Introducing Agrograde, an agritech startup. Using the advanced AI optical sorter, the machine for segregating fresh produce, both fruits and vegetables. A one of kind solution for the agriculture value chain in India built to add transparency to the trade.
Almost 45% of all the globally produced fruits and vegetables are wasted every year. Annual fresh produce and food loss amounts to 1.6 billion tonnes worth approximately $1.2 Bn. Agrograde by Occipital Tech is working on reducing this by automating quality control and improving marketability of the produce.
AGROGRADE by occipital tech india
Agrograde app provides a quality overview of fresh fruits and vegetables. The app generates a quality report that helps users while negotiating with buyers. Using this report, farmers can directly community with the enterprises or buyers and sell their produce for a higher price. An added advantage of the using the app is to know what quality can be sold to which type of buyer to optimise returns.
Agrograde uses a combination of custom built computer vision and machine learning algorithms deployed on cloud for fast and accurate identification and classification of various parameters. Agrograde machine learning models are trained over a vast dataset which helps us provide accurate and reliable results for tomatoes. Their technology processes images of multiple samples within a few minutes thus helping users take faster data driven decisions.
Agrograde automates grading and sorting of fresh fruits and vegetables, including onions without damaging its skin. They are currently working on improving the marketability of onions while reducing the post harvest losses.
AGROGRADE’s BENEFIT FOR FARMERS
Agrograde app helps farmers get a quality overview of their harvested fruits and vegetables. This report comes handy while negotiating with buyers and also helps farmer determine who it should be marketed to. Using this technology farmers can directly communicate with the enterprises or buyers to communicate quality of their harvests. And added advantage of the using the app is to know what quality can be sold to which type of buyer to optimise returns.
AGROGRADE’s BENEFIT FOR ENTERPRISES
Agrotrade is helping several supply chain companies procure directly from farmers and track quality throughout the supply chain. This has deepened the trust between the suppliers and enterprises. Our products are used to determine the grade of a produce before buying from farmers. The quality of the produce is checked again during inward process at collection centers and post sorting to check the factors contributing to rejection. This info is then used to inform field executives to take necessary steps.
AGROGRADE’s BENEFIT FOR FARMER PRODUCER ORGANISATIONS (FPO)
Agrotrade helps Farmer Producer Organizations (FPO) to better market their produce to retailers & exporters based on its quality. We help them in keeping a track of incoming quality and take data driven decisions to maximize profits. Using our technology, FPOs also participate in inter-state trade and earn a higher return for their farmers
Learn more about Agrograde tech by Occipital Tech India here
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