Han Agrocare LLP and Konkuwan Herbs Private Limited (pictured above with our team), our two newest social enterprise partners, are nurturing change for women and smallholder farmers. We are excited to closely collaborate to support the growth of both organizations and create a lasting, positive impact.
After several online sessions Women on Wings business consultants Chankaya Mehta, Shashi Mahlawat and food sector expert Jacqueline Kuiper recently conducted onsite assignments with both these social enterprises focused on produce to better understand their operations and needs. Read about the two organizations and our business strategy consulting sessions below.
Jacqueline Kuiper, Konkuwan’s Roopali Duta Mohapatra, Shashi Mahlawat, Konkuwan’s Rajeshwar Dhavala and Chanakya Mehta
Konkuwan Herbs: a partner with big dreams
On the first day of our visit, one of the co-founders of Konkuwan Herbs was inquisitive as to what to expect from our multi-day on-site visit to better understand their processes and offer support. They wondered if it would be too much time.
“Two and a half days?!” they asked. This is a natural first reaction Women on Wings often receives. By the end of out time together, they said they were pleasantly surprised by our in-depth process and wished they had even more time.
Konkuwan Herbs has ambitious goals to engage 15,000 farmers within the next two years. Initially unsure what to expect from our multi-day on-site visit, Konkuwan’s co-founders Roopali Dutta Mohapatra and Rajeshwar Dhavala were pleasantly surprised by the depth of our process.
Business strategy and planning exploration with Konkuwan co-founder Rajeshwar Dhavala
Women on Wings’ strategic support of Konkuwan Herbs
Our team invested significant time to understand Konkuwan’s unique challenges, dreams, and goals. Through facilitated exercises, we conducted a deep analysis of their partners, customers, revenue streams, strategic aspects of growth, and realistic multi-year target setting.
Together, we pinpointed areas for immediate mentoring and co-created an action plan with realistic deadlines. Konkuwan Herbs was so enthused by the process that they even pushed for shorter deadlines!
Visiting the fields to view farming and processes
Konkuwan Herbs’ mission
Konkuwan is a movement focused on the cultivation, ethical sourcing and processing of medicinal and aromatic plants and spices, including Ashwagandha, Moringa, Hibiscus, Ginger, Turmeric, and Chia, to create clean, purpose-driven products like herbal teas, pure spices and nutrition bars. Working directly with farmers, Konkuwan restores soil health, promotes regenerative agriculture, and delivers hands-on technical support for crop cultivation and post-harvest processing.
With an integrated, end-to-end supply chain, they ensure consistent quality for conscious consumers and industries while also providing secure income, training, and long-term resilience for small and tribal farmers, especially women.
Han Agrocare is focused on the cultivation of medicinal mushrooms to generate income for women micro-entrepreneurs
Han Agrocare LLP: growing mushrooms, growing economies
In the Himalayan foothills of Dehradun, Uttarakhand, through our partnership with Han Agrocare LLP, women living in rural areas and landless farmers are being trained to grow high-value medicinal mushrooms. Fungi such as Lion’s Mane, Reishi and Shitake provide these women with the skills and resources to become micro-entrepreneurs and achieve financial independence.
Nishita Hiresha Verma, Han Agri Innovations co-founder detailing and strategizing around the SWOT of Han Agrocare.
Women on Wings’ strategic support of Han Agrocare LLP
Our team of Supriya Kapoor and Shashi Mahlawat and food sector development expert Jacqueline Kuiper visited the Han Agrocare mushroom facility to review their business strategy and identify opportunities for growth. We worked closely with Han Agrocare founder Dr. Hiresha Verma and Han Agri Innovations co-founders Dr. Anish Hiresha Verma, PhD and Nishita Hiresha Verma to develop a detailed action plan encompassing marketing, sales and distribution.
The management team at Han Agrocare remarked that our insights and structured approach brought them a great deal of clarity. They said they are excited about the opportunity to work with Women on Wings. “Dr. Hiresha Verma is not just a founder. She’s a force, with a vision to make every woman in rural India financially independent,” says Jacqueline.
Women on Wings Jacqueline Kuiper, Shashi Mahlawatt and Supriya Kapoor with Han Agrocare’s Dr. Hiresha Verma, Nishita Hiresha Verma and Dr. Anish Hiresha Verma
A social enterprise model with impact
Han Agrocare’s comprehensive training program equips women with the knowledge and infrastructure needed to cultivate and market their mushroom crops successfully. The model includes: end-to-end hands-on training, access to production infrastructure and raw materials, guaranteed buyback of produce, support for transitioning from farmer to supplier to co-creator in the value chain
Harvested mushrooms are used by Han Agri Innovations Pvt. Ltd., Han Agrocare’s sister company, to create premium nutraceutical and functional food products under the brand Hi Shroomz™. This farm to shelf circular model ensures that rural products reach urban markets, creating a sustainable and inclusive economy.
Women on Wings unique approach
Women on Wings is excited to support these two social enterprise’s vision and commitment to contribute to building a more inclusive and sustainable future as they empower even more small and marginal women farmers in rural India.
We don’t do one and done workshops. We offer continuous coaching before and after our multi-day visits that offer you so much more than just advice. We provide expert, unbiased guidance and support in areas like HR, finance, supply chain and marketing over a flexible period of time to create a transformative experience, empowering your social enterprise to create lasting change.
Learn how we consult social enterprises to expand operations, revenue and job creation.
