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An AgriNext Startup store was held astatine Kottayam connected Thursday arsenic portion of the Kerala Climate Resilient Agri-Value Chain Modernisation (KERA) task implemented by the Department of Agriculture with World Bank assistance.
An authoritative connection said the store was aimed astatine identifying the existent challenges faced by farmers, documenting them successful a unified integer repository, and enabling existing startups to make technology-driven solutions to code these issues. This repository is being created successful a mode that volition service arsenic foundational information for entrepreneurs and researchers to plan innovative ideas and technological solutions successful the future. The postulation volition beryllium developed nether the Agri-Tech Startup vertical of the KERA project.
Farmers who participated successful the store highlighted respective cardinal challenges, ranging from chaotic carnal attacks to retention issues, harvest processing and worth summation etc. Startups person been invited to taxable innovative solution proposals aligned with the shortlisted occupation statements that emerged during the discussions. Promising ideas volition beryllium technically refined and supported with backing done the Kerala Startup Mission nether the KERA project.
The programme was held nether the chairmanship of KERA Regional Project Director Sahid Muhammed, and was inaugurated by District Agriculture Officer C. Jo Jose.
