Infrastructure:

• Development of a dynamic GISdatabase showing cluster wiseinfrastructure and other support systemfor planned public and private initiatives.

• Public expenditure review on Agri-infrastructure development and

opportunity for private partnership.

• Skill development for infrastructuremanagement.

Investment:

• Skill development workshops forentrepreneurs and professionals onAgricultural Project Management.

• Local exposure events and paidindustry visits (National / International)for entrepreneurs.

• Private sector investment monitoring.

Institution:

• Facilitation of growth of producercompanies at identified clusters.

• Augmentation of services ofcommodity exchanges.

• Dynamic mapping of public andprivate institutions for professionalOrganizational Development (OD)assistance.

Suggested Agriculture sector work plan

for

Industry associations in North East

based on 6 “I” framework

Dr.Miftahul Islam Barbaruah

Director, Vet Helpline India Pvt.Ltd.

Input:

Organization of an annual event to include:

• Regional Meet of national companiesrelated to seed and fertilizers

• Agri-food Machinery Mart

• Commercial Planting materialexhibition

Innovation:

• Moderated value chain based communityof practice (CoP) for each of the keycommodities for innovative solution tocommon and emerging issues.

• Industry – University conclave toaugment innovative research andtechnology development.

Incentive:

Engagement with government:

• For concessional finance andinvestment subsidy for planned effort bylocal entrepreneurs to aggregate andpre-process produces.

• For express settlement of cases relatedto private sector supported landconsolidation efforts.

• For demand side public intervention forgrowth of private agricultural extensionservices.

• For upward revision of ceiling or upperlimit on project size in designedgovernment supported backendsubsidy schemes for entrepreneurs.This is to incentivize medium to bigplayers capable of managing theinherent risk of supply chain in NorthEast.