Plantix: AgriTech start-up for helping Indian farmers to fight against crop diseases
Plantix, was founded in 2015 by the seven founders Alexander Kennepohl, Charlotte Schumann, Simone Strey, Pierre Munzel, Robert Strey, Bianca Kummer and Korbinian Hartberger. In 2016, Plantix participated in the Merck Accelerator program and subsequently raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Atlantic Labs and other investors. It also won the prestigious CEBIT innovation award and the World Summit Award by the UN. Their journey in India began together with International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), which has its global headquarter in Hyderabad. They rolled out Plantix, a free Smartphone App for farmers in South India, and adapted it continuously to the other regions of the country.
Plantix, was founded in 2015 by the seven founders Alexander Kennepohl, Charlotte Schumann, Simone Strey, Pierre Munzel, Robert Strey, Bianca Kummer and Korbinian Hartberger. In 2016, Plantix participated in the Merck Accelerator program and subsequently raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Atlantic Labs and other investors. It also won the prestigious CEBIT innovation award and the World Summit Award by the UN. Their journey in India began together with International Crop Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), which has its global headquarter in Hyderabad. They rolled out Plantix, a free Smartphone App for farmers in South India, and adapted it continuously to the other regions of the country.
Plantix helps in the recognition of plant diseases
The App provides automatic image recognition for plant diseases and is able to identify about 400 damages on 60 different crops. The utilization of the app is very easy: the farmer needs to download the App, then take a photo of the crop with their smartphone and the software identifies the problem. Plantix then gives recommendations and support to find the right product if a disease is detected. The app empowers farmers to make informed decisions on their disease management – improving the crop yield and the number of pesticides used. It is a B2C app that is available 24X7. The App also offers several other features like facilitating exchange within the agricultural community, crop advisory, and post-harvest information.
Journey of Plantix In India
The Plantix app has 25 million downloads in India, and more than 10 million use the App on an annual basis. The App is available in 18 different languages out of which 10 are regional Indian languages such as Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and Marathi, among others. According to Co-Founder Bianca Kummer “Plantix focuses on a progressive approach to solve agricultural and environmental issues and addressing them with cutting-edge technology”.
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