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    AE Program: Sfi/Aegf

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    The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture focuses on helping smallholder farmers in developing countries become more professional and connected to markets through science-based knowledge and access to quality inputs. Syngenta Foundation India aims to reach 20 million farmers through innovative models that provide affordable irrigation, skills training, and business opportunities such as their flagship Agri-Entrepreneur program. The Agri-Entrepreneur Growth Fund was created in 2019 as a joint venture to scale up the Agri-Entrepreneur program and currently has over 1,800 active Agri-Entrepreneurs serving over 300,000 farmers across India.

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    The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture focuses on helping smallholder farmers in developing countries become more professional and connected to markets through science-based knowledge and access to quality inputs. Syngenta Foundation India aims to reach 20 million farmers through innovative models that provide affordable irrigation, skills training, and business opportunities such as their flagship Agri-Entrepreneur program. The Agri-Entrepreneur Growth Fund was created in 2019 as a joint venture to scale up the Agri-Entrepreneur program and currently has over 1,800 active Agri-Entrepreneurs serving over 300,000 farmers across India.

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    The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture focuses on helping smallholder farmers in developing countries become more professional and connected to markets through science-based knowledge and access to quality inputs. Syngenta Foundation India aims to reach 20 million farmers through innovative models that provide affordable irrigation, skills training, and business opportunities such as their flagship Agri-Entrepreneur program. The Agri-Entrepreneur Growth Fund was created in 2019 as a joint venture to scale up the Agri-Entrepreneur program and currently has over 1,800 active Agri-Entrepreneurs serving over 300,000 farmers across India.

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    AE Program: Sfi/Aegf

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    The Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture focuses on helping smallholder farmers in developing countries become more professional and connected to markets through science-based knowledge and access to quality inputs. Syngenta Foundation India aims to reach 20 million farmers through innovative models that provide affordable irrigation, skills training, and business opportunities such as their flagship Agri-Entrepreneur program. The Agri-Entrepreneur Growth Fund was created in 2019 as a joint venture to scale up the Agri-Entrepreneur program and currently has over 1,800 active Agri-Entrepreneurs serving over 300,000 farmers across India.

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    AE Program

    SFI/AEGF
    Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture: SFSA

    Risk Management Research &


    Access to Seeds Policy
    Development
    The operational strategy of the Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable
    Agriculture (SFSA*) focuses on smallholders, productivity, and
    markets.
     The Foundation works with partners in developing countries and
    emerging markets. Our aim is to help small farmers become more
    professional growers. We do this by extending science-based know-
    how, facilitating access to quality inputs, and linking smallholders to
    markets in profitable ways. This adds value for rural communities, and
    sustainably improves food security
    Syngenta Foundation India: SFI

    Community Agriculture Technology Inclusion &


    Assistants Agri-Entrepreneurs
    Irrigation Innovation

    With an ambition of reaching out to 20 million farmers, Syngenta Foundation India is leaving no stone
    unturned to reach out to communities with innovative models.
    For farming community, developing affordable irrigation models for profitable Agriculture
    For youth, Skilling them through Agriculture Technology Assistant Program and providing them a career
    option
    Agri-Entrepreneur Model, flag-ship model to change the Agriculture landscape in this country.
    Inclusion through women-specific program and Innovation by bringing in world-class products and platforms
    for Indian farming community
    SFI Evolution to AEGF

    1 2 3 4

    2005 - 2009 2009 - 2014 2014 - 2019 2019 ONWARDS


    Extension and New Market Led Extension Business Model for Agri AE Scale up Strategy
    Technologies Entrepreneur

    • • • New Company AEGF under


    Section 25 Company in • Organizing farmers Create value for farmers Section 8 is registered, a join
    2005 into small groups • Agri- Entrepreneur venture between Tata Trusts
    • Extensive focus on • Facilitating Agri • Share insight, methods, and SFI
    extension and water inputs to farmers
    •
    know-how
    • On ground operations will be
    conservation activities • Collective marketing Policy Work - Insurance taken care by AEGF
    • Introducing new • Key to success ‘Last • SFI continues to play role in
    technologies in remote mile extension strategic partnerships
    tribal areas agents’
    Purpose: Last Mile Delivery/First Mile Access for Non-commercial smallholders

    Millions of small
    Thousands holder farmers,
    of Technologies who need:
    and Services Platform for Connecting Dots
    unavailable to How ?
    Access to
    smallholders: Information

    Who ? Access to Credit


    Seeds, fertilizers, Feet on Ground
    farm machinery, Village Level Resources
    Access to know-
    soil testing, how
    sensors, post
    harvest, Products
    processing
    Possible scenarios: Increase farmers’ income

    Reduce cost of Increase Revenue / Increase Cropping


    cultivation Profit Intensity
    Affordable Inputs and Access to Better Market Prices/Markets Access to Irrigation
    Credit
    AE Ecosystem
    AE Archetypes
    AE Stages
    • First 6 – 8 months are spent in • An AE now performs regular
    farmer data collection, advisory through group
    document preparation for meetings and also takes up on-
    meeting compliance demand one-to-one
    requirements interactions
    • Income ranges between INR • With greater farmer
    20K – 40K and there is a 10- interaction, AE income doubles
    12% increase in income to over INR 70-80,000 by this
    stage.

    Incubation Operationalization

    • After two/three years of • By the end of 1.5 – 2 years of


    association, an AE business an AE being in operations,
    and operations are seen to they begin reinvesting in
    stabilize. providing other services to
    • The Growth rate of income farmers.
    • An AE earns up to INR 1.0
    stabilizes and an AE earns
    more than INR 2.0 lakhs by Lakhs in this stage.
    this stage.

    Business Maturity Business Growth


    AE Program – Current Status

    Total Bihar
    Rajasthan
    2700 AEs 500 AEs Assam
    75 AEs
    78,163 Farmers 24 AEs
    Active 4,545 Farmers
    97,770 Acres 3,797 Farmers
    1,892 AEs 27,270 Acres
    5,959 Acres
    309,579
    Madhya Pradesh AS
    Farmers RJ
    BH Jharkhand
    64 AEs
    472,346 Acreages JK 89 AEs
    8,217 Farmers MP WB
    13,055 Farmers
    22,209 Acres
    60 Districts OD 6,528 Acres
    MH
    Odisha
    Maharashtra
    238 Tehsils/Blocks TS 112 AEs
    983 AEs 17,337 Farmers
    156,944 Farmers AP
    6,071 Villages 27,688 Acres
    265,735 Acres
    84 AEMs 45 AEs
    7,226 Farmers
    19,187 Acres
    Andhra Pradesh &
    Telangana
    AE classification on Business

    AE's years in Business


    AE Transaction
    13% 7% 17%
    5%
    7% 19%
    9% 1%

    20% 27% 32%

    43%

    < 6 months 6 mon-1 year 1-2 year nil 0-5k 5K-1 Lk 1-5 Lk
    2-3 year more than 3 year 5-10 Lk 10-20 Lk >20 LK
    Training Infrastructure

    • 10
    • Maharasthra -5
    Training Centers • AP, Jharkhad-2
    • Odisha -1

    Faculties • 20

    • English
    • Hindi
    Training Content • Telegu
    • Odiya
    • Marathi

    Training capacity • 500 student/month


    Evolution of AE program
    Number of Agri Entrepreneurs
    4000

    al
    enti
    3438

    n
    3500

    Expo
    3000

    2500
    Linear
    AE Numbers

    2000
    1763
    1500

    1000
    685
    500
    228
    27 105
    0
    2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20
    Projection
    Financial Year

    Actual Number of AEs till December 2019: 2543


    Existing Agri. Input Value chain With AE intervention
    Company Company
    NM

    Distributor FPO/Super AE

    Retailer/Dealers Collective Margin’s:-


    Seeds:- 10-25%
    Pesticides:- 10-30%
    Fertilizer’s:- 3-10%
    Sub-Retailer PGR’s:- 20-60%

    Local Retailer AE

    Farmers Farmers
    Existing Agri. output Value chain

    With AEs intervention

    Agri Trader/
    Producer Wholesaler Retailer Consumer
    Entrepreneur Company
    Services provided by AEM’s
    Output Mktg.
    connect
    Agri Input
    Business Planning
    Market connect
    AEM
    Credit Support
    Agri Output Aggregation
    Farmer AE New Technology Transfer

    Knowledge Transfer
    Knowledge Transfer

    Credit Support Agri Input Linkages

    New Technology Transfer Legal Compliances


    Thank you

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