Startups in Bengaluru are helping coconut farmers in a very innovative way
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Just in case you had this notion that startups in India meant ecommerce sites with some flash sale and discounts, here’s These technology startups are helping to reduce water usage by almost 40%, according to the Economic Times. Karnataka being a
"Our solution for precise irrigation also increases crop yield and gives farmers higher returns by 10-15%," said Saitsh KS, founder of FlyBird. At a price of Rs 16,000-Rs 28,000, the firm's technology costs about one-third of similar US and Israeli variants, he said.
For the farmers, the
Farmers can also look up to Skymet Weather Services for a more accurate telling of the weather. The private forecaster - using a system that is a combination of historical data and high speed computing - has been closer to actual rainfall in the past three years than the
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For pest control, Bengaluru-based
"There is a huge upside to improve productivity by using non-traditional technologies, i.e., bringing other functional expertise into agriculture viz-a-viz IT, analytics, data, sensors, pharmaceutical concepts, etc," Jinesh Shah, founding partner,
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