Engineer duo builds low-cost farm machines; startup revenue to double to Rs1.5 crore this year
Set up in 2022 by two school friends in drought-prone Akola in Maharashtra, AgrowSure makes affordable and women-friendly agriculture equipment and manual tools for farmers. With 20,000 users in six states, the startup helps increase farmer incomes by 30%
From childhood, Akshay Kawale would spend time tinkering with small machines at home in the Akola district of Maharashtra. Coming from a farming family, he saw his parents and relatives use conventional and outdated equipment that did not increase productivity.
“They worked very hard in the fields and also depended a great deal on farm labour, which was scarce in the peak season,” 31-year-old Kawale tells 30Stades.