Agribusiness and farm advisory platforms

Seed sales, farm advice, supply planning and carbon credits 4 companies

These organisations manage seed makers' sales data, advise farmers, plan food supply, and issue carbon credits for farming that rebuilds the soil.

AGDATA LPAGDATA, with engineers in Pune, manages the sales data, rebates and marketing programmes of American seed and crop-protection makers, which sell through distributors and retailers.Pune

Digital GreenDigital Green, a nonprofit with engineers in Bengaluru, runs Farmer.Chat, an AI adviser that answers farmers' questions in their own language.

TerranticTerrantic, with engineers in Bengaluru, sells AI for planning production and supply in food and agriculture.

VarahaVaraha, with engineers in Bengaluru, issues carbon credits for farming that rebuilds the soil, so that it stores more carbon.See alsoCarbon accounting and sustainability software

The tech, explainedAgri-input channel management AI farming assistant

How it all worksAgritechSatellite loans, AI advice and a sprayer that sees weeds.

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What's changing

The extension worker in every phone.

India's government sends extension officers to advise farmers, but there are too few for too many farmers. An AI adviser can answer in Hindi, Telugu or Odia, about this crop and this pest, and reach farmers no officer could. Its value depends on whether farmers trust it, and whether its advice is right for their soil.