About Agribusiness Matters
Namaste! My name is Venky. How are we doing? Trust you are reading this in the pink of your health and spirits. Why do I write Agribusiness Matters?
My Impact Thesis: Agritech Ecosystem Engineering = Content (Agribusiness Matters) + Community (Agripreneurs) for a glorious future of Indian Agriculture.
Content:
I write 'Agribusiness Matters' - a newsletter which goes out to 45K+ subscribers and 100+ paid subscribers. I cover agritech developments in smallholding contexts. I host "State of Agritech" ABM Townhalls where I host agritech panels on every sub-sector themes under the big hard Sun. I write "State of Agritech" subscriber-only updates read by agritech investors, founders, donors, development sector professionals across 99+ countries in the globe. I record podcast with diverse bevy of experts working in food, water, agriculture systems in smallholding and broad holding contexts.
Community:
Along with my Agripreneur friends, I host Agripreneur Retreats to strengthen the Agripreneur ecosystem for a glorious future of Indian Agriculture. We have hosted four Agripreneur Retreats so far in Nashik, Bangalore, Jaipur and Odisha. Wherever I travel across the country, I host Agripreneur Meetups in Tier-1/2/3 parts of the country. I also midwife a 300+ strong Agripreneurs Community passionate about Impact.
Besides, I consult on all things agritech with Governments, Agribusinesses and Not-for-Profits; publish e-books under ABM Publications; teach a course called Global Agritech 101.
My work on agriculture has been featured in The Hindu Business Line, Indian Express, PrecisionAg, AgroPages, Agribusiness Global, and Crop Life publications. My vision for Indian Agriculture was recorded on the TED platform in 2021.
You can review the 2024 Agribusiness Matters in Review to learn more. If you’re considering subscribing, you probably want to know who I am, and what you can expect from this newsletter.
What this is
You might want to subscribe (or continue your ongoing subscription) if you want to…
…interrogate wicked, existential questions that sit at the uncomfortable interstices of Climate Change, Sustainability & Agriculture.
…venture boldly into the wilderness and grope the beast called Agriculture with humbling awareness of the impossibility of the task - We are the blind men, with each of us, trying to cope with the mysteries of the beast, grabbing hold of some part or other, and, in the words of John Godfrey Saxe’s poem:
Rail on in utter ignorance of what each other mean, And prate about an Elephant Not one of [us] has seen!
Currently, I publish “State of Agritech” posts for subscribers and host town halls for the members of Agribusiness Matters. You can subscribe at ₹ 1675/mo or ₹ 16750/year to access all the paywalled content and receive invitations
If you want to offer group subscriptions to colleges and institutions that are serious about the kind of questions I am interested in pursuing, do write to me at venkyr@hey.com.
You can tune in to my chatty self on LinkedIn, where I talk about everything under the sun.
Welcome aboard!
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