S4sTechnologies implemented a project in Hatmali village in Aurangabad district where SHG used solar conduction dryers for drying local perishable vegetables. Deployment of 25 such solar conduction dryers in Aurangabad is underway. In 2018 to preserve and build a cost-efficient supply chain for agro-produce and to empower rural women and farmers, the Maharashtra government entered into a pilot project with S4S Technologies Pvt Ltd. The project involved providing solar conduction dryers for drying local perishable vegetables (preserving food nutrients) to a self-help group (SHG) in Hatmali village of Aurangabad district. S4S also provided buyback linkages to these farmers. The Navi Mumbai-based, UN-award-winning integrated food company works in the area of contract farming, setting up dehydration units at the village level, farm-level processing, grading, sorting, and buying back entire produce. It also trains landless women farmers transforming them into “micro-entrepreneurs” by providing them technology, finance and market to sell produce.