EP 61 : What is the future of Indian Agritech? | Ananda Verma (Co-founder & CEO, Fasal)

Farmers rely heavily on traditional cropping calendars and their experiences to maximize their yields. But even experienced farmers have not always been able to escape the perils of climate change, losing their crops to unpredictable weather conditions, soil degradation, and unmitigated pest attacks.   Fasal is an agri-tech platform powered by IoT and A, on the mission to keep the farmers aware of the farm and crop conditions anytime, anywhere on any device.   Founded by Ananda Verma, its goal is to enable farmers to be proactive instead of reacting to crop diseases, weather conditions, and various other critical situations.  Fasal empowers farmers and Agri institutions by decreasing the input cost, increasing the quality and quantity of the yield, and optimizing resources like fertilizers, fungicides, pesticides, irrigation management, etc.   In this episode of The Startup Operator Podcast, join Roshan Cariappa in conversation with Ananda, as we understand more about how the agriculture sector in India has evolved, along with -   - Fasal’s founding story (01:41)  - Making agriculture viable in India(07:32)  - Proving ROI case to farmers (18:42)  - Understanding the business economics (26:07)  - Making contextual insights available to farmers (30:49)  - Building farmer-centric solutions (35:32)  - Making technology economically viable (40:29)  - Recent agricultural reforms (45:15)  - Indian agricultural outlook in 2021 (49:22) Found this episode informative? Let us know by via a  Tweet or DM us on -   LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operator  Twitter - https://twitter.com/OperatorStartup --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startup-operator/message