Farm-to-Market Roads
PilotAll-weather village access plus a circular agri-plastic loop: the village’s own farm plastic becomes the mats its road is built from.
Min 1 village cluster · about ₹5 Cr
Impact area 03 · Rural & agri resilience lab
From farm gate to market, all year
Nearly half of India’s workforce is in farming, where poor access and wasted harvests cost the most.
What we do
Access, storage and a loop for farm plastic
This is our newest lab, so most of what we offer here is at Pilot or New stage. It extends what we know about roads and materials to the places that need them most.
Farm-to-market roads
PilotAll-weather village roads, built fast with GridMats and local youth.
Post-harvest infrastructure
NewPermeable drying yards and storage platforms that cut losses.
Circular agri-plastics
NewMulch film, drip pipe and sack waste recycled into village mats.
Village road safety
LiveTractor and two-wheeler visibility, school routes and solar lights. Delivered with Mercedes-Benz.
Live in usePilot trialledNew in development
₹1.53 lakh Cr
of farm produce lost after harvest every year
NABCONS study for MoFPI, 2022
Built on: our rural road model of GridMats roads, solar lights, youth jobs and village upkeep. Planned research partners: agri universities and Krishi Vigyan Kendras.
Video: workers lay geofabric and GridMats by hand.
Programme in this area
Farm-to-Market Roads
Pilot trialled
SDG fit: 2 and 8, with 9 and 12 supporting. Schedule VII fit: (x) rural development. Confirm eligibility per project with your CSR advisor.
First site needed