EKGAON Technologies Private Ltd, founded in the year 2002, is a leading social enterprise in India that works with a vast range of bio-diverse community-based organic/natural food products using sustainable, equitable and ethical practices. Drawing inspiration from India's 5,000 years' old agrarian traditions and its food-diversity, EKGAON has created the 'One Village One World Network' across 10,000 villages in India, over the last 15 years. It is the parent institution of the Ekgaon group.
The company is globally recognised and awarded institution for its innovation and creativity. Based on its deep understanding of the rural Agri-supply dynamics, it has created a strong platform comprising of strong technology tools across various levels of the supply chain; starting from the farmer to the end consumer. It continues to work in the rural services space and has impacted the livelihoods of over 1 million rural households in ~10,000 villages across seven states in India.
Ekgaon works with farmers/FPOs (Farmer Producer Organisations) through a technology enabled supply chain with mobile apps, quality checking systems, traceability from farm-gate to customers to create market access. The last 15 years' of ekgaon's work has helped increase farm incomes of over 10,000 farmers across 500 villages by over 70% in two years.
The company has 30 employees and is headquartered in New Delhi with its regional offices in Madurai (Tamil Nadu), Mandla (Madhya Pradesh), Phulbani (Odisha) and Guwahati (Assam) in India.
It offers Integrated products and services for rural markets across three key verticals: