Hi All,
I have always been a mute spectator of TRHs group but I would read each & every post that comes here. Just like daily reads of Economic Times & other stuffs, THRS was always on top on daily routine š You guys rock!! But still have a complaint!!! Ā Not sure why you ppl donāt count Chennai as an option for Open House š May be yes, Conservative??? Not Vocal Enough???
Anyways, thatās not the topic for the discussionā¦
After working for more than a decade in IT & Recruitment industry, finally got the courage to Be my own boss/ to Start something on my own/ To get handsome money/ dig my own pit ;)). I had started an HR Consulting firm called ā Vista Hire ConsultantsĀ based out of Chennai, helping startups in hiring for their team. Itās gonna be an year of operation. Yes! None of the days were same during the last one year. Emotions were Up, Down, high, low, Rock Bottom, Deep inside the sea, over the top of Mount Everest!!Ā End of the day, I am enjoying this š So far so good!
Ah Again! This is not the topic for discussionā¦
We have couple of our ancestral land near Pondicherry where I belong to. We have been doing farming (Goat/ Shrimp etc) for quite sometime. SoĀ thought of making it as a proper company for various farming activities & we formed an LLP org & have been doing farming activites. Things were going great. We saw a lot of nearby lands were almost empty all through the season. When we enquired about the people who were doing farming there, we were shocked to hear the reasons. Most of the people have started going to labour work because they did not have money to do farming. Some people went to the governmentās āAssured 100 days employment programsā where the farmers used to work as labourers in creating roads, canals, ponds etc. Couple of them sold their lands to Real Estate people.
Thatās when the entrepreneurial instinct in me thought when I myself, can do farming, why canāt people from the cities do. I along with my mentors, brainstormed about the pros & cons. Did a complete market research. Interviewed the farmers and spoke to people in the cities & finally we arrived at a solution called iSupport Farming ServicesĀ which has the motive of bringing urban people to do farming with the farmers through iSupport Farming Team. We will be a medium that will connect the rural & urban people so that working capital for carrying out agriculture will be invested by individual or group of people in the urban society. On the havest, the produce will be shared among the urban people who have brought in the capital and the farmer who has invested him time & efforts to do farming.
How it Works!
We have carefully chosen select farmers across the state and across various fields, based on their experience in agriculture, past performance in their crops and various other parameters andĀ have enrolledĀ them in IĀ Support farming.
These farmers will be your partners with whom you can join hands to carry out your desired agricultural activities.Ā SubscribersĀ opting to take up farmingĀ in a certain sector will be pooled into small groups and will be assigned a Ā farmer who has expertise in that farming sector. This group of subscribers and farmers will work closely in carrying out theĀ farming activities, under the guidance of ISF.
All transactions and usage of funds ofĀ the subscribers will be recorded online and they will be provided 24/7 access toĀ the information. TheĀ subscribers can login at any point in time and view the spend and obtain updates onĀ the progress made in the farming.
As a pilot project, we are launching it in Chennai and looking at expanding it to South India/ National & International in coming years. To Start with, we are organizing an event on April 17th in a Village near Chennai & the theme is āA Day in the Farm ā Become a Farmer for a Dayā Ā . If you are in and around Chennai, please do RSVPĀ so that we can coordinate.
Happy to hear your views.
Regards,
Vijay
VistaHire Consultants
F1 Farms LLP
iSupport Farming
Contact: +91 9566034236
Email: vijay@vsearch.co/ info@isupportfarming.com
Twitter:Ā VijayakumarM
UPDATE:
Itās been quite some time since I logged in to TRHS! Was running around like mad š Just wanted a give you all an update!!!
Itās exactly 6 months since I made this post..To be honest, we were little skeptical when we started this venture of āI Support Farmingā with tonnes of questions floating around our minds. We have had few members who came forward to support us and light the ray of hope that boosted our confidence.Ā
In the first crop of Paddy in 8 Acres, we have achieved farming profit of around 24% which was shared between the subscribers and the farmers. Our subscribers had a return of around 10% in a cycle of 3 months crop š Isnāt that good enough for 3 months š
Currently we have onboarded around 50 Acres of Land & have more than 40 Paying customer š Looking at growing 300% year on Year!!!Ā
Pls let me know your thought!!! Wish us Good Luck!
Also subscribe with us & Take up Farming š Pls check out www.isupportfarming.com
Regards,
Vijay