Impact Dashboard

Retention stabilizes over time—Year 4→5 drop is only 3-8% vs. 17-21% for Year 1→2. Farmers who stay past Year 3 become long-term adopters.

The 2024 cohort's Year 2 drop to 66% (vs. 77-83% for other cohorts) reflects 2025 challenges including climate events in some operating states and the transition to government partnerships.

For every 10 farmers who start, 8 return for season 2, 6 reach season 3, and 4 become long-term adopters (4+ seasons)—strong retention that validates the model.

Crop seasons completed grew 13x in 3 years (359→4,647 from 2022-2024), demonstrating rapid operational scaling while maintaining farmer engagement.

51 farmers have expanded to multiple greenhouses — a small but growing segment that demonstrates the model's scalability potential.

Telangana and Jharkhand lead in crop seasons completed, reflecting Kheyti's early presence and strong farmer engagement in these states.

First-season harvest success is the strongest predictor of retention (3.2x effect). Focus support resources on helping new farmers succeed in their first season.

Higher first-season income has a modest effect on retention (+7pp between top and bottom quartile). Harvest success matters more than income level.

Government-referred farmers show lower retention in early data. However, this channel opened recently and many of these farmers may not yet have had the opportunity to complete additional seasons. It is also possible that repeat season data was not fully captured at the time of the data pull. This is an emerging pattern worth monitoring as the government partnership matures and more data becomes available.

Per-season income remains stable across experience levels ($120-154), suggesting the model delivers reliable results from the start rather than requiring a long learning curve.

Despite scaling from ~300 to 6,300+ farmers, median income held steady — suggesting training quality, greenhouse standards, and support services kept pace with rapid expansion.

Village outreach has historically driven the majority of adoption. Going forward, Kheyti is moving fully toward a government partnership model, with the government as a partial payer, to address affordability constraints for individual farmers.

45% use drip irrigation, 33% use mulching — water-efficient technologies support climate resilience.

Mixed cropping leads adoption — farmers diversify risk across vegetables, nurseries, and high-value crops.

Open-field vegetable yields typically drop 30-83% during monsoon due to rain damage and disease.¹ Research shows protected cultivation yields 25-37% more than traditional methods during monsoon, with income more than doubling.²

The +40% is driven by crop mix (high-value nursery crops grown pre-monsoon) and state composition—not climate protection. Same-crop analysis shows cucumbers earn 15% less during extreme heat. Research shows heat stress (>38°C) causes up to 80% flower loss in open-field tomatoes.³

Peak income (June) aligns with pre-monsoon harvests when greenhouse protection matters most. Monsoon months (Jul-Sep) show sustained income as protected crops thrive while open-field yields suffer.

Income correlates with market access, not rainfall. The model works across diverse climate zones from semi-arid Rajasthan to tropical Odisha.