Hello Rainmatter Team,
Fasal - Grow More, Grow Better™ (https://fasal.co/) is an IoT based AI-powered intelligence platform for horticulture crops. It captures real-time data on conditions from on-farm sensors to deliver farm-specific, crop-specific and crop-stage specific actionable recommendations to farmers via mobile phones in vernacular languages through Fasal App (iOS, Android, Tablet, and web).
India is the second largest fruits and vegetable producer in the world with a market size of 311.71 million tonnes, however, it is noted that Indian agriculture is still in the state of backwardness, the per capita productivity in agriculture is less and has lot of issues like excess of irrigation, lack of water for irrigation, many a times young farmers are not able to understand what pesticides and fertilizers to use and how much to use. Fasal has tapped into the $3.4 Bn precision agri and farm management market and built a world-class solution for core problems for horticulture farmers: guesswork in decision making, poor utilisation of resources and improper irrigation and management of diseases/pests. Problems pertaining to pruning, sowing, spraying, fertilization, irrigation, harvesting, crop sale and all other activities can be managed with the help of Fasal. We help farmers by directly addressing below mentioned areas:
- Get real-time alerts about crop, soil and weather conditions to make adjustments to reach optimal growth conditions.
- Manage precise irrigation for better crop yield and quality.
- Save crops from deadly pests and diseases by early prediction.
- Save input cost and enhance crop quality to get better market price.
- Track finances & input usage.
- Manage production & field activities.
- Have a detailed overview of farm inventory and weather conditions.
- Knowledge base of best-practice production processes for horticulture crops.
- Powerful reporting and analytics available with a single click.
- Daily, weekly and monthly finance reports to help you stay on top.
Our innovative solution is based on this simple idea i.e to remove guess work from farming. We offer solutions which help horticulture farmers make data-driven, logical decisions and shift farming to autopilot mode with the help of our devices that can be deployed on farms under five minutes, without any assistance from our team.
Fasal has launched FASAL WATER CREDIT ™ to encourage its farmers to save water and money with sustainable farming practices. Globally 70% of the total freshwater is used for agriculture. And in fact India leads the world in annual agriculture water withdrawals. India withdrew a total of 761 billion metre cube of water (latest data available in FAO, 2016a), out of which the agriculture water withdrawal was a staggering 688 billion metre cube. That’s about 90.4% water being consumed for agriculture in India. Farmers also over irrigate their crops which results in the decreased yield and loss of quality.
Right now, the irrigation is dependent upon the guesswork of the farmers. Soil may look dry on the top level but retains water at the root zone causing farmers to over irrigate. Fasal brings “optimal irrigation” in action by eliminating guesswork and using a “Data-Driven” approach, in result, leading to better quality and an increase in crop yield by upto 40%. Fasal IoT device provides numerous field-level parameters right in the palms 24x7x365; keeping an hourly track of the water tension at the primary rootzone and if the water level exceeds the predefined level, the system triggers action for farmers through the Fasal app.
Fasal is constantly innovating and building technology to help farmers make data driven and informed decisions. We are also working on crop health assessment using satellite imagery and remote sensing with the vision to bring visible and sustainable change to the ecosystem. We are also working devotedly towards sustainable development goals of India in agriculture like reducing the usage of non-renewable fuel sources, improvement in the soil health with less usage of fertilizers and the good health and well being of the consumers reducing the pesticide usage up to 60% and increase yield upto 40% to meet the zero hunger goal.
Thanks,
Krunal.