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BHARATI Initiative: APEDA Backs 100 Agri-Food Startups

4 September 20251 min read
AGRICULTURE & RURALBHARATI Initiative:APEDA Backs 100Agri-Food Startups4 September 2025safalsetu.com

Why in the news

APEDA introduced BHARATI to build up agri-food startups and widen India’s farm-export reach.

Key facts

  • Full name begins Bharat’s Hub for Agritech, Resilience, Advancement and Incubation and ends with for Export Enablement.
  • Run by APEDA (Commerce & Industry), backed by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; fits Startup India and Atmanirbhar Bharat.
  • Training covers product development, export readiness, compliance and global market access.
  • Product focus: high-value GI goods, organic and superfoods, livestock items and AYUSH-linked foods.
  • Tools: AI-based quality checks, blockchain traceability, IoT cold chains and agri-fintech for export finance.

Problems tackled

  • Perishability, wastage, logistics, packaging and quality assurance.

Exam angle

  • Numbers: 100 startups, 3 months, $50 billion by 2030.

Test yourself

1. How many agri-food startups does APEDA's BHARATI initiative aim to support?

BHARATI targets 100 agri-food and agri-tech startups.

2. Under BHARATI, the agri-food export target is $50 billion by which year?

The stated goal is $50 billion of agri-food exports by 2030.

3. What is the length of BHARATI's acceleration programme for selected startups?

The programme is a 3-month training course on export readiness and related topics.

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