FreshNet Farms

Industry: Agriculture
Headquarters: Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu
Website: https://freshnetfarms.com/
Partner Since: 2022
Jobs Created: 66

FreshNet Farms Pvt Ltd is a social enterprise and aims to build a global marketplace for coconut farmers, increase their net income thereby enhancing living standards of the smallholder coconut farmers in India. In the chain, FreshNet Farms also empowers unemployed rural youth and improves the livelihood of poor people through employment generation in the coconut value chain business. They currently operate in the Southern part of India.

About the Entrepreneur

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Senthil Kumar

FOUNDER & CEO

Senthil has over 15 years of professional and entrepreneurial experience in agribusiness strategy & consulting, Agricultural Research and Development projects, International Project Management, Operation Management, Farm Procurement & Supply Chain Management, Agri-input Marketing, Product Management & ICS Business in Asia Pacific Countries. He has worked with Sathguru Management Consultants, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Syngenta and Innoterra. He had Professional engagements with diverse organizations - US land grant universities (Cornell University), USAID, World Bank, Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOPFI) and Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) centers , National Agricultural Research System (NARS), State Agricultural Universities (SAUs), private foundations i.e. ICICI, Tata Foundation, Private sector, NGOs, farmer association in India. He graduated from TNAU with an MBA in Agribusiness.

Abinaya Guhan

CO-FOUNDER & DIRECTOR

As a graduate from Ethiraj College, Chennai, Abinaya has 5 years of professional and entrepreneural experience in people and organization development. She practices nutrition and dietetics as personal engagement and is passionate about women empowerment, public health and uplifting people from poverty.