- We advise
- Regulatory & Homologation · Market Expansion & Channel · Strategic Consulting · Global Sourcing & Trade
- We place
- Country Manager (India) · Regional Sales Head · Head of Engineering — Emissions
Est. 2018New Delhi · Pune · Chandigarh
Run by agri professionals, for the agri industry
Agriculture consultants and agri recruitment specialists.
AgPro Consulting is an agriculture consulting and recruitment firm with offices in New Delhi, Pune and Chandigarh. We advise agri enterprises on India market entry, regulatory approval, sourcing and supply chain — and we recruit leadership, technical and commercial talent across farm machinery, agri inputs, food processing, dairy, horticulture and agtech.
- 28+ yrs
- Operator tenureNot agency tenure
- 120+
- PlacementsIN · SE Asia · MENA
- 94%
- 12-month retentionMeasured at anniversary
- 3
- India officesNew Delhi · Pune · Chandigarh
Choose a practice
Founder · CHRO · Country head
I need to hire
Retained search for roles a generalist desk cannot brief, let alone fill.
- Executive SearchC-suite, board, and business-head hires across the agri value chain.
- Technical & EngineeringR&D, agronomy, engineering, and manufacturing specialists.
- Sales, Marketing & RuralTerritory managers, rural marketers, field-force leaders.
- AgTech & Digital AgricultureProduct, growth, and tech leadership for agtech firms.
MD · Investor · Overseas entrant
I need an advisor
Operator-grade advisory for companies entering or scaling in Indian agriculture.
- Strategic ConsultingGrowth strategy, business plans, investment-grade decks.
- Market Entry IndiaIndia entry for overseas agri companies — TEV, channel, regulatory.
- Regulatory & Compliance (Homologation)ARAI / ICAT / CIBRC / FSSAI filings and approvals.
- Global Sourcing & TradeSupplier discovery, factory audits, import & export readiness.
Advisory
All servicesEight practices, one operator's lens.
Advisory work is scoped around outcomes, priced against deliverables, and led personally by a partner who has operated in the sector.
01
Strategic Consulting
Growth strategy, M&A support, and operating-partner-grade business plans for agri enterprises and investors.
02
Market Entry India
End-to-end India market entry for overseas agri companies — feasibility, regulatory roadmap, entity setup, and first-year execution.
03
Regulatory & Compliance (Homologation)
Homologation and product-registration lead across ARAI, ICAT, BIS, FMTII, FSSAI, and CIBRC — sequenced for speed.
04
Global Sourcing & Trade
Supplier discovery, factory audits, trade facilitation, and corridor-ready export or import playbooks.
05
Market Expansion & Channel
Channel architecture, dealer economics, distributor onboarding, and sales transformation — designed on the ground.
06
Agri-Intelligence & Data Analytics
State-level market sizing, competitive maps, pricing intelligence, and bespoke data products for agri enterprise.
07
Supply Chain Optimization
Post-harvest systems, cold-chain economics, traceability architecture, and logistics redesign for agri operators.
08
Due Diligence & TEV
Bank-format TEV studies and commercial / technical due diligence for lenders, investors, and acquirers.
Recruitment
An agriculture recruitment agency, run by agri operators.
A retained-search practice that sits alongside advisory — with its own partners, its own rhythm, and the same sector fluency that drives every engagement.
We brief, shortlist, and close CXO, GM, and senior technical roles across the agri value chain. Domain fit beats LinkedIn keyword match — every time.
Why AgPro
Soil-to-Strategy DNA.
Three commitments shape every engagement we take on.
- Operators, not slide-writers. 01
- Our partners come from B.Tech Agricultural Engineering backgrounds plus 28+ years inside multinational agribusinesses. They carried a quota, signed invoices, and walked the farm — and they lead every engagement personally.
- Cross-border corridors, on the ground. 02
- Engagements span IN, US, EU, and APAC. We embed with local teams in New Delhi, Pune and Chandigarh and coordinate with partners across your target markets — from supplier sites to regulator offices.
- Growth that compounds past the boardroom. 03
- Every engagement is scoped for measurable enterprise outcomes but evaluated on whether it widens the margin for the farmer at the end of the value chain. Shareholders and soil — not one over the other.
Where we work
Talk to the nearest officeAgri hiring and advisory, city by city.
Three staffed offices and five further markets we cover from them — each with the sectors, employers and roles that are actually live there.
- OfficeNew DelhiPolicy, MNC India HQs, agri-input head offices, and the Gurugram-NCR belt.
- OfficePuneMechanisation, sugar, dairy cooperatives, ARAI-adjacent engineering.
- OfficeChandigarhThe wheat-rice belt — tractor and implement OEMs, input distribution, PAU Ludhiana.
- HyderabadSeed capital of India — R&D, breeding, and seed-production leadership.
- BengaluruAgtech engineering, data science, and venture-backed platforms.
- AhmedabadAgrochemicals, processing, cooperative dairy, and export trade.
- IndoreSoya, pulses, seed processing, and the central-India input belt.
- MumbaiCommodity trade, agri-finance, and food-processing corporate roles.
Sectors
All industriesWe only work in agriculture — but in both directions.
Every sector below is one we advise in and recruit for. That is the whole argument for engaging us twice.
- We advise
- Regulatory & Homologation · Market Entry India · Global Sourcing & Trade · Market Expansion & Channel
- We place
- Regulatory Affairs Lead · Head of R&D — Formulations · Zonal / Regional Sales Manager
- We advise
- Strategic Consulting · Regulatory & Compliance · Due Diligence & TEV · Supply Chain Optimization
- We place
- Plant Head · Head of Operations & Supply Chain · Head of Quality & Food Safety
- We advise
- Supply Chain Optimization · Agri-Intelligence & Data Analytics · Market Expansion & Channel · Global Sourcing & Trade
- We place
- Head of Horticulture / Agronomy · Cold Chain & Post-Harvest Manager · Exports Head
- We advise
- Strategic Consulting · Supply Chain Optimization · Due Diligence & TEV · Regulatory & Compliance
- We place
- Head of Milk Procurement · Dairy Plant Manager · Head of Poultry Operations
- We advise
- Strategic Consulting · Agri-Intelligence & Data Analytics · Due Diligence & TEV · Market Entry India
- We place
- Founder / CEO (Agri-Tech) · Head of Product · VP Growth — FPO / B2B
How we work
Book the brief callFour steps. No mystery.
Every engagement runs on the same rhythm — brief, scope, engage, transfer. Partner-led from the first call to the handover.
- 01
Brief
A 30-minute discovery call. You describe the objective, region, and timeline; we surface the questions that actually decide the outcome.
- 02
Scope
A written plan within 72 hours. Deliverables named, assumptions listed, fixed fee. We decline the work if we can't help.
- 03
Engage
Partner-led weekly rhythm. Artefacts shipped each Friday — no running clocks, no mystery PowerPoint reveals at the end.
- 04
Transfer
Working handover to your team, plus 30-day and 90-day check-ins at no charge. Our work succeeds when yours does.
Evidence
All case studiesEngagements, shipped.
Representative outcomes across our practices. Client names anonymized where required.
Case outcomes are being added.
Client-approved writeups go live as engagements close and NDAs allow. Meanwhile, describe your situation and we'll share a comparable engagement under NDA.
Field notes
All insightsField notes from the margin of finance and farm.
Monthly sector analyses, regulatory shifts, and operator playbooks — written by partners.
Market Intelligence5 min read
Smallholder Farmers: Small in Scale, Enormous in Impact
Almost 9 out of 10 farmers in India own less than 2 hectares of land. Yet together, these small farms grow most of the food the country eats. This is a simple, plain-language look at why India's smallholder farmers matter so much — and why farming small is harder than it sounds.
— Devendra K JhaContinue
Market Intelligence5 min read
Regenerative Agriculture in India: Farmers Don't Sell Soil Health, They Sell Food
Regenerative and natural farming are gaining ground across India, but the pitch built for policymakers and investors — soil carbon, biodiversity, ecosystem services — is not the pitch that sells a vegetable. Here's why the language has to change, and what actually works with Indian consumers.
— Devendra K JhaContinue
Regulatory & Compliance4 min read
What Is the Validity of FMTTI Certification? The Full Category-Wise Table
FMTTI test reports aren't valid forever. Since a 2018 Ministry Office Memorandum, every machine category tested at FMTTIs carries a fixed validity period — 3 to 7 years for the initial test report, 5 years for each subsequent batch report — after which the manufacturer must retest if the model continues unchanged. Here's the full category-wise table, covering power tillers, power weeders, power reapers, and battery sprayers.
— Devendra K JhaContinue
Playbooks
All guidesLongform playbooks for operators.
Deeper than a post, narrower than a report — built to be used, not just cited.
TEV Studies for Agri Projects in India — The Complete Reference Guide
A complete reference guide on Techno-Economic Viability (TEV) studies for agri-projects — food processing, dairy, cold chain, warehousing, farm-machinery manufacturing. Covers bank-format structure, empanelment, scenario design, downside analysis, working-capital sensitivity, and a full engagement calendar.
16 min read
The Agri-Talent Acquisition Hiring Playbook — How to Hire Right in Indian Agri-Business
A full playbook for hiring senior agri-business talent in India — what a good brief looks like, where the real candidate pool sits beyond LinkedIn, how to run a structured assessment, how to price offers against a moving market, and how the first 90 days determine 24-month retention.
15 min read
India Market Entry for Agri-Businesses — A Complete Operating Guide
A 4,500-word operating guide for foreign agri-businesses entering India — entry-mode comparison, 100% FDI on automatic route, entity formation, regulatory sequencing (CIBRC / FCO / BIS / FSSAI), channel design, team build, and a 24-month execution calendar.
14 min read
Frequently asked
Clear answers before the call.
The questions prospects ask most often — answered honestly. If yours isn't here, ask below.
- Agri-enterprise leadership teams at multinationals entering or scaling in India, growth-stage agribusinesses expanding into APAC, and PE/VC investors evaluating agri theses. We work with operators at the CEO/MD/VP level and the functional heads who deliver outcomes with them.
- Most work falls into three shapes: a 4–8 week diagnostic or feasibility engagement; a 6–18 month transformation with strategy plus implementation support; or an ongoing retainer with partner-led advisory. Every engagement starts with a 30-minute scoping call and a written brief.
- Project engagements are outcome-scoped and priced per deliverable, typically ₹2–10 lakh for a focused diagnostic and up to several tens of lakhs for multi-quarter transformations. Retainers range from ₹75,000 to ₹3 lakh per month depending on cadence and seniority. We write every scope in plain language before we write an invoice.
- Yes — regulatory clearance is one of our five advisory practices. We sequence dossier preparation, field trials, label negotiation, and CIB dialogue for crop-protection, nutrition, and machinery products, and have closed approvals in 14–28 weeks where the standard timeline is 9+ months.
- Market entry is our most-requested service. We deliver Techno-Economic Viability (TEV) studies, competitive mapping, channel economics, regulatory roadmap, and JV / distributor shortlists — with on-ground execution support if you want a team in-country.
- Six verticals: agri mechanization, agri inputs (crop protection, seeds, nutrition, biologicals), food processing, horticulture and plantation, animal husbandry, and supply chain and technical services.
- Yes. Talent Acquisition has its own partner leadership, its own retained-search economics, and its own delivery rhythm. We run it alongside — not inside — advisory because the buyers, timelines, and success metrics are genuinely different.
- Email info@agproconsulting.com, fill the form below, or book a 30-minute call. We respond within one business day and always scope before we commit.
Start the conversation
Bring us an objective. We’ll bring the operators.
A 30-minute call is enough to know if we can help. We’ll say so either way.
- Phone
- +91 98290 28498
- Message us
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- Pune · New Delhi · Chandigarh
- Response time
- One business day
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