MANAGE Samunnati Agri-startup Awards 2022 Celebrated Agri Startups Serving the Farming Community

The National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), in affiliation with Samunnati offered the MANAGE-Samunnati Agri-Startup Awards to acknowledge impact-driven Agri and Agri-Tech start-ups devoted to rebuilding the agriculture growth ecosystem and supporting farmers by way of technological improvements. Within the first version in 2021, a complete of 20 Awards on the 5 regional (17) and nationwide (03) got and a complete money prize of ₹ 17.75 lakh for the startups was awarded by Samunnati.

Within the 2022 version, functions from the Agri startups throughout India and nominations of startups from Nationwide degree Agricultural establishments and Agribusiness Incubators had been invited by way of a totally on-line course of.

A complete of 252 functions had been acquired from aspiring startups throughout India. Twenty-one eminent professionals in agriculture and allied sectors evaluated the functions objectively and independently. The foremost focus of the analysis was on impression creation, farmer join, and gravity of the issues addressed by the startup together with progress made.

A complete of 32 awards, comprising 3 awards on the Nationwide degree, 27 on the State degree, and a couple of girls entrepreneurs had been awarded and chosen startups had been invited to the award ceremony held on Sep 14, 2022, at MANAGE. Shobha Karandlaje, Honourable Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Authorities of India, graced the event because the Chief Visitor and offered the awards to the winners recognizing their contributions to enhancing the Agri ecosystem.

These startups shall be supported by MANAGE and Samunnati past awards and recognition. An funding meet is deliberate for the startups the place the startups shall be given a chance to current their enterprise mannequin for funding with enterprise capital, angel networks, and debt funding establishments.

MANAGE will even be extending assist by connecting the startups with different Agri startups within the ecosystem, AC & ABC Agripreneurs, and Farmers by way of FPOs for backward linkages and with Agribusiness companies for the ahead linkages. Samunnati with its initiative “Samaarambh”, is nurturing over 100 agri-focused startups striving to handle power challenges of the Agri worth chain for the previous two years throughout India.  

MANAGE- Samunnati Agri-Startup Awards creates a platform and supply an excellent alternative for the startups within the coming years and establishes a benchmark for the startups within the agricultural ecosystem.  

First revealed on: 15 Sep 2022, 10:20 IST