We are at the cusp of what could be the golden age of Indian agriculture. seamless growth, exponential yield, and grassroots progress propelled by innovation. The future is, indeed, here and now. Thanks to entrepreneurs addressing the issues that plague the Indian agricultural ecosystem today.
Having successfully hosted the first edition of the MANAGE-Samunnati Agri Start-up Awards, we are excited to announce the second edition, a platform that aspires to recognise such impact-driven Agri and Ag-tech startups dedicated to re-imagining, renewing, and rebuilding the ecosystem.
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To nominate your agri or agtech startup for the award
Learn about the MANAGE Samunnati Start-up Awards from our event’s torchbearers
The application is submitted
The application will be screened by independent government jury members pan India.
Inspections by national & regional committees will evaluate the applying entity’s on-ground role, impact and achievements
A national-level committee will evaluate and hand-pick the winners
A diversity of challenges, one solution: innovation. Our Jury of leading agricultural experts analyse your agri & agtech start-ups through
How uplifting have your services or products been to your audience/end-customers
What your service or product has achieved since activation
How uplifting have your services or products been to your audience/end-customers
How well your service or product has addressed social and ecosystem level problems
Advent of a synergy driving greater innovation in Indian agriculture
National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) is the Indian response to challenges of agricultural extension and advisory services in a rapidly growing and diverse agriculture sector. MANAGE was established in 1987, by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India as an autonomous Institute. The mission of MANAGE is to facilitate the Acquisition of Managerial and Technical skills by Extension Officers, Managers, Scientists and Administrators in all sectors of Agricultural economy to enable them to provide most effective support and services to Farming community for practicing Sustainable Agriculture.
MANAGE - Centre for Innovation and Agripreneurship (MANAGE - CIA) is a section 8 registered company with a vision to promote agri-startups and enhance the agri-entrepreneurial ecosystem by strengthening incubation support services to agri-startups and agripreneurs to innovate, patent, produce and scale-up startups and agribusiness.
India’s largest Agri-enterprise, Samunnati, is an open agri network to unlock the trillion-dollar-plus potential of Indian agriculture with smallholder farmers at the centre of it.
At Samunnati, we have strong domain knowledge of the agriculture value chain, and through our Samunnati Start-ups initiatives, we have built our capabilities to nurture and support start-ups that have a focus on agriculture. The Agri-start-up engagement platform ‘Samaarambh’ strives to enhance the capabilities of Agri-Tech and Agri Value Chain start-ups that are innovating solutions to benefit the agriculture ecosystem. The platform and its offerings aim to provide solutions to the primary challenges faced by start-ups in developing the Agri ecosystem, of which smallholder farmers are an essential component.
To nominate your agri or agtech startup for the award