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Environment News: LONDON: A solar-powered tech venture that is combating food waste in India and a global regenerative agriculture initiative founded by a Karnataka pro.

In the "Fix Our Planet" category, Aadith Moorthys Boomitra emerged as the winner for its work with struggling farmers the world over. "The last year has been one of great change and even greater challenge. A year in which the effects of the climate crisis have become too visible to be ignored," said William, the Prince of Wales.

S4S Technologies, founded in 2013 by six university friends Nidhi Pant, Vaibhav Tidke, Swapnil Kokte, Ganesh Bhere, Shital Somani, Tushar Gaware and Ashwin Pawade, was named the winner in the “Build a Waste-Free World” category

Indian tech ventures, S4S Technologies and Boomitra, are among Earthshot Prize winners for their innovative solutions to combat food waste and climate change. The prestigious awards, often dubbed 'Eco Oscars,' recognize their remarkable efforts in creating a waste-free world and restoring the environment.

An Indian solar-powered tech venture that is combating food waste in the country and a global soil carbon marketplace founded by an Indian-American are among this years five winners of the prestigious Earthshot Prize. S4S Technologies combats food waste, rural poverty, and gender inequality by helping smallholder female farmers preserve and market surplus produce, the organisers said.

Indian solar-powered tech venture S4S Technologies has been named as one of the 15 finalists for the GBP 1 million Earthshot Prize, founded by Prince William. S4S Technologies is recognized for its work in combating food waste, rural poverty, and gender inequality by providing solar-powered conduction dryers and food processing equipment to smallholder female farmers.

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​​​​S4S Technologies, founded in 2013 by seven university friends Nidhi Pant, Vaibhav Tidke, Swapnil Kokte, Ganesh Bhere, Shital Somani, Tushar Gaware and Ashwin Pawade, is shortlisted in the "Earthshot Prize to Build a Waste-Free World" category as the finalists were unveiled by the royal during a visit to New York on Tuesday.

A woman beetroot farmer with the S4S team. Photo: Special Arrangement/THE HINDU   S4S is promoting solar dehydration as a means to empower women farmers and reduce food waste Life is not easy for the ‘ugly ducklings’ of the agricultural world. For all the perfectly shaped fruits and vegetables that we buy from the green grocers, there are thousands left on their stalks to rot unharvested in the field simply because they do not meet the aesthetic criteria of retailers. Mumbai-based foodtec...