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• The Next Big Thing The Indian Agriculture
  Industry as an Investment
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• The agriculture industry in India provides
  employment to millions and is the backbone of the
  rural economy. The sector is currently undergoing
  a transformation and is evolving from just a
  traditional way of life to a professionally
  managed Industry.
• The growth of the Indian economy is
  agriculture-oriented and is a dominant sector in
  terms of contribution to GDP as well as a source
  of employment to millions across the country.
  More than 70 of the rural households depend on
  agriculture as their main means of livelihood.
  The Indian agriculture industry offers plenty of
  areas to choose from for investment purposes,
  such as food grains, dairy products, processed
  food, poultry, animal husbandry, fertilisers,
  sericulture, cold chain logistics, pesticides,
  etc.
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• The Indian government has provided several
  initiatives to attract investments in the
  agriculture industry from the public sector,
  private parties and foreign conglomerates. Some
  of the initiatives that the government provided
  to promote investments are
• Enhanced institutional credit to farmers
• Promotion of scientific warehousing
  infrastructure including cold chains
• Improved access to irrigation through Pradhan
  Mantri Krishi Sichayee Yojana
• Provision of Price Stabilisation Fund to mitigate
  price volatility in agricultural produce
• Providing institutional finance to joint farming
  groups of "Bhoomi Heen Kisan" through NABARD,
  etc.
• 100 foreign direct investment in certain sectors
  of the agriculture industry - technology,
  machinery, equipments, seeds/planting material,
  warehousing, cold storages and other
  infrastructure logistics.

Report Description and Highlights
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AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY
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Report Description and Highlights

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• These initiatives have been acting as catalysts
  in attracting investments in the agricultural
  industry. While investments by the public sector
  is meagre compared to the large subsidies
  provided, it is investments by the private sector
  that dominates the agriculture landscape. Some of
  the major investments made by the private parties
  in the agriculture industry are
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• IVRCL Ltd.s irrigation and water divisions have
  invested Rs 1,255.67 crore (US 201.58 million)
  in irrigation facilities. The company is based
  out of Hyderabad.
• The Oman India Joint Investment Fund (OIJIF), a
  joint venture between State Bank of India and
  State General Reserve Fund, has invested Rs 95
  crore (US 15.25 million) in GSP Crop Science. It
  is a Gujarat-based agrochemicals company.
• Israel based ADAMA Agrochemicals plans to invest
  at least US 50 million in India over the next
  couple of years.
• Australian organisations such as Geraldton
  Fisheries Co-operative, Profitable Dairy Systems,
  Bundaberg Mobile Equipment Engineering and Gale
  Pacific are exploring opportunities to invest in
  India.
• Apart from this, there have been several
  bilateral tie-ups for the promotion of
  agriculture in India. Canada is keen to partner
  with India in the agriculture and processing
  sectors, particularly in pulses and canola. Fiji
  has proposed to enter into a MoU with India in
  the areas of rice, horticulture, fisheries and
  animal husbandry. Israel has increased its
  cooperation with Indian agriculture, helping
  farmers multiply their income with better
  practices, yields and choosing the right crops or
  vegetables. The Republic of Poland also looks
  forward to partner strategically with Punjab and
  Haryana in the agriculture sector.

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• Apart from the big companies, small start-ups are
  also investing in the agriculture industry to
  improve the yield and help reduce waste. Some
  such noteworthy start-ups are
• Ubio Biotechnology Ubio uses the latest
  technology to develop accurate point of care
  diagnostic tools for the medical and veterinary
  areas of agribusiness.  Ubio is the only company
  in India manufacturing animal health diagnostic
  equipment.
• I Say Organic I Say Organic has ventured into
  connecting farmers who want to grow organic
  products with customers who want to buy organic. 
• Skymet Skymet uses a cloud-based service model
  to provide clients affordable access to real-time
  information so that farmers can understand and
  organize themselves around the ever-changing
  weather environments. Skymet is backed
  by Omnivore, a venture fund focused on early
  stage agriculture and food companies in India.
• Knids Green Operating out of Bihar, the core
  product of Knids Green is providing a vegetable
  supply chain for more than 3,000 farmers and 500
  vendors.
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Report Description and Highlights
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AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY
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Report Description and Highlights

• Looking at the immense potential of the
  agriculture industry in terms of investments,
  IMARC Group has released its new report titled,
  Agriculture Industry in India Market Segments,
  Key Drivers, Challenges, Market Trends and
  Regulations. The report is by far the most
  comprehensive study of the Indian agriculture
  industry and its various segments. The study,
  which is based both on desk research and multiple
  waves of qualitative primary research, has delved
  deeply into the following segments of the Indian
  agriculture Industry.
• Farming
• Agriculture Equipments
• Fertilizers
• Pesticides
• Warehousing
• Cold Chains
• Food Processing
• Dairy Farming
• Floriculture
• Apiculture
• Sericulture
• Seeds
• Fisheries
• Poultry
• Animal Husbandry
• Animal Feed

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Report Description and Highlights

• Focus of the Analysis for Each Segment and
  Sub-Segment
• Drivers and Challenges
• Historical, Current and Future Market Values
• Historical, Current and Future Market Volumes
• Analysis of Various Sub-Segments
• Areas of Opportunity
• Competitive Landscape
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• To buy the complete report and know more about
  the opportunities in the agriculture sector
  please visit http//www.imarcgroup.com/agricultur
  e-industry-in-india
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