Started as a dorm project at Princeton, this agritech startup is now a tech supply chain for 55k Indian farmers
Summary
They included opaque pricing, limited knowledge about best markets to sell produce, delayed cash and installment-based payments after sale, and poor local logistical support. The conversation led Aditya to start Kisan Network, a tech-enabled, pan-India agri produce supply chain, as a computer science undergraduate thesis project at his Princeton University dorm. Speaking on why he felt the need to start Kisan Network as a full-fledged startup, Aditya says that the problems faced by farmers’ supply chain have been present for generations, but there has been little to no improvement at a large enough scale to impact them directly. The team started by addressing two things to solve the problem of distrust: “With these two at his disposal, a farmer is finally able to trust the system and is well equipped to face hurdles in the crop selling process. Speaking of Kisan Network’s future plans, Aditya says, “This investment will aid rapid expansion into new regions across the country, bringing lakhs of more marginal farmers into the fold and helping them ship hundreds of more trucks directly from their farms to businesses.