FAWDA

FAWDA is an agri-tech startup providing an innovative solution to ease farmer’s difficulty to find agri-labour and agri-machinery. Supported by increasing penetration of smartphones, internet and digital payments in rural India, FAWDA’s android app digitally connects all stakeholders of agri-support ecosystem - farmers, agri-labours and agri-machinery owners on one platform. Easy-to-use mobile app is conveniently used by farmers to connect with agri-support providers and book jobs much in advance of critical farming timelines.

App features and benefits for all stakeholders Benefits for farmers:

- Wide reach to book labour and/or machinery through FAWDA’s app with location tagging feature and 100% ensure availability of agri-support.

- Book labour and/or machinery much in advance of critical timelines of farm activities. This avoids firefighting at the last moment and ensures peace of mind.

- Book labour and/or machinery conveniently sitting at home with easy-to-use android app.

- Optimise cost by choosing either labour, machinery or both, as per job’s requirement, budget and urgency.

- Digital payment and standardization of prices

Benefits for agri-labour:

- Wide reach to book agriculture jobs through FAWDA’s app.

- More jobs and increase income by 20-25%.

- FAWDA guarantees same day payment after job completion.

- Can choose job as per his/her ability and nature of job.

- Digital payment and standardization of prices

Benefits for agri-machinery owners:

- Wide reach to book agriculture machinery jobs through FAWDA’s app.

- More jobs and hence faster return on investment (ROI) on costly agri machinery and equipment.

- FAWDA guarantees same day payment after job completion

- Ensure job availability in high-demand season by booking jobs much in advance

- Standardization of prices.

- Digital payment and standardization of prices.

How it works:

FAWDA app is designed with quick and easy workflow:

Farmer posts request of labour or machinery on our mobile application → Job is posted within a radius of 5-10 km based on location tracking → Interested labour or machinery owner accepts the job → Payment is taken through UPI before the job starts → Labour or machine reaches the job location at desired date and time and job is finished → Farmer closes the job and provides rating/suggestion → Payment is sent to labour or machinery owner on same day.

About FAWDA:

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, FAWDA’s founders; Rajkumar Pundir and Ajay Singh Pundir 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.