Bussiness Ideas

Farmers in India deal with a lot of onion losses after harvest, and its especially bad in places like Uttar Pradesh where old storage methods are still the norm. They end up losing around 30 to 40 percent of what they grow because of things like rotting or sprouting, and just not enough airflow in the storage spots. I think the main issue here is that there aren't really good, cheap ways to store onions that farmers can actually use without much trouble. Our idea with Onion Guard is to fix that by making a storage setup thats smart but doesn't need any cold rooms or anything fancy. It works with a system that controls the air going through, plus these sensors for gases like H2S, NH3, and CO2, along with ones that check the environment to catch spoilage early on. Then theres this microcontroller, the ESP32, that runs everything and links up to a cloud thing so farmers get real time info on their phones or whatever, and alerts if something needs fixing right away. What I like about it is how its built to be modular and not too expensive, aimed at smaller farmers or those groups like FPOs. Its not only about selling the hardware, though, because the data from it helps cut down losses and make income more steady. We plan to add support after sales, and maybe later some analytics or even AI to guess how long the onions will last. That part gets a bit messy to explain, but overall, it seems like it could build up farmers resilience without them relying on big costly setups all the time. Losses are such a drag, you know, and this might ease that without overcomplicating things.

Startup Teams

• 1 Saurabh Singh (Director)
• 2 Anjils Rana (Director)

Incubation Details

• Incubator Name
  INCUBATION CENTRE REC BANDA
• Incubator Host Institution
  RAJKIYA ENGINEEDRING COLLEGE BANDA
• State
  Uttar Pradesh
• City
  Banda