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Agri Business Incubation Foundation IIT Kharagpur

Kharagpur, West Bengal, India • 3 Employees
Management Consulting

The Agricultural and Food Engineering (AgFE) Department of the IIT Kharagpur – the only department of its kind in the country's IIT system is hosting the NABARD-funded Agri Business Incubation Foundation (ABIF) for promotion of agri business. The ABIF, being registered as a Section-8 Company within IIT Kharagpur, is mandated to incubate innovative ideas in agriculture and food technology domain for creating Agripreneures. It develops, demonstrates and transfers low-cost technologies for sustainable development of agricultural and rural communities. The Foundation expects to conduct hands-on training, workshops, and seminars for capacity building of farmers and rural youths. It is expected that the region's agriculture will get a boost through action-oriented research including climate change impact assessment and adaptation, value addition, market-linkage, and risk management. The Foundation offers training, incubation support and mentorship to the important agricultural domains, namely, farm mechanization, soil technology and testing, food processing and packaging, agricultural biotechnology, irrigation, and water management etc. The Foundation strives to promote technical and management excellence for incubating novel ideas in the field of agriculture and rural development.