The Central Institute of Fisheries and Technology (CIFT) in Kochi, Kerala, India, inaugurated a 5,000-square metre business incubation centre at their premises in Kochi. The centre was inaugurated by Dr S Ayyappan, Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) and Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR).<\/p>\n
The business incubation centre will nurture the development of technology-based and knowledge-driven agri-business ventures. The centre will help ventures during the start-up period (2-3 years) by providing an integrated package of technology, work space, shared office services, access to specialised equipment and pilot plant.<\/p>\n
Value-added services such as management assistance, market research, business planning, access to seed capital, technical assistance, training, accreditation and networking support would also be provided, a press release issued here said.<\/p>\n
The primary goal of the centre is to produce successful businesses that are able to operate independently. The incubation centre can accommodate nine ventures at a time.<\/p>\n
Dr Ayyappan said, \u0093Innovation and integration of available technologies is the need of the hour for which agri-incubator centre like the one at CIFT, Cochin should lead the country. Forty technologies have already been commercialised in the ICAR system through units set up all over India.<\/p>\n
The business incubator facility at CIFT is a \u0091one-stop-shop’ for budding entrepreneurs. About 100 such incubators are to be set during the 12{+t}{+h} Plan. The ICAR scientists are presently on a \u0091farmer first’ drive devoting 25 per cent of their time for farmer-friendly technologies. Secondary agriculture is gaining momentum in the ICAR system in which CIFT is a pioneer by introducing the production of chitin and chitosan from prawn shell waste about 30 years back.<\/p>\n
Delivering the Presidential address, Dr T K Srinivasa Gopal, CIFT Director said that the Institute had helped in setting up India’s first \u0091zero-waste’ seafood industry at Mr Sulthan Singh’s Unit at Karnal in Haryana.<\/p>\n
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