Farmpal strengthens operations to help farmers maintain daily income through easy access to collection centres
New Delhi, April 06, 2020: Farmpal, Pune based agritech startup that connects farmers to businesses directly, has launched new collection centres to help farmers maintain their daily income and to provide consumers with easy access to fresh produce. With the aim to expand and increase outreach, Farmpal has launched the fourth collection centre at Kopargaon, near Shirdi and a distribution centre in Wadgaon Sheri in east Pune. This will be followed by three more distribution centres across Pune.
Amidst a global pandemic, Farmpal has launched the new centres with a two-fold goal in mind. One, to ensure that customers can get their hands on all essential vegetables in sufficient quantities and two, to help farmers maintain their daily income by giving them easy access to distribution and collection centres. All distribution centres will follow a high level of employee safety and maintain high hygiene and quality standards.
To empower farmers and eliminate intermediaries, Farmpal has set up it’s collection centres within a distance of not more than four kilometres from where most of the farms are located. This helps farmers to save resources and deliver fresh produce. The products are then sent to Farmpal’s distribution centres across various cities of Maharashtra.
Talking about the launch, Puneet Sethi, Co-Founder, Farmpal, said, “At Farmpal, we are constantly looking at making the platform a one-stop destination for all farmer and customer needs. Vegetables are considered to be essential for every household, in such times, it is our responsibility to ensure timely delivery and availability of fresh produce. We are constantly innovating on ways to ensure that are customers don’t face shortage amidst a global health crises”
Farmpal, founded by Karan Hon and Puneet Sethi, was launched with an aim to uplift Indian farmers. It uses technology to bridge the gap that exists between farmers and customers while eliminating the middleman. The idea behind Farmpal is to connect farmers directly with the end consumer and give farmers a fair price for their crop.
Corporate Comm India (CCI Newswire)
