About Us
Jackfruitking Agro Producer Company Limited is a pioneering farmer collective dedicated to transforming the jackfruit value chain in India. We are reviving the significance of jackfruit and raising awareness about its immense nutritional benefits among consumers.
Under the visionary leadership of Mr. Mithilesh Desai, Jackfruitking is building a farmer-centric, farmer-owned value chain that uplifts marginal farmers and promotes sustainable agricultural practices. At the heart of our operations is a robust farmer network, enabling us to provide high-quality inputs and source bulk produce directly from farmers.
Our sustainable value chain minimizes food losses and maximizes value at every stage. By converting jackfruit into innovative, nutritious products, we aim to enhance consumer diets while empowering rural communities.
We are dedicated to elevating the jackfruit’s identity, supporting marginal farmers, and promoting sustainability. Together with our farmer base and partners, we are committed to building a brighter future for agriculture by reducing global hunger, promoting sustainable practices, and fostering economic growth.
Our mission is to promote sustainable lifestyle by integrating jackfruit in food, cosmetics, wearables, medicines, and climate initiatives.
Over the next five years, we aim to directly involve 25,000 farmers across India in our value chain, indirectly benefiting up to 100,000 farmers.
The region of Konkan has witnessed a significant decline in farming activities due to persistent losses, leading to youth migration to cities like Mumbai and Pune in search of better livelihoods. Farmers, discouraged by unprofitable agricultural ventures, have been abandoning farming, creating an urgent need for sustainable economic interventions.
Our journey began with the collection and study of various jackfruit varieties from across the world. We initially identified and collected 86 high-yield jackfruit varieties from a total of 128 known varieties globally. Through extensive research and collaboration with agricultural experts, we selected the most suitable jackfruit strains for the Konkan region, focusing on their resilience, nutritional value, and commercial potential.
The company identified jackfruit as the ideal crop for this transformation due to its abundance, resilience, and commercial potential. Despite the widespread availability of jackfruit in the region, a significant portion of the produce would go to waste due to the lack of organized harvesting, processing, and market linkages.
Jackfruit has the potential to create socio-economic reforms in the Konkan belt by providing farmers with a viable and profitable agricultural alternative. Its versatility allows for the production of multiple value-added products, including plant-based meat alternatives, flour, snacks, and ready-to-eat meals. The company’s strategic focus on jackfruit-based value chain not only reduces food wastage but also generates employment, boosts rural incomes, and contributes to the growing market for plant-based, sustainable food options.
Today, Jackfruit King is directly impacting the lives of 1,077 farmers in the Konkan region, covering 1700 acres of land.
We have now advanced into value addition of Jackfruit, establishing modern processing units to create high-quality jackfruit-based products. This initiative ensures better price realization for farmers while reducing food wastage and improving livelihoods. By leveraging jackfruit’s immense potential, Jackfruitking Agro Producer Company Limited aims to drive rural prosperity, encourage youth to stay in farming, and create a sustainable agricultural ecosystem in the Konkan region.
Our Vision
Our vision is to promote a sustainable lifestyle by integrating jackfruit into diet, healthcare, sustainable fashion and climate action.
Our Mission
- Reduce Food Wastage: Creating innovative post-harvest solutions to maximize crop utilization and minimize wastage.
- Combat Global Hunger: Producing authentic, nutritious, and accessible food products to meet global dietary needs.
- Sustainable Innovation: Advancing eco-friendly processing and packaging solutions that align with international sustainability goals.
- Build a Farmer-Owned Horticulture Supply Chain: Establishing a self-reliant, farmer-driven network that ensures sustainable, high-quality, and profitable market access for horticultural products worldwide.
- Women Participation & Empowerment: Actively involving women in horticulture, agribusiness, and value-chain processes to foster financial independence and community development.
- Empower Farmers: Strengthening the livelihoods of farmers by integrating them into sustainable and profitable horticulture-based agribusiness.
Challenges in Jackfruit & Horticulture Crops
- High Post-Harvest Losses: Nearly 30–40% of jackfruit and horticultural produce is wasted due to improper harvesting, storage, and lack of efficient supply chains.
- Limited Market Linkages: Marginalized farmers face difficulties in accessing conventional markets, leading to distress sales and low returns.
- Lack of Processing Infrastructure: Only 15–20% of jackfruit production is currently utilized for value-added products, resulting in lost economic opportunities.
- Climate Vulnerability: Horticulture crops are highly sensitive to climate variations, impacting yields and farmer income.
- Low Farmer Awareness & Adoption of Best Practices: Many farmers lack knowledge of sustainable farming methods, leading to suboptimal productivity and quality.
- Limited Women Participation: Women contribute to 78% of agricultural labour but have significantly low access to resources, training, and financial support.
- Food Security & Nutrition: With 800 million people globally suffering from hunger, addressing food security through sustainable horticulture is crucial.
We are actively addressing these challenges by establishing a sustainable, farmer-driven supply chain, ensuring value addition and innovative processing, and empowering marginalized farming communities, including women and youth, in the horticulture sector.
Visionaries Behind JackfruitKing
What we offer
- Food Products: Jackfruitking operates a state-of-the-art food processing facility, producing a range of nutritious, ready-to-eat and ready-to-cook jackfruit-based food products that cater to modern consumer needs. We provide base material for Vegan Meat, Ready to eat vegetable, JF patties for burger, JF Tikki, JF Kebab, JF nuggets, JF biryani, JF curries etc.
- Nutraceutical Products: Jackfruit serves as a fortified food, addressing diverse dietary needs. Its products are highly sought after in the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, with versatile applications such as Jackfruit Seed Powder, Jackfruit Flour for rotis and cookies, Raw Jackfruit Powder for diabetes, and Nutritional Cattle Feed.
- Vegan Leather: Transforming about 34% of processing industry waste into high-quality, cruelty-free plant-based leather sheets.
- Green Energy: The biomass derived from plant waste is converted to ethanol, which has applications in pharmaceuticals, industrial processes, gasohol, alcohol, and fuel.
- Carbon Sequestration & Sustainability: In collaboration with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), we have successfully piloted a carbon credit initiative using blockchain technology, paving the way for sustainable farming practices and environmental conservation.
- Jackfruit Grafts/Plants: Our nursery offers 86 varieties of jackfruit cultivated from around the globe. We provide high-quality saplings along with comprehensive knowledge support to farmers, enabling them to achieve quality yields and benefit from carbon credits, which offer additional income.
- Trading: We ensure that produce of every quality finds the right market, enabling farmers to earn fair and profitable incomes.
Impact
- 1,077 farmers directly engaged in our value chain, witnessing a 12% increase in their income.
- Successfully sequestered 500 tonnes of carbon, contributing to climate resilient agriculture.
- Reduced 1,100 tonnes of food losses, promoting innovation and resource efficiency.
