2018-2027
A REVOLUTIONARY GREENHOUSE FOR SMALL FARMERS
© Cartier Philanthropy / Shatabdi Chakrabarti
2018-2027
Kheyti
Kheyti is a social enterprise based in the Indian city of Hyderabad that works to help smallholder farmers improve their harvest and income. Kheyti’s innovative solution is a ‘greenhouse in a box’ that comes bundled with a range of support services for farmers, including agricultural inputs and access to loans. In the past, we’ve funded Kheyti to keep improving and simplifying its greenhouse solution. Now, we’re helping them take their successful approach to scale by perfecting their operating model and partnering with government.
CHALLENGE
© Kheyti / Chris Paul
ACTION
Kheyti designs, adapts and sells a modular greenhouse, one of the cheapest in the world, that features an innovative drip-irrigation system which enables farmers to use 90% less water on average. With the Greenhouse, Kheyti provides farmers with various support services, from easy access to loans to quality agricultural inputs, training and market linkage.
In 2020, Kheyti made significant breakthroughs in the design and was able to further reduce its price, bringing it down by 85% including installation so that it is not comparable to that of a good cow or buffalo – an asset in which many smallholders invest.
Over the past 4 years, Kheyti has proven that greenhouses work for smallholder farmers in India. Now, with our support, Kheyti aims to transition the Greenhouse from a useful innovation into a scalable national solution through government policy support and the refinement of a replicable operating model.
IMPACT
INCREASE IN AVERAGE FARMER INCOMES
over 2 years
AVERAGE YEARLY EARNINGS FOR FARMERS
from greenhouse cultivation
INCOME INCREASE
for farmers using the Kheyti greenhouse
GREATER FARMER BASE
since 2022, growing from 574 greenhouse installations in 2022 to 5,854 in 2025.
