· Farm ERP is an Agritech Platform
· FarmERP is AI & IOT based agriculture platform an serves agribusinesses with mid- to large-sized farms of between 1,000 and 100,000 hectares
Sanjay Borkar is the CEO & Co-Founder, FarmERP and FarmERP works towards the Sustainable Development Goals provided by the UN, of Zero Hunger and Climate Change.
Recently Sanjay has aired his views on upcomming budget on Agritech industry that holds high expectations for significant advancements in new-age technologies and the integration of sustainability within agriculture.
Sanjay Borkar’s view on upcomming budget holds a significant importance as has been working towards the digitization of Agriculture since 1996 and is passionate in his mission to transform Agriculture, Biotechnology and the Food industry through innovative and smart IT platforms.
As per him ‘Enhanced funding for technology adoption is critical, with increased investments in AI, machine learning, and blockchain needed to revolutionize farming practices, enhance productivity, and ensure sustainable growth. Tax incentives and subsidies for Agritech startups will accelerate innovation and attract young entrepreneurs to the sector’.
Sanjay along with his friend Santosh Shinde have developed this technology platform that can help in massive savings, in terms of time, resources and money for businesses.
About the Founder’s
Sanjay holds an Engineering degree in Computer Science from the University of Pune (India). His focus areas are Sustainability, Climate resilience, Traceability and Food safety.
Sanjay hails from an agricultural background and is aware of the problems the farming community faces on a daily basis, that is the reason that the founders of the organisation are both extremely keen on serving this sector.
Farm ERP serves companies, FPO’s and FPC’s, funding agencies, trade bodies, research and development agencies, financial institutions, Corporates, and Government bodies as well.
Both founders, Sanjay and Santosh, come from farming families and have proved that technology can make farming inevitable and profitable, just like any other business. Established in 2001, FarmERP aims at the technology-intensive transformation of agriculture and agribusiness.
Technology armed Agri platform
(AI & IoT) – FarmERP serves agribusinesses with mid- to large-sized farms of between 1,000 and 100,000 hectares.
The platform helps businesses form elements of strategies for procurement, processing, supply chain, financial management and data-driven analytics. From grower reporting and farm mapping to inventory supervision and quality control (cleaning, grading, packing) to food traceability and exports.
The software is an intelligent and next-generation farm management platform in the Agri industry. Also the software is in sync and ready a wide range of entities and stakeholders for the future.
By leveraging the power of new-age technologies where end to end end-to-end smart farming and Data-driven Farming solution are provided by FarmERP.
How the software helps stakeholders
Its configurable and future-ready software platform helps stakeholders to practice Digital Agriculture 4.0 to achieve profitable and sustainable agribusiness.
The software comprises 23 modules and 600+ screens that service 12+industry verticals. It services sub-industries in the agriculture sector, such as plantation farming, contract farming, bio-technology companies, research and development organisations, and government institutions.
With a strong R&D and professional Agri-ICT expertise of 16+ years gained from hundreds of successful implementations and a strong focus on the future.
FarmERP has become a key player in this space through their smart and innovative technology offerings – FarmERP and FarmGYAN.
Unique offerings from the Agritech platform
- Climate Smart Advisory using AI, IoT Device integration
- QR based access control across business processes.
- The company aims to help stakeholders in the agriculture industry improve yields, efficiency and profitability.
- Driven by the passion to build change – FarmERP focuses on 3Ps – Productivity, Profitability and predictability for businesses.
- The platform basically revolves around four crucial points: food safety, traceability, sustainability and climate resilience.
- These align with two of the United Nations Sustainable Development
- Goals: Zero Hunger & Climate Change.
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Achievements of Farm ERP
The company has to date, served farms in around 30+ countries, deploying its software across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. FarmERP is used across 120 crop varieties over 650,000 hectares of land and is available in multiple international languages.
The platform serves 1.3 million farmers directly or indirectly and assisted them in accomplishing higher productivity, revenues, viability, and traceability.
FarmERP aims to target 2 million acres in the next two years.
Funding
In December 2019, FarmERP raised an undisclosed amount in Series A from Singapore-based strategic investor Technogen. The company plans to use this funding to develop AI and ML-powered climate resilience intelligence.
This technology would help FarmERP to expand into newer regions as climate risks were one of the most common problems faced by stakeholders in Agritech.
