Agri-tech Startups

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• Agritech and how it is helping serve the social
  cause
• India is a unique country from an agricultural
  point of view because of its vast expense of
  level land, rich and fertile soil, wide climatic
  variations suited for a variety of crops, and
  ample sunshine. Agriculture is the backbone of
  Indias economy through its share in GDP has
  economy and employment declined from 1951
  onwards. The contribution of agriculture to the
  national economy can be explained by the fact
  that Agriculture contributes 23 of the GDP of
  India and 67 of the Indian population earns its
  livelihood from agriculture. It supplies raw
  material to numerous industries and ensures food
  security for the country.
• CHALLENGES FACED
• 1.NO TRANSPORTATION
• As there was no transportation, this results in a
  gap in Demand-Supply Chain. There were plenty of
  products available to the farmers but they had no
  medium to sell those products.
• 2.UNAVAILABILITY OF LABOURS
• Since laborers migrated to their native place
  after lockdown have been imposed, one of the
  major concerns was the unavailability of
  laborers. Due to heavy indebtedness, Crop
  failure, Insecure life, Agriculture costs very
  high, uncertainty in regular income.

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• Each problem can be solved by some technological
  advancements and it is proved by startups. Some
  leading Agri-tech Startups are- NinjaCart,
  AgriCart, Cropin, AgriNext, etc, which are trying
  their best to solve all these problems.
• 1.NINJACART
• NinjaCart is B2B company to improve the supply
  chain. They connect food producers directly with
  retailers, restaurants, and service providers
  having in-house applications that drive end to
  end operations.
• Services Provided by NinjaCart
• It controls the Supply Chain by using technology
  and analytics. On the one hand, farmers get
  consistent demand and better prices while on
  another hand retailers get a fresh product at
  their doorstep.
• 2.AGRICART
• Agricart is an online shopping business platform
  for agriculture and gardening needs. It provides
  seeds, Tools, Chain saws, Lawnmowers, Brush
  cutters, manure, etc.
• Services Provided by Agricart
• Agricart provides an Online Shopping platform
  related to agriculture products. It offers Cash
  on Delivery Services for those farmers who are
  not frequent users of digital transactions. It
  provides Tools and Machinery along with different
  kinds of seeds( vegetable, fruit, plants). It
  also provides technologies for the Drip
  Irrigation System.

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• 3.CROPIN
• It enables stakeholders to adopt digital
  technology such as IoT( Internet of Things), AI
  (Artificial Intelligence), Machine Learning,
  Remote Sensing, and Satellite Imaging.
• Services Provided by CROPIN
• CROPIN is committed to providing a robust and
  flexible system for Farm Management with great
  features including traceability output
  Predictability. It involves Alert Log
  management (pest infestation, disease, etc.) with
  Satellite and weather input based advisory.
• 4.DEHAAT
• DeHaat is an AI-enabled organization to
  revolutionize the supply chain.
• Services provided by DeHaat
• DEHAAT is aimed to provide technical support to
  farmers which includes Soil Testing, Forecasting
  yielding, Use of AI, ML Analytics. It also
  provides Agri Solutions to farmers along with
  seeds, nutrition with advisory and support.
• 5.CROFARM
• Croform is also a Startup aiming to improve
  Supply Chain. They deliver fruits and vegetables
  both online and offline after taking them
  directly from the farmers. It depends on an
  AI-based prediction system to keep tracking of
  its procurement.
• All these Startups are giving hopes that, apart
  from being a prominent country in the field of
  IT, India will also conserve its traditional
  occupation with the use of new technologies. With
  the new era, Farmers will become managers and
  Robots will do all the work. Advanced
  Technologies like Market linkage, digital
  agriculture, better access to inputs are
  attracting large tractions. Surely, these
  Startups will help local farming become a
  sustainable and revenue- yielding enterprise.