silkworm

Karnataka-based Mayank Tiwari launched ReshaMandi, an agri-tech startup to help silk farmers improve the quality of silk and increase their own income using technological interventions

Traditionally, almost 20,000 to 30,000 are killed to make one saree. No more!

Groups of 10-15 women farmers in Ramanagara district, Karnataka, owning anywhere between 0.5-1.5 acres of land, come together to conserve and produce indigenous seeds, cultivate and process grains, and compose organic inputs.