FICCI award 2021 for Pune agri-Startup Bioprime Agrisolutions

A prestigious moment for the Pune-based agriculture Startup Bioprime Agrisolutions Pvt Limited that has bagged the Best Agri Startup (Industry Partnership) Award. The award was presented by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).

The Startup is involved in developing bio-molecules capable of making crops climate-resilient and withstand adverse weather. Currently, they are engaging farmers from Pune, Satara, and Nashik districts in Maharashtra besides collaborating with those from Jharkhand, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh. Their solutions have curbed crops losses upto 70 per cent due to untimely rain and similar weather events.

Incubated at the Venture Centre, under CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, in 2016, this Startup also has special projects to develop export quality fruits, including grapes and pomegranate. The company is a recipient of LEAP funds from BIRAC and also winners of a grant supported by the Atal New India Challenge under the Atal Innovation Mission.

During the event hosted virtually, the rising trend of Startups was shared. Since the launch of Startup India about five years ago, the number of Startups has been steadily rising with 9300 emerging in 2019.

“However, only 500 Startups working in agriculture took off,” remarked BC Patil, Minister for Agriculture, Karnataka.

This year, about 30 Startups and companies were presented with FICCI awards in numerous categories.