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Reporting from earlier editions of The Agrotech Daily. Figures, prices and policies may have changed since.
- Deals & capital, IndiaArya.ag now offers a buy now, pay later facilityAgritech platform Arya.ag has launched buy now, pay later credit for commodity buyers, offering up to Rs 25 lakh for 14 days without interest, with plans to raise the limit to Rs 2 crore.
- Precision & digital, IndiaPost-pandemic recovery by agritech startups for farmers’ welfareOmnivore's Mark Kahn says Indian farmers turned to agritech platforms for inputs, sales, advice and finance during COVID-19 lockdowns, a shift he expects the farm bills to speed up.
- Precision & digital, RajasthanIndia’s first online mandi system started in RajasthanRajasthan entrepreneurs Sanjay Agarwal and Anil Modi have set up an online mandi platform that lets farmers sell from their fields and store grain in converted godowns.
- Inputs & crop science, IndiaFirst set of residue-free tomatoes produced by Ninjacart in partnership with KilofarmsNinjacart and agritech platform Kilofarms produced a first batch of residue-free tomatoes, cleared by the Shriram Institute for Industrial Research, Bangalore.
- Precision & digital, IndiaStart-up Agdhi launches an AI-based technology to check the quality of seedsBengaluru start-up Agdhi launched an AI-based system that uses computer vision on seed images to identify defects and assess seed quality.
- Deals & capital, IndiaHow emerging agritech startups are helping farmersProfiles five Indian agritech startups, Farmkart, AgriVijay, Rise Hydroponics, Agrifeeder and Saptkrishi, that offer farmers inputs, energy equipment, hydroponics, training and storage.
- Inputs & crop science, MaharashtraPune-based start-up Bioprime Agrisolutions to help farmers improve crop resilience to changes in weatherPune start-up Bioprime Agrisolutions has developed liquid bio-molecules that it says make crops more resilient to sudden weather changes, backed by Rs 1 crore in BIRAC LEAP funds.
- Deals & capital, United KingdomMuddy Machines: how this London AI robotics startup raised £7.8 million to automate crop harvestingLondon robotics company Muddy Machines raised £7.8 million in Series A funding led by Octopus Ventures in October 2024 to scale up its AI-guided robots for harvesting asparagus and other vegetables.
- Deals & capital, IndiaThe Agrotech Report of 2022 is believed to set a new recordReviews the growth of Indian agritech startups, government support and business models, and cites AgFunder figures suggesting another record year for agtech venture investment.
- Precision & digital, IndiaAquaCRED, a financial risk estimation strategy for farmersAquaconnect has launched AquaCRED, which uses machine learning, satellite remote sensing and pond data to assess credit risk so lenders can offer formal loans to small fish and shrimp farmers.