OUR STORY

Before 1980s, there used to be plenty of animal and human resource involved in Indian agriculture. As the economy developed, agri-manpower has reduced and animal power has been replaced by machinery. However, penetration of agri-machinery could not substitute the rate at which manpower has reduced, primarily due to small land holdings. This has created one of the key challenges in agri-support segment of Indian agriculture industry.

Being farmers ourselves, we have been observing this problem grow to the extent that farmers now struggle everyday to find agri-support. Unable to reach agri-labour and agri-machinery in-time, critical timelines of farm operations get missed resulting in reduced yield and financial loss to farmers. On the other hand, agri-labour and agri-machinery owners have less job opportunities due to low reach and unawareness of jobs availability in nearby villages.

Started in 2023, FAWDA is providing an innovative and full-stack solution by digitally connecting all stakeholders of agri-support ecosystem - farmers, agri-labours and agri-machinery owners, on one platform. FAWDA's one-of-its-kind mobile app is conveniently used by farmers and agri-support providers to connect and book jobs.

Our motto :

SUVIDHA for Farmers

ROZGAAR for Agri-labours & Agri-machinery owners

HOW IT WORKS

VALUE FOR CUSTOMERS

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FARMERS
  • Ensure timeliness of farm operations
  • Optimise cost by choosing either labour, machinery or both, as per job’s requirement and urgency
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LABOURS
  • Can choose job as per his/her ability and nature of job
  • More job opportunities, hence higher income
  • Same day payment
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MACHINERY OWNERS
  • More jobs, hence faster ROI on costly machinery and equiment
  • Same day payment

Wider reach for all to connect

Standardization of payments & quality

No last minute panic, can book in advance

Digitalization and Convenience

MEET THE TEAM

After serving the Indian air force for four decades, Rajkumar Pundir got back to farming where he first noticed the problem of agri-support in respect of timely availability of labours and machines.

With deep understanding of rural socio-economic conditions and behavioral quotient, he is spearheading FAWDA's effort to ease the farmers' difficulty to find agri-support and also provide more job opportunities for agri-labours and agri-machine owners.

RAJKUMAR PUNDIR
FOUNDER & CEO

Chemical engineer from NIT Durgapur, Ajay Singh Pundir is a professional in energy transition with specialization in green hydrogen and power-to-X. Being from farmer's family, he has always been passionate about solving agricultural challenges.

To support his father's endeavor, he has been part of FAWDA's blueprint from day one. With deep interest and knowledge of start-up ecosystem, he saw this agri-support problem as a clear on-ground problem which must be solved, a huge market to tap into and a possibility of building a scalable and sustainable business with integration of technology.

AJAY SINGH PUNDIR
CO-FOUNDER & NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

VISION & MISSION

Ease the farmers’ difficulty to find labour and machinery, thereby also increases the job opportunities for agri-labours and agri-machinery owners. FAWDA to be recognized as a leader in agri-support solutions in India.

To be identified as a “go-to-company” by farmers for easy and just-in-time availability of labour and machinery needs. FAWDA will strive to become market leader in agri-support solutions in western Uttar Pradesh and northern Haryana regions by 2024.