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HEALTH & RESILIENCE

Kheyti

Farmer-centric design for climate resilience

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Kheyti’s mission

Kheyti helps smallholder farmers battle climate change and earn a steady income in India. The severe, negative impact of climate change on the livelihoods of farmers in southern India is increasing. Kheyti’s “Greenhouse-in-a-Box” is a low-cost, modular greenhouse designed to make farming income more climate-resilient.

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Impact in action

Side view of a Kheyti Greenhouse-in-a-Box, with small rows of covered crops growing inside and outside the white screen walls of the greenhouse. Tall trees and blue sky in the background.

AUTODESK LEARN LAB

Helping smallholder farmers earn climate-resilient incomes

In 2022, Engineering for Change Fellow Maël Sonna Donko, a Cameroon-based structural engineer, conducted research to inform design improvements for Kheyti’s “Greenhouse-in-a-Box.”

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Kheyti's Co-Founder and CEO Kaushik Kappagantulu standing in a Kheyti Greenhouse-in-a-Box, watching over a farmer's shoulder as he tends to one of the plants.

AUTODESK FOUNDATION

Innovating low-cost solutions for farmers in India

Through user-centric design, an Autodesk team worked with Kheyti to lower costs and installation times for its signature “Greenhouse-in-a-Box” product.

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Close-up shot of strawberry growing in a row of strawberry plants inside a Kheyti Greenhouse-in-a-Box.

DESIGN & MAKE

Skills-based volunteering

Companies, nonprofits, and employees all win when they partner for skills-based volunteering, which brings expertise to those in need.

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