Landscape Review: Innovation Gaps in India’s Agritech Startup Ecosystem
The agritech sector in India is thriving but agrarian distress is still pronounced; clearly, there are gaps that must be bridged to ensure that the livelihoods of farmers who are most vulnerable can be addressed, while simultaneously prioritising environmental outcomes in a climate changing world. Through this landscape review, we sought to take a closer look at a sample of agritech startups to identify some of the areas that have been overlooked.
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Acknowledgements
The author conducted this work when they were with the Centre for Social and Environmental Innovation at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (CSEI-ATREE). WELL Labs is now taking it forward in collaboration with ATREE.
We are grateful to Villgro, Accel and Upaya Social Ventures for sharing insights from their experience with incubating agritech startups. This project was undertaken by CSEI-ATREE with funding from the Patrick J. McGovern foundation.
Cover Photo: Lakshmi Pranuti
Technical Review: Milind Bunyan
Visualisation: Sarayu Neelakantan and Srilakshmi Vishwanathan
Editorial Review: Kaavya Kumar
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