Agriclinics and Agribusiness Training Programme

 

Agriclinics and Agribusiness Centres training course is sponsored by Department of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt of India, NABARD and MANAGE. The duration of the course is two months

All agriculture graduates and graduates in subjects allied to agriculture like horticulture, animal husbandry, forestry, dairy, veterinary, poultry farming, pisciculture are eligible for admission.

The objectives of the course are

?         To supplement the efforts of Government extension system.

?         To make available supplementary sources of input supply and services to needy farmers.

?        To provide gainful employment to agriculture graduates in new emerging areas in agricultural sector.

Text Box: Status of Training Programmes No. of Training courses conducted:                        05 No. of agrigraduates trained:                                 139 No. of successful agripreneurs:                             84(60.4%) No. of loan disbursed cases:                                31 (22.3%) Amount of loan disbursed by Banks:                      Rs 168.21 lakhs

 

 

 

 

 

 

                   ACAB training center of KVK, Ahmednagar ranks first in Maharashtra and third in the country due to maximum success rate.  This course is focusing both the technical and managerial skills.  After completion of the course also, KVK is providing continuous support and escort services like input supply like biopesticides, biofertilizers, seed, seedlings, soluble fertilizers etc., support for licensing from Govt departments, project preparation and submission to banks, pursuance of bank projects for loan, Network establishment, ex-trainees sammelan, organization of exhibitions for display of inputs from successful agrigraduates, handholding visits. This has helped to increase the success rate of the agripreneurs.

 

                  

 

Total 139 agri-graduates from 24 districts of Maharashtra benefited through ACAB course of which 63 per cent trainees are from Ahmednagar district.  In Ahmednagar, total 56 trainees started their centers and serving 3948 farmers in the district.  Due to ACAB course, KVK indirectly served through these trainees to 5706 farmers in the state.

            As some trainees started their enterprises with their own investment, the no.of loan disbursement cases are less in number.