What we do
Profitable smallholder
farmers in harmony
with nature
We partner with small farmers sharing risks and benefits to turn their small farm into a thriving business which cares for water, energy and soil they farm with
Company's story
Our Specialty
In our Grown Farm Incubator, we partner with smallholder farmers to provide everything they need to become more profitable, resilient, and ecologically sustainable, from supplying water for irrigation to selling crops on the market and all things they might need in-between
How we work?
We link smallholder farmers output to premium markets nationally and internationally for better prices.
We provide pay-after-harvest financing for inputs, technologies, and services.
We enable farmers to meet the requirements of these premium markets with technology, farming inputs, knowledge, and certifications. We even provide land to farm on, where needed.
Farmers can choose from a list of services as per their needs. Farmers do not need to pay upfront for these services, but share the profit from harvest sales with aQysta.
How we work?
We link smallholder farmers output to premium markets nationally and internationally for better prices.
We provide pay-after-harvest financing for inputs, technologies, and services.
We enable farmers to meet the requirements of these premium markets with technology, farming inputs, knowledge, and certifications. We even provide land to farm on, where needed.
Farmers can choose from a list of services as per their needs. Farmers do not need to pay upfront for these services, but share the profit from harvest sales with aQysta.
Our story
aQysta envisions a world where even the smallest farmers can be profitable, while farming in harmony with nature
OUR PURPOSE
We improve the livelihoods of small farmers by enabling them to sustain themselves and their families while farming in a sustainable manner
OUR MISSION
We aim to empower 1 million farmers with better access to markets, capital, knowledge, farming inputs and renewable energy technologies by 2030
Our story
aQysta’s inspiration comes from our Nepalese CEO, Pratap Thapa, who grew up in a farmer community in Nepal. His parents had their farm right next to a river but could not get the water from the river to the farm. Instead, they depended on rainfall and tried to ‘catch the rain’ when the first monsoon rains came. The question that stayed on his mind was: “Can the river’s power be used to lift water to nearby farms?”
Pratap grew up to become an engineer and received a scholarship to do an MSc program at the Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands. He met aQysta’s co-founders, Fred Henny and Lennart Budelmann and started working on solutions for his community. Together they developed the “Barsha Pump”, a renewable irrigation pump that uses the power of flowing water sources (like rivers) to lift water to farmlands without external inputs. Today, Pratap’s parents and more than 7,000 smallholder farmers in 27 countries benefit from this technology.
However, work remains to be done. While access to irrigation water is essential to increasing farmers’ productivity, aQysta has seen that many farmers still generate insufficient incomes to sustain themselves and their families with farming. Farmers need proper training, quality farming inputs (like seeds and fertilizers), and a market where they can receive a fair price for their products to further increase their productivity and profitability.
These insights encouraged aQysta to start its Farm Incubator, in which we link farmers to premium markets that provide higher prices for their harvest. We then prepare the farmers to be able to supply to these premium markets by providing the right capital, knowledge, quality inputs, and technology.
OUR PURPOSE
We improve the livelihoods of small farmers by enabling them to sustain themselves and their families while farming in a sustainable manner
OUR MISSION
We aim to empower 1 million farmers with better access to markets, capital, knowledge, farming inputs and renewable energy technologies by 2030
Our story
aQysta’s inspiration comes from our Nepalese CEO, Pratap Thapa, who grew up in a farmer community in Nepal. His parents had their farm right next to a river but could not get the water from the river to the farm. Instead, they depended on rainfall and tried to ‘catch the rain’ when the first monsoon rains came. The question that stayed on his mind was: “Can the river’s power be used to lift water to nearby farms?”
Pratap grew up to become an engineer and received a scholarship to do an MSc program at the Technical University of Delft, the Netherlands. He met aQysta’s co-founders, Fred Henny and Lennart Budelmann and started working on solutions for his community. Together they developed the “Barsha Pump”, a renewable irrigation pump that uses the power of flowing water sources (like rivers) to lift water to farmlands without external inputs. Today, Pratap’s parents and more than 7,000 smallholder farmers in 27 countries benefit from this technology.
However, work remains to be done. While access to irrigation water is essential to increasing farmers’ productivity, aQysta has seen that many farmers still generate insufficient incomes to sustain themselves and their families with farming. Farmers need proper training, quality farming inputs (like seeds and fertilizers), and a market where they can receive a fair price for their products to further increase their productivity and profitability.
These insights encouraged aQysta to start its Farm Incubator, in which we link farmers to premium markets that provide higher prices for their harvest. We then prepare the farmers to be able to supply to these premium markets by providing the right capital, knowledge, quality inputs, and technology.
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