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The Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna (RKVY) AND Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied Sectors Rejuvenation (RKVY-RAFTAAR) is an important scheme of the Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW), aimed at strengthening infrastructure in agriculture and allied areas In order to promote agripreneurship and agribusiness by providing financial support and nurturing the incubation ecosystem.

Agri and Food Business Incubator – IIT Kharagpur is a centre for supporting agribusiness incubation by tapping innovations and technologies for venture creation in agriculture. The centre has been strengthened by grant-in-aid from GoI. IIT Kharagpur has been tasked with the responsibility of creating the necessary infrastructure for mentoring and nurturing agri entrepreneurs from the ideation to subsequent development phases.

AFBIC as a R-ABI (RKVY – RAFTAAR Agri Business Incubator): AFBIC’s role is to help agriculture business entrepreneurs by helping them build viable business models by providing them a launch pad for technology acquisition, R&D facilitation, commercial tech transfer, networking and knowledge dissemination. The role of IIT Kharagpur as a R-ABI has been tasked with the responsibility to run primarily two programs, namely i) Agri-preneurship Orientation, and ii) Agri-startup Incubation for Agri-based Startups.

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AFBIC, IIT Kharagpur is executing the Agripreneurship orientation program. This program aims at providing an opportunity to interested ideation stage entrepreneurs/startups to work on their innovative ideas by imparting two months training..

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  • To nurture potential agripreneurs by providing them practical, technical and business insights.

  • To create and nurture a pipeline of agripreneurs and to develop a culture of entrepreneurship.

  • To nurture potential agripreneurs by providing them practical, technical and business insights.

  • To create and nurture a pipeline of agripreneurs and to develop a culture of entrepreneurship.