Farm equipment maker KisanKraft plans to scale up exports
KisanKraft Ltd, the Bengaluru based farm-equipment maker plans to step up exports to around 50 countries over the next five years. The company currently exports farm equipment such as inter-cultivators and brush cutters among others to about 10 countries including Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Philippines, Ivory Coast and Ghana.
KisanKraft, which completed 20 years of operations, plans to shortly launch the indigenously developed battery-powered weeders to promote sustainable mechanisation. It is planning to deliver end-to-end mechanisation solutions for the top 20 major crops in India.
A media statement by the company said that it plans to deliver end-to-end mechanization solutions for the top 20 major crops such as rice, wheat and maize, among others.
Ravindra Agrawal, Founder & Chairman of KisanKraft
“We started with a single goal — to bring affordable and efficient tools to the farmers who need them the most,” said Ravindra Agrawal, Founder & Chairman of KisanKraft.
“As we look ahead, our vision is to position India as a global hub for small farm machinery by producing world-class equipment and delivering end-to-end mechanisation solutions for the country’s top 20 crops including rice, wheat and maize, enhancing efficiency at every stage of farming, in India and across the globe,” he said in the statement.
African foray
KisanKraft has recently forayed into the African market and will be eyeing some 50 countries over the next 5 years. Agrawal said the company’s equipment range has received good response both in domestic and overseas markets. The company operates a farm equipment manufacturing facility at Nellore.
Set up in 2005, KisanKraft offers a range of nearly 300 products that span the entire crop cycle from land preparation and sowing to crop management, harvesting and post harvest operations.
The company has also diversified into seeds business and has launched several hybrids of tomato and okra among others. Over the past few years, KisanKraft has also developed 15 new varieties of paddy that are suited for DSR (direct seeded rice) method of cultivation that uses less water for growing the cereal crop.
Further, Agrawal said KisanKraft’s impact on rural India has been far-reaching, extending beyond agricultural productivity to the very socio-economic fabric of rural communities. By enabling small and marginal farmers to own, operate, and monetize modern equipment, the company has created new avenues for income generation.
“Our mechanic training programmes have fostered rural entrepreneurship and built localised service networks, while its affordable machines, many of which recover their cost within a single cropping season, have significantly boosted farmer profitability. In addition, we have strengthened the rental ecosystem, where equipment owners lease machines to fellow farmers, improving asset utilization and increasing rural incomes,” he said.
At the same time it aims to strengthen and diversify its seeds division with resilient, high-yield varieties aligned with climate-smart agriculture.
Published on August 26, 2025
