Grassroots Innovations Accelerator
A programme by NIF Incubation and Entrepreneurship Council
Accelerator run with Publicis Sapient for grassroots innovators in farming, aiming to get an innovation to market within twelve months.
At a glance
| Best for | Grassroots innovators with a farm or agriculture innovation ready to reach the market |
|---|---|
| Duration | Aims to reach the market within 12 months |
| Run with | Publicis Sapient |
About Grassroots Innovations Accelerator
Announced at the Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in 2023 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, and run with Publicis Sapient. It is aimed at grassroots innovators working on problems in agriculture and farming, and its stated goal is to bring an innovation to market within twelve months.
Four cohorts are listed. The first supported six innovations, including a pepper thresher, a mini dal mill and a walnut peeler; the second supported nine, including a cashew shelling machine and a coconut harvesting tool; the third and fourth list seven and six, among them a chilli peduncle remover and a corn seed drill. The page introduces the third and fourth cohorts without saying how many each holds.
What you get
- Capacity building and training
- A network, and access to a fabrication lab
- Support reaching markets, and longer-term support as the business grows
Who can apply
- Grassroots innovators with an innovation for farming or agriculture
- No other eligibility rule is published
How to apply: no open call, form or deadline is published. Ask info@nifientrec.org whether a cohort is being formed.
Where to apply
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