Vol. 7, Issue 8, Part A (2025)

India is rich in biodiversity, traditional indigenous knowledge, and human capital, all of which have enormous potential for fostering agri-based innovation. As per the annual report of 2022-2023 by Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, 54.6 of the total workforces is engaged in agriculture and allied sector activities and accounts for 18.6 % of India's GVA at current prices during 2021-22. The study was conducted in two states – Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The Agri-business incubators in these two states which are attached to the State Agricultural Universities (SAU) and Research Institutes under ICAR were selected. Two Agribusiness incubators each from Kerala and Tamil Nadu has been selected purposively for this study. This paper aims to infer the number of enterprises established after incubation and their survival rate, nature and extent of innovation-based agribusiness incubation undertaken by Agri-Business Incubators (ABIs) and the interventions made by the agribusiness incubators. Based on the literature review, opinion of the experts’ and focused group discussion with the officials working in ABI, the items have been generated and the results are obtained.