Introduction
For past few years in the context of Indian agricultural landscape there is the emergence of Agri-incubators for facilitating and promoting new enterprises with innovative business ideas. This context of developing agri-business ecosystem in various agricultural and its allied sectors and unleashing innovation and agri-preneurship has received special emphasis from Central government as well as from government of Bihar. Resonating with the government focus and need of the hour, Centre for Start-up Facilitation is started for providing incubation support to creative and innovative agri-preneurs under the flagship of Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agriculture University, Pusa, Bihar. Start-up Facilitation Center-RPCAU, Pusa has been established for facilitating evolution of an Agri Start-up ecosystem along with the support of cost effective, value added services, including technical expertise to potential agri-preneurs.
Future Plans
Centre has taken its step forward towards the commercialization of various horticultural products such as mango, litchi, lemon etc. Centre is also planning to extend its incubation support in the area of wealth creation from waste, spices, tissue culture of different crops and nutritious products like multigrain flour, maize corn and popcorn.
List of technologies product ready for commercialization
- Production and processing technology of different type of Mushrooms
- Production and processing of honey
- Preparation of various types of jaggery products
- Herbal Gulal
- Bal Shakti a low cost energy food for infants
- Solar powered boat mounted pumping system for surface water irrigation from rivers/water bodies and it’s marketing to nearby farmers
This is not an exhaustive list and others will be added with time.
The centre provides services such as preparation of DPR, technology transfer and technical guidance for starting an enterprise. Interested entrepreneurs who want to start their enterprise based on technologies developed by university can contact following:
Dr. Mritunjay Kumar,
Project Director,
Ph. No. – 9430891658, 8709917525, 7739647552
Email– dr.mritunjay@rpcau.ac.in
Dr. P. S. Brahmanand,
Director Research,
Ph. No. – 06274-240262;
Email– dr@rpcau.ac.in
Read more: https://www.rpcau.ac.in/centre-for-start-up-facilitation/
