From the rugged hills of Satara,
led entirely by women
In the drought-prone heart of Man Taluka, Satara, resilience isn't just a word — it's the harvest. Mandprabha Farmer Producer Company is more than a company; it is a movement of rural women turning the grit of the hills into some of India's finest rajma, pulses and grains, sold under the AgroGems mark.
The company's entire director board is women. Of its 439 shareholders, 195 are women — and 188 of them (96.4%) hold farmland titles in their own name, a rare marker of land-rights progress in rural Maharashtra. Backed by the Maharashtra government's SMART Project (Balasaheb Thackeray Agri-Business & Rural Transformation, World Bank-supported), the company runs its own warehousing, grading and quality-control infrastructure rather than selling raw, unsorted grain at the farm gate.
Turnover nearly doubled in one year — from ₹3.48 crore (2023–24) to ₹6.90 crore (2024–25) — and average member profit rose from ₹2,000–3,000 to ₹3,500–4,500 per season. The company itself has created 15 local jobs, keeping young workers like Nilesh Bhosale from having to migrate to Mumbai for work.
45 kWp rooftop solar, running the processing line
In May 2026, shreeanna.life helped Mandprabha FPC secure a grant from SELCO Foundation for a 45 kWp grid-connected rooftop solar system — installed and maintained by TechEdge Solar Power Energy (SPE) India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru. The system now powers the colour-sortex and cleaning & grading lines directly off sunlight, cutting the electricity cost baked into every kilogram of rajma we process.
- System: Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar, 45 kWp (50 kW inverter)
- Panels: Goldi 580W × 78 nos
- Inverter: Deye Solar On-Grid Inverter × 1
- Structure: Solar structure with FRP walkway
- Commissioned: 15 May 2026
Shikhar Shinganapur, Satara
Our Facility, Shikhar Shinganapur
Aerial view — warehouse & processing units
1,080 MT Warehouse
Year-round supply & price stability
Colour-Sortex Line
4–5 TPH, export-grade finish
Cleaning & Grading Hall
4 TPH, uniform size & purity
Digital Weighbridge
Accurate bulk-load measurement on-site
45 kWp Rooftop Solar
Grid-connected, powers the processing line
Our Team
Directors & members, social audit, Nov 2025
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"Company sthapan zhalyamule gavatil shetkaryana changli soy uplabdh zali aahe. Weighbridge gavat available zalyamule vahtuk kharch kami zala."
— Priya Dombe, Director, Mandprabha FPC
"Agricultural value chains, when communities work together, benefit a large number of local stakeholders. It has encouraged rural entrepreneurs to take up agri-business, and is proving beneficial for the economic development of farmers in the region."
— Abhay Nilakhe, Director Sales, Mandprabha FPC