Verdant Impact is a Start-up working in the area of full stack animal husbandry platform. Their work begins with providing farmers with backward and forward linkage for purchase and sales of livestock. Achievements and Recognition Best emerging agritech startup 2022-23 Pashudhan smridhhi award, India top20 agri startup to watch, Fox story 100 under 40 1000+ bharat samriddhi kr dra for ru commerce support, 30,000 direct beneficiaries, 1200cr livestock commerce supported Impacted and outreach 4.5 million farmers engagement via Kisaan radio network
Shri P. Prasad, Minister of Agriculture, Govt of Kerala, along with Dr Adeela Abdulla, IAS, Director ofAgriculture, and Dr P. Rajasekharan, Chairman, Kerala State Agricultural Prices Board, visited a-IDEA, ICAR-NAARM on 17 October 2024. The visit aimed at exploring potential collaborations with agricultural start-ups supported by a-IDEA in Kerala. During the event, over 11 start-ups presented their products and services, both online and offline, highlighting innovations that align with Kerala's agricultural ecosystem to the visiting dignitaries.
Award received from Honourable Minister Shri Prahlad Singh Patel, Food Processing Industries and Jal Shakti of India under Innovation Promotion Category during Global Food Basket 2023 Conclave jointly organized by MSMECC & WASEE at Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh on 29 April 2023.
Agri Gativardhan - This 15- 18 months initiative aims to transform the agricultural landscape by providing FPOs with essential training, mentorship, financial assistance, and technology integration. Designed to enhance governance, financial management, and market reach, the program focuses on driving innovation, sustainability, and business growth in the farming sector. Its ambitious targets include boosting FPO productivity by 25%, achieving a turnover of ₹5 crores, and establishing robust linkages across agricultural value chains to improve farmers' incomes and operational efficiency
All the startup ecosystem partners such as startups, industrialist, investors, mentors, bankers, academicians, officials of scientific research institutions, state government officials, FPOs, Kudumbashree, Kerala Startup Mission, NGOs and students were attended. A total of 450+ persons were participated in all the locations. The AGRI UDAAN 7.0 was funded by NABARD and powered by SBI, Mumbai.
The launch of AGRI UDAAN 7.0, the Food & Agribusiness Accelerator Program of a- IDEA, TBI of ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad was held in Novotel, HICC, Hitech city, Hyderabad, on 22 August 2024.
