NABARD has announced an Agri fund for Start-Ups & Rural Enterprises (Agri-SURE), with initial corpus of ₹750 crore.
NABARD and the Ministry of Agriculture are contributing ₹250 crore each, the rest ₹250 crore is from other institutions.
The fund is structured to support about 85 agri start-ups with investment sizes of up to ₹25 crore each by the end of its term.
The fund will provide support through investments in sector-specific, sector-agnostic, and debt alternative investment funds (AIFs), as well as direct equity support to start-ups.
NABARD has also launched the AgriSURE Greenathon 2024.
This hackathon will address the issues like the high cost of advanced agriculture technologies, transforming agricultural waste into profitable ventures, and making regenerative agriculture economically viable.