Comprehensive guides for India’s agri-business leaders.
Longform pillar playbooks — deeper than an insight, narrower than a report. Written by partners who have shipped the same work from the operating seat.
Where our insights are monthly field notes, our guides are reference documents you can hand to a team and ship against. Each is authored end-to-end by a practice partner, cites its sources, carries a last-reviewed date, and cross-links to the services we run for clients who want the playbook delivered rather than read.
Bamboo & Commercial Agroforestry in India: The Complete Guide to Cultivation, Economics, Policy & Carbon
Species selection, plantation economics, the 2017 Forest Act unlock, the National Bamboo Mission, the value-chain bottleneck, and the carbon opportunity — handled conservatively.
Bamboo has shifted from a regulated forest produce to a genuine commercial crop in India. The 2017 amendment to the Indian Forest Act removed bamboo grown on non-forest land from the legal definition of 'tree', ending the felling- and transit-permit burden that had discouraged farmers for nearly a century. Layered on top is the relaunched National Bamboo Mission — now folded into MIDH — which subsidises plantation, nurseries, primary processing and market linkage, with enhanced 90:10 central funding for North-Eastern and hilly states. For growers, FPOs and agri-investors the appeal is a low-input, climate-resilient perennial that suits marginal land, throws off annual income from roughly year four, and carries a credible (if methodologically complex) carbon story. The catch — and where most projects stumble — is not agronomy but the missing link between producers and industry. This guide covers species selection, plantation economics, the policy and regulatory map, the carbon opportunity, and what it takes to build a bankable bamboo project.
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.
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.
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.
Tractor & Farm Machinery Homologation in India — End-to-End Guide
A full reference guide on homologating a tractor or farm machine for sale in India — the CMVR framework, the three type-approval test levels, TREM emission norms, FMTII performance testing, fees, calendar, component approvals, and the full working sequence.
BIS Certification for Farm Machinery in India — The Definitive 2026 Guide
A definitive 4,000-word reference on BIS certification for farm machinery in India — covering the ISI-mark scheme, fees, the two grant paths, relevant IS standards for tractors and implements, common rejection reasons, and how to plan the calendar for a foreign OEM.