#india

Apr 2, 2026EN

in progress

Carbonify

Building biochar-based biological agri-input products for Indian farms — adding stable carbon to soil, restoring soil biology, and improving climate resilience for smallholder farmers.

Problem

Indian smallholder farms face declining soil organic matter, rising input costs, and increasing climate stress — while conventional agri-inputs do little to restore the soil biology that underpins long-term land productivity.

Outcome

Developing advanced biochar-based biological agri-inputs that add stable carbon to soil, support beneficial microbiology, and improve drought resilience — being trialed on family farms in collaboration with a cousin.

Apr 2, 2026EN

in progress

Maati AI

A WhatsApp-first AI assistant for Indian farmers — answering questions on fertilizers, mandi prices, weather, and crop health in their own language, where they already are.

Problem

India's 150 million smallholder farmers lack timely, personalized agronomic advice in their own language. Extension services are thinly spread, most agri-apps assume smartphone literacy and English, and mandi price information passes through layers of middlemen.

Outcome

A WhatsApp-native AI assistant that speaks the farmer's language, gives real-time answers on crops, inputs, market prices, and weather — meeting farmers on the platform they already use every day.