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Rivulis will integrate its cloud-based precision irrigation subsidiary, Manna, into Phytech.

In a pivotal advance for the agricultural technology industry, Rivulis, a global climate and irrigation leader, and Phytech, a pioneer in digital farming solutions, are excited to announce their new strategic partnership. This collaboration represents a major step forward in sustainable farming, combining Rivulis’ global presence and leadership in micro irrigation products and solutions with Phytech’s cutting-edge real-time plant health and hydraulic monitoring and automation technology.

Rivulis, recognized for enhancing irrigation efficiency and boosting productivity across diverse farming environments, will integrate its cloud-based precision irrigation subsidiary, Manna, into Phytech. Phytech’s data driven approach, initially focused on aiding agronomic decision-making through real-time plant/tree health monitoring, has gradually expanded into real time hydraulic monitoring and automation of grower’s irrigation and fertigation infrastructure, providing farmers with a comprehensive view of their entire irrigation and fertigation system and further improving efficiency and sustainability.

This integration enables farmers to optimize plant performance and resource usage with unprecedented accuracy and simplicity, setting a new standard in the ag-tech sector. By merging Phytech’s detailed, sensor-based field data with Manna’s spatial remote sensing capabilities, farmers will gain unparalleled monitoring and insights into their crops, irrigation systems, and fields, alongside actionable irrigation recommendations and closed-loop system automation. The integration of Manna into Phytech also includes the Jain Logic and Observant offerings in the USA and Australia, respectively.

This strategic alliance also solidifies Rivulis’ role as a shareholder in Phytech and expands the reach of Phytech’s advanced solutions across Rivulis’ extensive global retail network and turnkey project channels, aiming to accelerate global agriculture technology adoption. Phytech’s technology can also enable irrigation dealers to enrich their service to growers with a data driven proactive approach. Rivulis will continue to offer additional solutions such as ReelView, the free, cloud-based crop and field monitoring application, in conjunction with its products.

Rivulis’ CEO, Richard Klapholz, stated, “This partnership marks a pivotal moment for us at Rivulis as we join forces with Phytech to drive unprecedented advancements in agricultural technology. The integration of ReelView and Manna within Phytech enables a seamless digital journey for farmers, providing a tiered approach for farmers to integrate increasingly sophisticated ag-tech capabilities into their operations. Together, we are setting new standards for efficiency and sustainability in farming practices worldwide.”

Phytech’s CEO, Oren Kind remarked, “Our initial success in encouraging growers to adopt technology stemmed from addressing real needs, such as alleviating the loneliness of agronomic decision-making and enabling growers a real-time problem detection in their hydraulic systems. To make this initial success affect agriculture on a global scale requires us to partner with world leaders. Being chosen by Rivulis, one of the global leaders in the irrigation world, as their technology partner, is a significant milestone that will accelerate our ability to scale globally, helping growers embark on a much-needed digital transformation toward more sustainable and efficient practices”.

Manna’s CEO Hoav Lapidot added, “Joining hands with Phytech allows us to expand our technological capabilities and reach. Our shared vision for a smarter, better way of farming is now significantly closer to widespread adoption.”

Rivulis will integrate its cloud-based precision irrigation

Agbiologicals, Agrotech, Drones, India, Industry Reports / Analysis, Sustainability

The shift towards sustainable farming is increasingly visible across the country with the adoption of modern technologies. The transition to sustainable farming is being facilitated with tools like remote sensors, crop nutrient management, farm management software, drones, predictive data analytics, bioengineering, and more. Technologies including agri-drones, blockchain technology, agri-biologicals, farm robotics, AI and IoT in farm management, and precision farming, are contributing to the growth of sustainable farming in India.

The global sustainable agriculture market is on a trajectory to reach over $31.35 billion by 2031, exhibiting a robust compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.17 per cent from 2023 to 2031. India has a major role in this transformative journey, where sustainable farming is emerging not just as a necessity but as an economically viable, socially supportive, and ecologically sound approach to crop cultivation. This transformation has been enabled over the past year by a synergy between government support, the complementary development of cutting-edge technologies by industry and a proactive push from the corporate sector.

To explore the milestones in the growth of the sustainable agriculture market in India, the theme of the AgroSpectrum cover story is ‘Sustainable Agriculture,’ which is consistent with the outline set by 14th Agrovision i.e. “Sustainable Farming through Skilling and Technology”. In our special Dec ’23 issue, AgroSpectrum delves deep into the realm of growing sustainable farming technologies through a series of analytical and informative articles on advancements in sustainable agriculture.

On November 6, the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW) in collaboration with Wadhwani Institute for Artificial Intelligence (Wadhwani AI) launched Krishi 24/7, the first-ever AI-powered solution for automated agricultural news monitoring and analysis, with support from Google.org. Krishi 24/7 will aid DA&FW to identify relevant news, generate timely alerts, and take prompt action to protect farmers’ interests and promote sustainable agricultural growth through improved decision-making.

The introduction of Krishi 24/7 addresses the need for an efficient mechanism to identify and manage agricultural news articles of interest to aid timely decision-making. The tool scans news articles in multiple languages and translates them into English. It extracts essential information from news articles, such as headline, crop name, event type, date, location, severity, summary, and source link, ensuring that the ministry receives timely updates on relevant events published on the web.

Wadhwani AI noted that it wants to build AI solutions for existing challenges where news monitoring and validation have been manual and time-consuming. A similar event tracking and analysis solution for disease outbreaks has been successfully deployed by the institute with the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). By collaborating with the DA&FW and other central government bodies, it is dedicated to equipping the farmers with effective tools that improve the information flow through enhanced data-driven decisions.

The government of India in the last couple of years has taken various measures to provide access to technology and information across the country, through various Digital Initiatives as information technologies are finding increasing use in the agricultural value system, and farmers are increasingly becoming more informed. The aim of these measures is to achieve a doubling of farmers’ income in real terms. Keeping this in mind, the government has constituted an Inter-Ministerial Committee in 2019, which, inter-alia, appreciated the role of Digital Technology, in modernising and organising how rural India performs its agricultural activities in a sustainable way. The technologies include Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data Analytics, Blockchain Technology, Internet of Things (IoT) etc. Using modern/advanced technologies and AI and giving accurate and timely information regarding crops, weather and insects etc. to the farmers may improve the crop productivity, reduce the risk and improve the income of farmers.

The shift towards sustainable farming is increasingly visible across the country with the adoption of modern technologies. The transition to sustainable farming is being facilitated with tools like remote sensors, crop nutrient management, farm management software, drones, predictive data analytics, bioengineering, and more. Technologies including agri-drones, blockchain technology, agri-biologicals, farm robotics, AI and IoT in farm management, and precision farming, are contributing to the growth of sustainable farming in India. Notable examples include Sikkim, achieving 100 per cent organic farming, and Andhra Pradesh’s ambitious goal to move to 100 per cent zero-budget natural farming by 2027.

The Indian corporate sector too has shown a growing commitment to building a future of sustainable agriculture. They have begun to focus on driving innovations in crop protection, post-harvest solutions, soil health improvement and planning simulations to identify and address farmers’ critical challenges. These corporate endeavours aim to provide a comprehensive solution platform to farmers, enhancing their resilience against climate risks and ensuring maximum farm yields at affordable costs. The industry’s partnership with farmers has helped them increase their yields and annual incomes.

To read more click on: https://agrospectrumindia.com/e-magazine

The shift towards sustainable farming is increasingly

Agrotech, Company News, India, Start ups, Sustainability

It aims to collaborate in developing standards for crops such as cereals, pulses, and oilseeds that are important for the nation.

Chennai based Samunnati Agro Solutions Private Limited, one of the prominent agri enterprises in India, joins hands with Germany-based GLOBALG.A.P., the leading body for setting global standards for agricultural produce particularly, on food safety and quality. Samunnati and GLOBALG.A.P. together aim to collaborate in developing standards for crops such as cereals, pulses, and oilseeds that are important for the nation.

The GLOBALG.A.P. protocols are used as benchmarks for enabling international trade in agri commodities and are widely used by many of the biggest companies involved in cross-border trading of agricultural produce. By joining the GLOBALG.A. P network as an Associate Community Member, Samunnati is keen to support development of standards for major staples such as cereals, pulses, and oilseeds, which are cultivated in large scale by hundreds of millions of farmers and are locally relevant

This is in sync with Samunnati’s priorities to unlock the trillion-dollar plus potential of Indian agriculture through working with diverse stakeholders like FPOs, farmers, agribusiness companies, experts, and other ecosystem players. GLOBALG.A.P. will bring its global expertise in developing standards that are locally adaptable by the farmers especially, smallholders.

Anil Kumar S G, Founder & CEO, Samunnati, said, “By leveraging mutual synergies, Samunnati and GLOBALG.A.P. are keen to ensure adequate production of safe, nutritious, and good quality food both for the domestic consumers and export markets. By adopting GLOBALG.A.P. protocols, our homegrown food can comply with the global standards and will be able to access newer global markets. These protocols also help in enhancing productivity and improved resource use efficiency contributing towards sustainability. Here, FPOs can certainly play a big role in encouraging their member farmers to adopt the standards, which will help the farmer collectives explore remunerative markets including exports, through which value realization for the farmers is enhanced. Samunnati will explore all these opportunities keeping the smallholder farmers at the center.”

It aims to collaborate in developing standards