriclinics.net www.acabc.com WWW.NABARD.COM 22

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