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BHARATI Initiative
- 04 Sep 2025
- 2 min read
The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has launched the BHARATI initiative to strengthen India’s agri-food exports and foster innovation among startups.
BHARATI Initiative
- About: BHARATI (Bharat’s Hub for Agritech, Resilience, Advancement and Incubation for Export Enablement) aims to promote innovation, strengthen India’s agri-food startups, and boost exports.
- Objectives: To empower 100 agri-food startups through innovation and incubation, supporting APEDA's goal of USD 50 billion in agri-food exports by 2030.
- Also aims to address challenges in perishability, quality, logistics, and sustainability.
- Key Features:
- Targets high-value agri-food products such as GI-tagged, organic, superfoods, processed foods, livestock, AYUSH products.
- It will also promote advanced technologies like AI, blockchain, IoT, and agri-fintech, addressing packaging, perishability, sustainability, and logistics.
- Connects startups and innovators to provide export-ready solutions by helping them meet international food safety and quality standards through a 3-month acceleration programme.
- It also aligns with Atmanirbhar Bharat, Vocal for Local, Digital India, and Start-Up India programme.
- APEDA partners with state boards, universities, IITs/NITs, industry bodies, and accelerators to strengthen the ecosystem and enable annual scalability.
APEDA
- APEDA, established under the APEDA Act, 1985, is a statutory body under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry.
- It promotes and develops exports of agricultural products, providing support in marketing, transportation, and value addition.
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