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Keeping vegetables and fruits cool without costing the planet

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A griculture combined with Technology is a tale of buoyancy and innovation. Leveraging technology and building solutions to aboriginal issues through the right amount of persistence while exploring the less traveled road is helping to pull the agriculture sector out of the dark while also unsnarling hidden treasures in the lush green fields. A new wave of budding entrepreneurs and emerging startups are leading the way to disrupt the way perishables are handled across the value chain. Over the past few decades, India has seen a steep growth in the production of perishable horticulture commodities having a limited shelf life but high in nutrition value. The technological advancements and improved scientific way of farming have contributed to the growth. Even though the production has increased there are issues of inflation, wastage of fresh produce, and demand-supply imbalances. The wastage is mainly due to ineffective post-harvest management . Digitizing the supply chain of per...

Changing the Agri Landscape in Africa

Africa is an agri lover’s dream with abundant uncultivated arable land roughly over half the global total; tropical climates that permit long growing seasons; young labor force and an expanding population that provides a ready market for the product consumption. Agricultural productivity remains far from developed world standards. Over 90% of agriculture depends on rainfall, with no artificial irrigation aid Africa with more than 60% of its population living in the rural areas and depends on agriculture, by and large, expecting for the much-needed breakthrough in the present state. The continent with 1.166 billion people has more than 32% of its dependency for GDP that comes from the agriculture sector is struggling to revamp it modern ways of farming, technology and infrastructure. However, African countries are yet to explore the opportunities to ensure sustainable food security and production. Technology can disrupt the way African agriculture operates Exploring Interne...

Ecozen, a solar solution to cool storage in India | 2018 Ashden Award

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