Member - Raheja Solar Food Processing Pvt Ltd

Creating circular economy of food surplus at farm itself by value adding using our affordable solar dryer and market.

Type Startup or self-employed
Founded 2019
Company Size 54
Member Type
innovator
Founders Varun Raheja and Babita Raheja
Headquarters Sudama Nagar, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452009, India
Social network
Raheja Solar Food Processing Pvt Ltd

About

We are basically a social enterprise started 4 years back to increase the income of farmers and uplift them by reducing their post-harvest losses. Indian farmers lose almost Rs. 90,000 crores every year in losses. In our intervention, We are providing farmers the most affordable and DIY foldable solar dryer to create value added products from the produce which otherwise goes waste or sold at very low prices. Our Raheja Solar Dryer dehydrate their produce without losing their natural colour, taste, fragrance and nutrient and giving them atleast one year shelf life instead of 1 week in fresh form. We also support farmers in the marketing of their dried products by selling them to top FMCG companies of India .Dried market is huge of 70 billion USD globally and with our decentralized production model using slow dehydration at source itself, we are providing our end consumer highest quality products at resonable prices and giving back good margin to farmers. We are exponentially growing bootstrapped profitable business, supportting thousand of farmers across each and every state of India and with your collaboration, we are looking forward to supporting millions of farmers in next decade and take our dried products global. Let’s work together to make our farmers independent.
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Headquarters Sudama Nagar, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 452009, India

SDG’s of application

The Sustainable Development Goals are a call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure peace and prosperity everywhere.
SDG 6
Clean water and sanitation
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SDG 7
Affordable and clean energy
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SDG 9
Industry, innovation and infrastructure
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SDG 11
Sustainable cities and communities
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SDG 12
Responsible consumption and production
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