Lok Sabha Question No. 173 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-11
Subject: Agri Incubation Centres
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: K. MARAGATHAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 173

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11/12/2018

## AGRI INCUBATION CENTRES

## 173. SHRIMATI K. MARAGATHAM:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f"k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is  a  fact  that  in  an  attempt  to  achieve  the  goal  of  zero  hunger  by  2030,  the Government has decided to rope in start-ups to act as a conduit between farmers and buyers to promote millet farming in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is also true that the Government has set up 25 agri incubation centres and 50 more will be established to provide training to entrepreneurs; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f'k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=ky; esa jkT; ea=h

## (SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT)

(a) & (b): Yes, Madam.  The United Nations member-states have committed the Sustainable Development  Goal  2  on  zero  hunger  specifically  aims  to  end  all  forms  of  hunger  and malnutrition by 2030. Therefore, India as a member nation has committed to achieve this goal. Promoting farming of food grains like millets can help to achieve internationally agreed target.

ICAR-Indian  Institute  of  Millets  Research  is  working  on  Nutricereals  improvement, value  addition,  value  chains  and  entrepreneurship  development.  Accordingly,  Agri-incubation center established by DARE/ICAR at ICAR-Indian Institute of Millets Research has incubated 13  start-ups  who  are  working  on  technologies  to  promote  the  millets  as  health  foods.  Value added products of millets  have  also  been  developed  and  50  entrepreneurs  through  technology licensing have also been developed who are manufacturing and selling these products in various regional clusters across India.

(c) Yes, Madam.  25 agri-incubation centers have been established by ICAR/DARE under the  National  Agriculture  Innovation  Fund  Scheme.  It  is  proposed  to  expand  the  scope  of  the Scheme to establish 25 more agri-incubation centers in ICAR institutes, taking the total to fifty.

- (d) The  list  of  25  agri-incubation  centers  established  by  ICAR/DARE  under  the  National Agriculture Innovation Fund Scheme is attached at Annexure .

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## Agri-Business Incubation (ABI) Centres established by ICAR under NAIF Scheme

|   S No. | Name of ICAR institutes                                                               |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal                            |
|       2 | ICAR-Central Institute of Research on Cotton Technology, Mumbai                       |
|       3 | ICAR-Central Institute on Post-harvest Engineering and Technology, Ludhiana           |
|       4 | ICAR-National Institute of Research on Jute &Allied Fibre Technology, Kolkata         |
|       5 | ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar                                  |
|       6 | ICAR-Central Avian Research Institute, Izatnagar                                      |
|       7 | ICAR-National Research Centre on Meat, Hyderabad                                      |
|       8 | ICAR-National Research Centre on Pig, Guwahati                                        |
|       9 | ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal                                        |
|      10 | ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi                                |
|      11 | ICAR- Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad                                 |
|      12 | ICAR- Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad                                |
|      13 | ICAR-Central Rice Research Institute, Cuttack                                         |
|      14 | ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural Research &Management, Hyderabad                 |
|      15 | ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Technology, Cochin                                |
|      16 | ICAR-Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture, Chennai                          |
|      17 | ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture, Bhubaneswar                         |
|      18 | ICAR-Central Institute on Fisheries Education, Mumbai                                 |
|      19 | ICAR-Indian Institute of Horticultural Research, Bangalore                            |
|      20 | ICAR-Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasargod                            |
|      21 | ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, Calicut                                     |
|      22 | ICAR-Indian Institute of Vegetable Research, Varanasi                                 |
|      23 | ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla                                        |
|      24 | ICAR-ICAR Research Complex for NEH Region, Barapani                                   |
|      25 | International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad |

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