The wet waste generated by large housing societies in metropolises is a burden on urban India. Furthermore, it is difficult for societies and municipal corporations to process and make use of it on their own. What if it was possible to convert this food waste into free organic compost for farmers? Kisanserv, a Pune-based full-stack agritech startup, is paving the way.
As part of its ‘Giving Back to Farm’ initiative, the company has partnered with large housing societies to help them in processing wet waste and converting it into organic compost for farmers. Kisanserv recently organised a farmers meeting in Maharashtra’s Manchar district and distributed organic compost to approximately 200 farmers, which was processed and donated by housing societies in Pune.
Benefits from the initiative
This initiative brings multiple benefits such as transforming waste to compost in large residential societies, benefiting farmers, enriching soil quality and protecting the environment. “With increasing food consumption, urbanisation, growth in large housing societies and lack of dumping ground, wet waste processing has emerged as a major challenge in urban India,” says Niranjan Sharma, the company CEO & co-founder. “Similarly, farmers too are in need of organic waste at lowcost to enrich soil health and eco-friendly farming. This initiative finds a perfect link between the challenges of urban India with a common solution to benefit all. This is a great social service and we feel happy to serve the farmers,” he added.
Kisanserv has collaborated with third parties and large housing societies, such as Park Royale Housing Society in Pune, to convert wet waste into organic compost. It currently has 14 collection points in Maharashtra. The company purchases fruits and vegetables directly from farmers and serves them to its customers in urban India. It uses reverse logistics to transport compost from urban India to rural India and distribute it to farmers for free.
