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An integrated agri-food venture
Small farms.
Shared ambition.
A stronger value chain.
Vana Naturals LLP is a veteran-led agri-food venture developing a coordinated cultivation model in Maharashtra. We aim to put more small holdings to productive use, keep landholders connected to the value created, and build a stronger path from the field to market.
• Aggregated cultivation• Organised operations• Shared commercial upside
Our progress
Ground covered till now.
Built on clarity. Measured in the field.
98 acres aggregatedNear-contiguous land assembled for the Maharashtra pilot.
52 villages surveyedLand aggregation fieldwork conducted across four districts.
Future aggregation in progressIn-principle interest from more than 75 landowners, representing approximately 250 additional acres. These are not signed agreements.
Food processing pilotAn experimental unripe banana powder sample was tested by Intertek in January 2026. Its report records compliance with the cited EU specifications for the tested parameters.
Gulfood 2026Vana participated in Dubai and connected with potential partners and buyers.
The core idea
Help small holdings reach more of their potential, together.
Participating landholders retain their land and make suitable plots available for managed cultivation. Vana works on crop planning, field operations and routes to market, with landholders sharing in the value created. Commercial terms are agreed with each participant.
How the model is intended to work
One operating model. Many participating plots.
By organising cultivation across participating holdings, Vana aims to give each plot the attention, planning and market connection that can be difficult to achieve alone.
LANDLandholders participateSmall landholders bring land into the cultivation model.
CULTIVATIONVana operatesThe venture coordinates crop planning, inputs, cultivation and execution.
RETURNSValue is sharedLandholders and Vana share in profits from the produce.
What we are building
Farmers are partners in the journey.
The ambition is to make productive use of smaller land parcels while keeping landholders connected to the value their land helps create.
Thoughtful use of landCoordinated planning across participating small holdings.
Shared upsideFarmers participate in the profits from the produce.
A stronger route forwardResearch, operations and capital can support the wider value chain.
The agri-food value chain
Connect the decisions that are usually made apart.
Vana is beginning with a roughly 100-acre pilot to establish reliable field operations and measure crop outcomes. As that model is tested, the venture plans to expand aggregation and connect production with post-harvest handling, processing, storage, logistics and markets.
LAND
Aggregate
Bring suitable small holdings into a coordinated cultivation plan.
FARM
Cultivate
Plan crops and manage agricultural operations at the field level.
HARVEST
Consolidate
Bring output into a consistent post-harvest workflow.
VALUE
Process
Develop grading, processing and lot-level quality checks suited to the intended markets.
MARKET
Commercialise
Build buyer relationships and routes to domestic and international markets as production becomes reliable.
Our vision
A small step towards a very big challenge.
The world will need to nourish nearly nine billion people by 2035, sustainably, efficiently and inclusively. Vana is a small step towards that challenge.
We are building an agri-food venture with a global vision, beginning in India: bringing fragmented small landholdings together, managing them professionally and connecting them to an efficient farm-to-market value chain, while working towards better and more predictable livelihoods for the communities that depend on them.
We start at the centre of gravity—the farm—and expand outward towards processing and value addition, logistics and markets. Small holdings can be brought together without taking ownership away from landholders. Land and soil need responsible care; better agronomic practices can improve yields and nutrition; post-harvest handling, storage and transport can become more efficient.
Communities should participate in the value created. Over time, Vana aims to connect these pieces into an integrated value chain, from farm to pallet.
Our ambition is to build a responsible, scalable business that manages risk and learns from each operating unit before growing in size and across geographies.
Build with us
Three ways to shape the venture.
If you share the vision, there is room to help build it.
Invest
Explore a venture designed to create measurable farmer and food-system impact with long-term commercial potential.
Participate
Join the model as a farming community, landowner or local champion and help make more small holdings productive.
How can you participate?
There is more than one way to join.
These are proposed participation arrangements. Eligibility, income baselines, lease rates and sharing terms are agreed in writing after assessing the land and location.
We are a community of farmers
Aggregate adjoining holdings with Vana. The proposed arrangement offers an assured minimum income above present farming income, plus a share in the returns from higher yields. Families can also participate in building the aggregation.
I own land but do not cultivate it
Put uncultivated land to productive use. The proposed arrangement offers assured lease income above the prevailing local rate, plus a share in the returns from higher yields.
I am an individual farmer
Bring the idea to your village. We can explore an awareness session and assess whether the location and available parcels are suitable for aggregation.
Beyond cultivation
Food processing pilot.
Vana submitted an experimental unripe banana powder sample to Intertek for testing. The January 2026 report records compliance with EU Regulation 396/2005 and EU Regulation 2023/915 for the tested parameters, where applicable. This is pilot work as Vana develops its processing and quality systems.
Raw banana powder
Freeze-dried powder made from unripe green bananas. The experimental unripe banana powder sample submitted to Intertek belongs to this pilot.
Ripe banana powder
A freeze-dried ripe banana powder concept for food formulations, drawing on the fruit’s natural sweetness.
Join the conversation
Help build what comes next.
If you share our vision, we are looking for you.
Connect with Vana
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