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Ode to my Mother:

My mother is the reason I am in existence and she is the single most reason for whatever little I have done in my life. We have been farmers for thousands of years probably. I don’t not have access to any information beyond the names going up to my great grand father. The family went…

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Building Sustainable Agri-Food Ecosystems Insights from Dr. Kamble & Mr. Lele

A privilege to meet two remarkable professionals shaping India’s food and agribusiness ecosystem — Dr. Umesh Kamble and Mr. Nilesh Lele — during my recent visit to Mumbai. Both are partners, collaborating across multiple entrepreneurial ecosystem ventures. 🔹 Dr. Umesh Kamble — a seasoned food science technocrat with 20+ years of expertise in regulatory, safety,…

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BoreCharger Scaling Sustainable Water Solutions for Rural India – Rahul Bakare & Vinit Phadnis

Rahul Bakare and Vinit Phadnis from Urdhvam Environmental Technologies (BoreCharger) are doing something truly remarkable. Both come from farming families, and they’ve developed groundbreaking technology to address one of India’s most pressing challenges — the water crisis. Their patented BoreCharger can literally bring dry borewells back to life. Imagine farmers who once managed to pump…

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Scanit Revolutionizes Agriculture with Early Pathogen Detection: Transforming Crop Health in India and Beyond

Scanit, founded by founded by Pete Manautou and Jaydeep Rane, exemplifies innovation in agricultural technology by addressing a critical gap in disease detection. As a global ag-tech startup, it has developed the multi-patented SporeCam, which provides early disease-detection-as-a-service by capturing the most elusive datapoint for crop disease forecasts: real-time, hyperlocal pathogen presence, completing the disease…

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