Moment in the sun: Agritech startups are helping farmers thrive during Covid-19 lockdown

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The months from March to June every year experience the onset of the spring season with multicolor flowers blooming in the trees, freshly-grown fruits turning ripe and rabi crops ready to be harvested. However, the spring season this year has not been very colorful.

The nationwide lockdown due to coronavirus has resulted in acres of farmers’ produce left to rot or sold at dirt cheap…

#Pagrexco Scales Up Partnership With #CropIn — Over 13,000 Acres of #Organic Land Across Punjab will be Impacted

The Punjab government has decided to adopt cutting-edge Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI & ML) technology to ensure the traceability and transparency of its organic produce. In this regard, the Punjab Agri Export Corporation (PAGREXCO), the premier organization of the Punjab Government, has tied up with Bengaluru based agri-tech pioneer CropIn With the adoption of CropIn’s…

#CropIn is #Deloitte Technology Fast 500 APAC company

With a growth rate of 260% in revenue over the last three years, leading AI- and Data-led AgTech company CropIn has been featured in the recently released Asia Pacific Technology Fast 500 2019 index by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited (DTTL). The ranking was based on the percentage revenue growth over the past three years.

CropIn is one of the two Indian companies listed in the index under the…

#CropIn’s Cutting-Edge #AI Solutions Transforming $60 Billion Seed Market

The global population is over 7.6 billion as of 2018 and will probably reach 9.8 billionby 2050. Apart from rapid population growth, there is also a trend towards urbanization and changing diets. As a result, the global demand for food, especially oils, grains, and vegetables, is likely to increase by as much as 70%. This means more seeds and better seed varieties would be needed. The seed…