This incubation programme is giving a boost to agri startups cropping up in the Northeast
6 March 2019 3:07 AM IST
The AgriPulse Accelerate North-East programme works with early-stage entrepreneurs in the Northeast to help them scale their businesses.
- There is a need for partnerships for training and competence building, investments, marketing, processing, projects, and infrastructure development to accelerate growth and economic activities, leading to more jobs, incomes and opportunities for the people belonging to these eight States - Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura.
- Hence, Manisha started the AgriPulse Accelerate North-East programme with an aim to recognise “potentially game-changing early-stage entrepreneurs” from Northeast India.
- Their area of focus includes agro and food processing projects, horticulture, tea, spices, floriculture and medicinal plants, poultry, fisheries, piggery, and dairy, coir, bamboo and rural craft products, eco, agro, and nature tourism, and farm-to-fork and organic farming.
- Pawinson Kipgen , Krushi Karma Naturals is a wholesale supplier of chemical-free naturally grown Queen Victoria pineapple, wild fruits and herbs, and organic wild bananas, which are produced in Imphal.
- Founded by Leiyolan Vashum and Zeinorin Stephen with a vision to build a healthier lifestyle and community through food, the Manipur-based startup engages in the production and marketing of natural agricultural, and industrially processed food products.
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