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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 foodtech innovator Science 4 Society (S4S) Technologies has been working to cut down on this waste by promo...