JUNE 20186siliconindia | | November 2015123siliconindiaWith Industry 4.0 promising to introduce all things smart for India, next-gen technology is expected to drive key sectors of the economy. One of these areas, analyzed by experts, is agriculture. This trend is evident when we consider the number of Agritech startups that have mushroomed over the last five years. With Government backed policies and strong engagement of the industry and institutions, agriculture is rapidly evolving into agribusiness in terms of approach and structure. While most developed economies have worked towards mechanizing farming methodologies and decreasing the dependency of the farmers for good rains through improved planning, Indian farmers still struggle with traditional farming methodologies. However, over the past one decade the agri-space has been flocked with a stream of aspiring entrepreneurs and young industrialists who are fired by innovative ideas to drive in newer kind of technologies and business models to lift the face of Indian Agriculture from primitive one to hi-tech. The budding ventures are not just providing efficient technologies, products and services to the farmers, but are also aiding the consumers on the other hand. Thus, in this edition of Startupcity magazine we have featured a list of '10 Best Agritech Startups ­ 2018'. This carefully crafted list comprises of young firms that have adopted innovative technological solutions to cater the problems afflicting the agriculture sector. We have also illustrated the success stories of such young firms which are going an extra mile to cater not just the agri-space but whose young farm-tech enterprises are breathing a new life into a traditional sector. Hope the list helps you in your future endeavors and we achieve our mission.Your ideas are always welcome!Deepshikha SinghSpecial EditorAgri-Tech Startups ­ The Changing Face of Indian AgricultureEDITOR'S NOTE Vol 3 · Issue 12-2 · June 01, 2018 Publisher Alok Chaturvedi Special Editor Deepshikha Singh Editorial Team Amit Raja Naik Chandrika P Patra Lesly Joseph Susma Manjuri Sales & Marketing Shashi Ranjan Abinas Patnaik Prangya Tripathy Ravi Kalgi Editorial Queries editor@startupcity.com To subscribe Visit www.siliconindiamagazine.com/subscribe Cover price is Rs. 150 per issue.Printed and Published By Alok Chaturvedi on behalf of Siliconmedia Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published At No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Editor Alok ChaturvediCopyright © 2018 SiliconMedia Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.sales@startupcity.comGroup Art Director Ashok KumarCirculation Manager Magendran PerumalVisualisers S Sivasankar Suanya VP- Sales & Marketing Virupakshi Pattar
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