NABARD Rural Innovation Fund and Farm Sector Promotion Fund
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
Grant and soft-loan support for innovative, risky and unproven rural livelihood and farm-sector projects. Amounts are project-specific and sanctioned by NABARD regional offices. NABARD also runs NABVENTURES, a separate agri and food venture fund that takes equity.
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD)
public · national
Deadline: rolling — Proposals are received round the year by NABARD regional offices; specific windows are notified regionally.
This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: agri, social, climate
- Locally registered entity required
Individuals, NGOs, cooperatives, producer organisations, agri-startups and rural institutions working on innovations in agriculture and rural livelihoods.
Source. https://www.nabard.org/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked