Hyderabad. Working in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

RudraAgri

We buy millets, pulses and oilseeds from farmers, and make healthy food from them.

A farmer ploughing red soil with two white oxen. Palmyra palms stand behind.
Photo: Saikiran Kesari / Unsplash

What we do

  1. 1

    We buy

    Millets, pulses and oilseeds from farmer groups in rain-fed districts.

  2. 2

    We make

    Flours, mixes and snacks, processed close to the farm.

  3. 3

    We return

    Husk and stalk go back to the soil as compost. Nothing is wasted.

Why we started

Rain is reducing, and many people do not get enough iron. Millets and pulses grow with less water and are rich in iron.

  • 57.6%of women in Telangana have anaemia.
  • 70%of children below five in Telangana have anaemia.
  • 54%of farm land in Telangana depends only on rain.
  • 70%of the profit in Indian farming is made after the crop leaves the farm, in trade and processing.

So we process the crop close to the village, and more of that money stays there.

Source: National Family Health Survey 5 (2019-21), ICRISAT, and McKinsey, Value creation in Indian agriculture (June 2025).

A rain cloud over green farm land
Photo: Zoshua Colah / Unsplash

What we want to change

Food made in the village. Money that stays in the village. A reason to stay in the village.

Today

  • The crop leaves the village raw.
  • The value is added in the city.
  • Young people follow the work.

Our way

  • The crop is dried and packed in the village.
  • The money comes back to the village.
  • There is a reason to stay.
  • 70,000+people left Kurnool district to find work in the 2026 drought.
  • 57%of Telangana is expected to live in towns by 2036. In 2011 it was 39%.

Source: Deccan Chronicle, 25 May 2026; National Population Projections 2011-36.

This is what we are working towards. We will report results as they come.

Where we work

We are starting in the rain-fed districts of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Our office is in Hyderabad.

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