Third Wave of Indian Agritech

This definition of Soil with Hardware, Software and Operators has to be the coolest definition of soil I’ve come across. Credits: Matt Powers’s book Regenerative Soil

State of Agritech - 22nd December 2024

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1/ Third Wave of Indian Agritech

The rise of DPGs /DPIs (Digital Public Goods)/ Digital Public Infrastructure) across diverse Indian Agritech contexts is a harbinger of the post-platform future. I present three waves of the evolution of Indian agritech from 2016 onwards and make my best case for the third wave of Indian Agritech.

2/ Double Clicking on Dehaat’s DPG offering ‘DigiAcre’

Dehaat’s DPG offering clearly shows how Dehaat is reading the tea leaves of the post-platform futures.

3/ Making Sense of SeedLinked’s $500K Fundraise

SeedLinked is building a GitHub platform for optimizing the seed production process. It has the potential to disrupt the plant breeding process as we know it and challenge Big Ag’s seed monopoly.

4/ Indian Grape Market in Cross Roads

5/ Indian Dairy Sector in Cross Roads