National e-Workshop & e-Showcasing on “Horticulture Start-Up Opportunity in Eastern India Connecting Youth to Agri-Start-Up Ecosystem” organized

26th February, 2022, Patna

The ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar organized the National e-Workshop & e-Showcasing on “Horticulture Start-Up Opportunity in Eastern India: Connecting Youth to Agri-Start-Up Ecosystem” from 24th to 26th February, 2022. The programme was organized under the Agri-Business Incubation (ABI) Project.

The Chief Guest, Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh, Deputy Director General (Agricultural Extension), ICAR emphasized on improving the skills of the rural youths to enable them for starting their own Agri-Enterprise and promotion of Start-Ups in agriculture / horticultural sectors with the help of established Agri-Business Incubation Centre in the different parts of the country. The need of linking the prospective Entrepreneurs to Banks for Credit for starting an Enterprise was stressed by Dr. Singh.

Earlier, delivering the welcome address, Dr. Ujjwal Kumar, Director, ICAR-RCER, Patna highlighted the importance of Horticultural Start-Up for employment generation in the country. The efforts of ICAR-RCER, Patna and its Centres in developing the Entrepreneurs through the training and capacity building programmes, especially, under ABI Project were also underlined by Dr. Kumar.

The Senior Officials of ICAR Institutes and State Agricultural Universities also deliberated during the occasion.

The main objective of the programme was to develop the linkage among the various stakeholders and provide a platform for knowledge sharing among them including the future Entrepreneurs and experts of Research Institutes working in the Horticultural Sector.

The programme registered participation by 80 participants.

(Source: ICAR-Research Complex for Eastern Region, Patna, Bihar)