The Association for Innovation Development of Entrepreneurship in Agriculture (a-IDEA), is a Technology Business Incubator (TBI) hosted by ICAR-NAARM, Hyderabad. The a-IDEA has been fostering innovation and entrepreneurship in agriculture in India since 2014 across all possible domains of agriculture and allied sectors. The centre aims to help entrepreneurs ideate, incubate and accelerate their innovative early-stage startups that are scalable to become viable agri-business and food ventures through capacity building, mentoring, networking, investment, customer connects and advisory support. These startups are in turn disrupting the value chains of agriculture across farm to fork and beyond, thereby impacting thousands of lives of farmers, rural and urban stakeholders. Thus, a-IDEA’s core mission is to “accelerate innovation and create impact’. The activities of a-IDEA are financially supported by different schemes of DST, DBT, NABARD, SIDBI, MSME, MeitY, and DPIIT.
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To build a world-class agri-entrepreneurial ecosystem that transforms Indian agri-food system through innovation, technology, and sustainable value creation.
To nurture and scale innovation-driven agri-ventures through mentorship, ecosystem partnerships, and investment facilitation.
“ICAR-NAARM dedicated 14,000 sq.ft. for a-IDEA, the Incubation Centre. Besides, there is dedicated workspace of 1000 sq.ft. for agri startups supported by a-IDEA.”
The incubation facility includes 25 cubicles each ranging from 120-160 sq.ft
Lab Facility/Testing Facility: a-IDEA collaborates with different ICAR Institutes to provide co-incubation facility with state-of-the-art lab facility for testing, validation and prototype development by the startups.
Conference/Meeting Room/Common Area: 5 spaces totaling 5,000 sq.ft.
Office/Administrative Space: 3 spaces totaling 5,000 sq.ft.
Techno Park: 1 large space covering 566,280 sq.ft.
14,000 sq.ft. is allocated for Incubation. 6,500 sq.ft. is designated for Lab Facilities. 566,280 sq.ft. is available within the Techno Park.