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A Day in the Custard Apple Processing Unit

During the months of September and October, custard apples in Maharashtra are ready to harvest. My project is about establishing a value chain of custard apple through processing, value addition and market linkages of custard apple. In those times, I was managing the processing unit, people and paperwork, and rarely I woke up with a […]

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Sitaphal Rabdi- Product Market Fit?

Once our 5 day slot for exhibition at Udyan Utsav was booked, there existed a sense of worry about who will visit our stall, how much public will come, what will sell, how much will sell. Questions about how much we should take, about restocking our products every next thing was panicking us more before […]

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Challenges of Women Entrepreneurs in Rural Areas.

For a year long, I have been understanding the rural enterprises through conducting various Entrepreneurship Development Program (EDP) trainings among women where I talk about starting or growing a business, marketing and finances. I have been attending various exhibitions to understand the variety of products, their labelling, packaging and marketing strategies and learning deeply about […]

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Learnings from Mandala

No doubt action is adventure but the roots of action lies in learning, and learning sometimes comes with boredom. So everytime a learning bore me, I resort to action in the form of creation. Creating patterns, doodling lotuses and leaves, curves, etc., is a pass time activity for me. One evening, I was getting bored […]