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| WHAT WE DO |
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AGRIBUSINESS ASSIGNMENTS |
Indian Agribusiness Systems Private Limited (IASL) is an information service provider in Agriculture, Food Processing, Social Development and allied sectors. Started in March 2000, IASL provides services in Commodity Research, Trading, Publishing, Consulting and Manpower recruitment. IASL consulting division comprises of consultants with background in business consulting, market research and agri-business specialization.
Our Consulting team works with clients to build sustainable, profitable growth through superior market understanding. We help clients stimulate growth through a comprehensive approach to business processes and systems that covers strategic issues, tactics, and organizational choices. We work with the not-for-profit sector in India to enhance execution skills in rural and agri-sector intervention areas.
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| OUR OBJECTIVES |
To be the most preferred consulting firm in the field of Food and Agriculture, Rural and Social Development and allied sectors.
To provide high quality professional consulting services to enhance our clients' understanding of the business and market realities.
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| OUR STRENGTH |
- Food business Focus.
- Highly qualified staff from reputed institutes such as the Indian Institutes of Management (IIM), MANAGE and others.
- A cumulative work experience of over 150 years in the Food and development Sectors
- Proximity to the day-to-day market realities - Our field staff are spread over 56 major markets of India.
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| OUR CLIENTS |
| Our clients are diverse and they have different needs. A few examples are: |
| Private firms |
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Banks, financial institutions, Agro chemical and Food processing companies, Restaurant chains, Rural marketing companies
Multi national companies looking for India entry
Commodity traders, exporters and importers
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| Multi lateral funding institutions |
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Institutions working in the area of agriculture and rural development, Institutions working in specific sectors |
Non Government Organizations
Government Agencies
International consulting firms looking for India-specific expertise
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| OUR SERVICES |
| Markets |
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- Market Entry and Market Expansion Strategy Development. Market Research.
- Investment opportunity analysis.
- Sales and Channel management.
- Partner search - Joint Venture, Licensing, Distributors for effective market entry.
- Commercial Feasibility Analysis, Project appraisal, Market due diligence, Competition analysis, cost analysis, financial and sensitivity analysis. Business Plan Development.
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| Social Sector Services |
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- Market mapping, market information systems and market linkages creation for rural produce.
- Marketing and growing strategies at community level for agricultural produce.
- Policy impact analysis and remedial strategies.
- Workshops and training programs design and delivery.
- Rural services development.
- Grass roots implementation - creating market linkages, conducting negotiations with buyers, social marketing.
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| Agri Commodity Trade, Export, Import |
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- Assisting clients with a comprehensive understanding of the present and future trends in trade for Commodities.
- Guidance on broker selection, shipping, handling, insurance and regulatory factors in order to facilitate market entry.
- Helping clients manage price, financial and performance risks in dealing in agricultural commodities into and out of India
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| Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) |
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- Market Information sourcing and dissemination systems using ICT. Management of rural IT kiosks.
- ICT based expert network creation for solving farm level problems from remote Farm level query redress systems.
- Portal development for agriculture and food related businesses and services
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| Operations |
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- Supply chain management: We help clients in sourcing of materials and services.
- Vendor selection and management, extension services.
- Cost chain analysis from farm gate to consumers including various taxation points
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| Economic Analysis |
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- Demand forecast for various commodities using econometrics and analysis of demand drivers.
- Social and economic profiling at national, state, district and sub district levels using primary and secondary data.
- Policy analysis
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| PARTIAL LIST OF CLIENTS |
- Cargill International, Minneapolis, USA
- Cargill Animal Feed, Malaysia
- Japan Bank of International Cooperation
- Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations
- Ministry of Information Technology, Govt. of India - Country Gateway project
- Diversified Agriculture Support Project, Uttaranchal, a World Bank Project
- National Horticulture Board
- ITC Ltd.
- CLFMA, an association of the Livestock industry
- American Soybean Association
- National Commodities and Derivatives Exchange (NCDEX)
- ICICI Bank
- Oxfam India
- Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
- IDEI
- HIMCON, an NGO based in Uttaranchal
- European Commission through Biodiversity, UK
- IIM (Bangalore)
- Yum Restaurants
- Economic Research Services of The USDA
- Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium under Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India
- Ministry of Agriculture, Government of India
- NHRDF
- Chambal Fertilizers
- Asian Development Bank
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| KEY RECENT ASSIGNMENTS UNDERTAKEN |
- Survey of milk farmers and feed millers in Northern India and development of marketing strategy
- Impact of taxes on the primary and secondary processed food sector in India and identification of remedial measures for growth
- Study on Contract Farming in India - Impact and Implications
- Social and agriculture profiling and micro-plan development - Analysing the information, market support, training and other needs of the rural community and developing micro-plans for income enhancement, in Koraput and Kalahandi districts of Orissa
- "Greening the Himalayas" a NRM and Market based approach to Rural Development
- DASP - IT kiosks -Development of Information portal and dissemination kiosks for the farming and rural community
- Market analysis and communication strategy development for soy products in India
- Identification and due diligence of rural trading intermediaries for financial products
- Customer acquisition strategy and customer identification
- Demand forecast for fruits and vegetables. Long range demand forecast for principle fruits and vegetables grown in the states of Maharashtra, AP, MP, Karnataka
- Demand analysis of poultry, dairy, feed, feed additives, fisheries and meat sectors
- Analysis of Meat Markets In General And Small Ruminants in particular and identification of Key Policy Variables To Benefit Smallholders
- Study on Informal Milk Markets in India
- Strategic approaches for maximizing income for producer groups
- Development of Training Material for Commodities Derivatives Trading
- Futures Contracts for Pulses, Rice, Wheat and Maize. The assignment involved designing contract specifications for each of the above commodities
- Country Gateway Project (World Bank funded). Business plan development and development of pilot portal for agriculture related information
- Market Information delivery to various IT kiosks ventures in India (Drishtee, ITC e-Chaupals, etc.)
- Determinants of Soybean Oil Demand and U.S. Market Share in India
- Analysis of market and identification of investment opportunities in the cattle-feed sector
- Project ISAP. Indian Society of Agri-Business Professionals (ISAP), brings together agri experts, farmers, research institutes and other agencies on a common platform for knowledge dissemination, query redress and training. Makes extensive use of ICT for bringing the experts network together.
- Study of ICT initiatives. A detailed analysis of ICT interventions related to agriculture extension and suggesting Government directions for the future. This involved detailed analysis of products and services, business models and sustainability of 17 such ventures in different parts of India
- The efficacy of Bt cotton in India- an impact assessment on the adoption of Bt cotton after its introduction in India.
- Indigenisation of Wheat Procurement. The assignment involved identifying specific wheat varieties in India suitable for the client
- Detailed demand analysis of poultry, dairy, feed, feed additives and meat sectors
- Analysis of demand determinants for edible oil and imports into India
- An Analysis of Market Forces and Feasibility to Establish the Compound Cattle Feed Unit in Western Uttar Pradesh
- An Overview of Edible Vegetable Oils Industry in India. Edible Oil Imports into India: Using Agreement on Safeguards
- Assessment of farmers' market information needs and content consulting
- An Overview of Edible Vegetable Oils Industries in India
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| REACH |
| Our Information services division bolsters our strengths considerably. We have a back-up of more than 150 persons who are in day-to-day contact with agri-commodity trade - gathering data, analyzing and classifying data and preparing content. |
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