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Krishivaas : AI-powered Smart Farming Platform to Assist Indian Farmers

Indian farmers, who are the backbone of the country, face some of the lowest yield levels in the world. A key challenge they encounter is the late discovery of crop stresses. Farmers must spot problems in their fields daily; however, several crops make it tough for farmers to even enter the fields regularly. Stresses are thus noticed only when a large part of the crop is already affected. By then, the farmer has no choice but to rely on blanket pesticide sprays with little control over outcomes.
This is the challenge that three long-time collaborators, Vishnu Gorantala, Ram Bhoopal Poduvu, and Sudarshan R, set out to address. Sudarshan brings the lived experience of being a farmer, while Vishnu and Ram Bhoopal have spent years working closely with the farming community. Together,...