FarMart expands ‘Project EverGrain’ to Madhya Pradesh

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The training covered climate-smart agricultural practices, including climate-resilient crop choices, crop disease management, and balanced nutrient application based on soil test reports

By BL Mangaluru Bureau

Updated - November 04, 2026 at 08:10 PM. | Mangaluru

FarMart, an AI-native agri-food commerce platform, has announced the expansion of ‘Project EverGrain’ into Madhya Pradesh as part of the initiative’s second phase.

Over the next 18 months, ‘Project EverGrain’ will work directly with more than 1,000 smallholder farmers across selected districts in Madhya Pradesh, conducting 3,000 soil tests across three sowing cycles and delivering integrated soil health and climate-smart agricultural advisory through FarMart’s field network and digital platform.

A media statement said FarMart has successfully completed the training of 1350 farmers across Sagar [Dhana] and Tikamgarh districts, between October 25 and 28.

The training covered climate-smart agricultural practices, including climate-resilient crop choices, crop disease management, and balanced nutrient application based on soil test reports.

EverGrain focused on post-harvest loss management in its first phase. In its next phase, EverGrain moves upstream - addressing the decisions farmers make before the first seed is sown, with the goal of improving input efficiency, reducing avoidable costs, and building resilience against increasingly unpredictable weather conditions, it said.

Quoting Tannya Garg, Director, Impact, ESG and Partnerships, FarMart, the statement said Madhya Pradesh sits at the heart of India’s food production story and yet the farmers who grow that food are making some of their most consequential decisions, around fertilizers, inputs, and sowing timing, without access to information that is specific to their own land.

“With EverGrain we aim to change that, as for the first time, farmers in these districts will have soil test results that are interpreted in the context of their own crop, their own season, and the climate conditions their fields are actually facing. Having completed the training of 1350 farmers, we now move into putting these practices to work in the field, with a clear focus on helping farmers manage water better and protect their incomes. The goal is not just to give farmers data - it is to give them a reason to act on it, and the support to do so season after season,” Garg said.

Implemented across Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Madhya Pradesh during 2025, EverGrain in its first phase trained over 2,200 farmers in post-harvest management practices for paddy and wheat.

It said the programme generated measurable results within a single crop season - average post-harvest losses declined by 1.92 kg per quintal for paddy farmers and 3.25 kg per quintal for wheat farmers.

This translated into additional income of ₹4,860 per farmer in the paddy season and ₹5,687 per farmer in the wheat season.

Across the 18-month programme, EverGrain aims to improve participating farmer net income by an average of 15-20 per cent, driven by a 10 per cent reduction in input costs per acre and a 10-15 per cent improvement in crop productivity.

For Madhya Pradesh’s smallholder farming communities, where input costs routinely account for a significant share of cultivation expenditure, even incremental improvements in input efficiency represent meaningful gains in household income, the statement said.

Published on November 4, 2026

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