1. Sunrise States
Realizing The Potential Of North‐East
Team Details
College:
Model College, Dombivli
Course:
Bachelors in Management Studies
Members
Abhishek Dube Sushmita Nagaral
Austin Gangar Trupti Jasal
Rachana Dhupkar

2. Introduction
• North‐east is also known as region of “Seven Sisters”
• It shares its boundary with 5 countries
(most by any region in India)
• It is one of the leading producer of tea, coffee and rubber in India
• Handloom and Handicraft industries are the major industries in North‐east
• It is also known for its flora and fauna in the world
• It contributes only 0.004% of the total exports of India

3. Out of India’s export volume of about $254.4 billion, the Northeast’s share
is only about $0.01 billion.
Barriers to Exports
1.Lack of infrastructure facilities
‐ Due to hilly areas transport is difficult in north‐east India
2.Large number of small scale farmers
‐ There are over 50,000 small farmers in north‐east India
3.Less financial support to the farmers
‐Small farmers do not have their ownership rights over the land,
therefore they deprived of access to bank loans
which are essential if they wish to expand
4. Lack of organic farming
‐ European buyers are looking for Kenya for tea because of their organic farming
methods
‐ But organic farming method is yet to be followed in north east regions

4. We will create a network of young volunteers who would teach
small farmers modernized techniques of farming
• Synopsis of solution
Involving Graduates
Tying up with export
organizations
‐Young college students will be trained to teach the new techniques of
farming
‐These students will go to different villages and teach small farmers new
techniques which will help them to improve their quality of their
produce
‐Tying up with exporters and corporate will help taking the improved
produce of farmers to them
‐ This will help the farmers to get a good value of their produce
Forming a non profit
organization
‐The main objective of this non profit organization is to train the farmers
for producing better quality of products which would be exported
globally
‐The organization will also be tying up with the exporters and the
corporate houses so that it would be easy to take the produce from the
farmers and export it globally

5. Recruitment of volunteers
• Volunteers will be recruited by approaching colleges
and selecting the potential students
• Majority of volunteers selected will be having
agricultural know how
• We would also be looking for professionals and experts
who can contribute by imparting their valuable
knowledge

6. Training Volunteers
• We would be hiring experts from different institutes to train
volunteers
• Volunteers will be groomed through workshops and seminars
• Volunteers will also be trained through online simulation
• Volunteers will also be given on field training
Training Farmers
• Volunteers will reach out to Gram Panchayat
• Volunteers will train farmers through workshops
• They will collect Individual samples of soil from farmers
• Collected samples will be sent to laboratories for testing
• Based on results of testing volunteers will advise on new methods of farming

7. Funding
• We would be looking for government support for funding
• We will also try to convince the corporate as a part of their
corporate social responsibility
• We would be also approaching the rural banks for their
financial support
Allocation of funds
• 50 per cent of total funds would be spent on training
programmes for volunteers and farmers
• 40 per cent of funds will be spent for setting up of
offices in districts
• 10 per cent will be spent for promoting the
concept in rural areas

8. Tying up with Exporters and corporates
• We will be tying up with merchant exporters and corporates so that the produce
of small farmers can be taken to them
• Exporters will get best possible yield in less period of time
• This will help farmers to take their product to the exporters
• This will raise the standard of living of farmers
• Corporates will be motivated to set up factories in nearby areas

9. Offices in Districts
• Offices will be set up in all the districts of the states
• Office will consists of the officials having good knowledge about the agro products
• Farmers will bring their sample of produce to the office for quality checks
• Based on quality the produce will be segregated class wise
‐ Class A (produce will be exported)
‐ Class B (produce will be sent to different states)
‐ Class C (produce will be sent in local markets)
• Farmers can also contact with the officials for solving their queries regarding farming

10. Impacts
• Will have an impact over 50,000 farmers in 7 states
• Farmers will get better profits
• Contribution towards country's exports will rise
• Farmers will get better opportunities for their growth
• Will draw government’s attention towards framing better Policies

11. Challenges
• Lack of government support
• Poor infrastructure facilities
• Adverse climatic conditions
• Lack of co‐ordination, faith by
farmers
• College students may not show
interest towards the concept
Mitigation Factors
• If government doesn’t support
then we can approach
NGOs for help
•We can create awareness by
going to different villages and
promoting our concepts through
street plays
•We will be giving incentives and
recognition to the volunteers for
the work done by them in form of
cash and certificates

12. Appendix
• http://commerce.nic.in/trade/national_tpa_export.asp
• http://commerce.nic.in/trade/EDF_Guidelines.pdf
• http://www.pwc.in/en_IN/in/assets/pdfs/publications/2013/north‐east_summit‐2013.pdf
• http://maizestarch.com/connex/products/north‐east‐region/
• http://drnarendrajadhav.info/drnjadhav_web_files/speeches/North%20East%20Draft.pdf
• http://www.downtoearth.org.in/node/8495