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Cisco, and Social Alpha, have announced five high-impact Agritech startups to be part of ‘Krishi Mangal’ – a scale-up accelerator programme to support start-ups working on solutions for smallholder farmers. The selected startups have developed Agritech innovations across supply chain traceability powered by blockchain, data analytics for crop management, energy-efficient cold-storage units, sustainable aquaculture solutions, and e-commerce solutions for livestock management.
These five start-ups under Krishi Mangal are focused on income increase, creating jobs, and promoting micro-entrepreneurship along agriculture and its allied value chain:
– TraceX Technologies is organising the food and agriculture supply chains using blockchain technology to enable transparency, trust, and traceability across the ecosystem. Trace X will work with 1000 farmers in Belgaum, Karnataka on maize value chain; increasing their income by 25 per cent.
– Jalkeevika Infotech is focusing on creating sustainable livelihood options by bringing accessibility and affordability in aquaculture. Jaljeevika will train 500 farmers in fisheries in pond management practices and deploy IoT sensors...