AgriDost an agriculture last mile solutions service!

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2 PROBLEM High agriculture input cost due to heavy dependence on fertilizers and pesticides Reduction in farm productivity despite heavy use of fertilizers Low prices for farm produce Lack of customized and personalized agriculture advisory service for farmers

3 SOLUTION AgriDost an agriculture last mile solutions service! AgriDost is a last mile agriculture solutions service available at village for the farmers through local micro-enterprenuer, backed by Alignus Agriculture Eco-system and Technology platform. Crop Advisory Agriculture Inputs Better Market

4 OUR MODEL Alignus Local Ecosystem Agri Experts Input Providers Network of Village Level Entrepreneurs Agri Inputs Agri Advisory Agri Market Access AgriDost Technology Platform Happy Farmers Agri Produce Buyers Technology Partners Product partners, Knowledge partners and buyers AlignUs as a Aggregator Micro entrepreneurs (AgriDost) Farmers

5 VALUE PROPOSITION TO FARMERS Higher price realization through better market access Higher income through reduced input cost Increased Yield through best practices and advisory

6 APPROACH 1. Recruitment of AgriDost in Village 10. Support in better prices 2. Capacity building of AgriDost 9. Close Monitoring from Sowing to Harvesting 3. Demonstration of Agriculture best practices and awareness building 8. Timely Supply of Agri Inputs and other supports 4. Enrollment of Farmers 7. Farmers meeting with AgriExperts 5. Issues identifications 6. Solutions and planning

7 WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO DIFFERENT Crop specific lifecycle solution Individual farmer based solution Usage of technology

8 TECHNOLOGY Mobile App Agri Dost Points Field Team Farmers Knowledge Providers MIS Leaders & Managers Investors & Donors Partners Agri Dost Management System APIs Manufacturers Service Providers Data Financial Institutions Government

9 OUR STRUCTURE Noida, Delhi- NCR Head Office Nagpur, Maharashtra Area Office 1 Area Office 2 Nagpur, Bhandara, Maharashtra District Office 1 District Office 2 District Office 3 District Office 4 Gram Panchayats AgriDost AgriDost AgriDost AgriDost AgriDost

10 OUR SUPPORT BASE Network of 200+ Grameen Mitras in Nagpur and Bhandara districts Grameen Mitras are currently providing Digital Financial Services, Utility Bill Payments, Mobile Recharges Successfully piloted Agriculture Input services with 20 Grameen Mitras Very high possibilitiy of Grameen Mitras becoming Agri Dost Points

11 CURRENT STATUS Presence in 200+ villages in 2 Districts of Maharashtra Working with 100+ Rice and Vegetables farmers Started Enrollment of 1000 Farmers for Paddy Season Partnership with Agri Input Companies for Organic and Bio Fertilizer Initial version of Mobile App and MIS launched Team of 10+ members working in field E commerce site developed for farmer products

12 PLAN Farmers 1000 Agri-Dost Points Farmers 500 Agri-Dost Points 2000 Farmers 200 Agri-Dost Points Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Period

13 AGRI DOST REVENUE MODEL Margin from selling of Agriculture inputs Margin from selling of Agriculture produce Registration/Franchisee fees from Agri Dost Point

14 SUPPORT REQUIRED Non-Financial Partnerships with organic agri inputs manufacturers, Agriculture service providers, Agriculture Institutes and Buyers for Agri produce Guidance and Mentoring support so as to strengthen our internal capacity as an organization Volunteers/Interns to support the field team and micro entrepreneurs Accessing working capital to procure products stock Approaching institutional lenders for small working capital loans to AgriDost Financial Grant / Equity Investment to support day to day operations and Technology Development

15 PARTNERS

16 SUPPORTED AND INCUBATED BY

17 ABOUT ALIGNUS A social enterprise established by professionals with more than 15 years experience in the technology, systems, rural products and services Our dream is to set up an organization that would harness the entrepreneurial energy of India's masses to implement a win-win model for all stakeholders Recruited 200+ Micro entrepreneurs (Grameen Mitras) for providing financial services and needful products to rural people. Now, establishing a network of specialized Micro entrepreneurs (AgriDost) for Agriculture solutions. Initiative supported by Grameen Foundation - Recognition and incubation support Selected by UnLtd India for their one year incubation program in Build Category Hybrid business model AlignUs Foundation for Network establishment and capacity building AlignUs Products and Services Private Limited for sustainable growth and commercial model

18 ALIGNUS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PVT. LTD. ALIGNUS FOUNDATION LGF- 1, D-77, VDS Technologies Business Centre, D Block, Sector 63 Noida Uttar Pradesh (India) Office Phone info@alignus.in Web - Contact ,