ICRISAT Happenings

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25 November 2011

No. 1494

Participants of the training program on “Strengthening the capacity of UniBRAIN – Agribusiness Innovation Incubation Consortia (AIIC) members” at ICRISAT-Patancheru.

Pursuing IMOD through agribusiness incubation

ICRISAT leads training program on agribusiness incubation for SSA Agricultural entrepreneurship has a vast potential to improve the productivity and income of the farm sector, leading to improved livelihoods, enhanced food and nutritional security, and inclusive and sustainable agricultural development. The promotion of entrepreneurship through agribusiness incubation facilitates job creation and helps share technological innovations from the research and development (R&D) sector with smallholder farming communities.

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iming to promote agribusiness ventures in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) through value-chain based agribusiness incubators, ICRISAT’s AgriBusiness Incubation (ABI) program under its Agribusiness Innovation Platform (AIP) organized a training program on “Strengthening the capacity of UniBRAIN – Agribusiness Innovation Incubation Consortia (AIIC) members” on 21-24 November at ICRISAT-Patancheru.

and management, in view of UniBRAIN’s plan to set up an African Business Incubators Network (AFBIN) similar to the Network of Indian Agri Business Incubators (NIABI) of India. The training was focused on incubator management, planning for incubation operations, client selection, setting up systems and processes, and other key aspects of setting up successful business incubators to promote entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa.

The training program primarily aimed to strengthen the capacity of AIIC members in incubator planning

In his keynote address, Director General William Dar highlighted the need for entrepreneurship to page 2 ...4


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