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Chandigarh-based startup Pioneer Agritech Solutions Private Limited  partnered with Samagra Shiksha Himachal to conduct ...
25/02/2026

Chandigarh-based startup Pioneer Agritech Solutions Private Limited partnered with Samagra Shiksha Himachal to conduct a comprehensive agritech training programme for Class 12 students from government schools across Himachal Pradesh.

Led by Managing Director Ambrish Arora, a team of agronomists and senior professionals delivered sessions on hydroponics, polyhouse cultivation, and sustainable farming techniques. The programme combined classroom instruction with on-site practical exposure, offering students hands-on experience in modern agricultural systems.

Ambrish Arora said the initiative marks a way of giving back to youth following the company’s 10-year milestone in 2025, adding that the programme supports the Himachal Pradesh government’s efforts to introduce students to innovative farming practices and inspire future agricultural leaders.

Rajesh Sharma, IFS, Director of Samagra Shiksha Himachal Pradesh, emphasized the importance of skill development in strengthening youth participation in national growth, noting that India’s demographic advantage depends on equipping young people with relevant capabilities.

The workshop drew participation from students across 10 districts, including Bilaspur, Chamba, Kangra, Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, Solan, and Una. Dignitaries including former Himachal Pradesh DGP Sanjay Kundu, IPS (Retired) and former IAS officer Vivek Atray addressed the students, alongside former NABARD CGM Dinesh Kapila, who attended as guest of honour.

Anshuman Arora, Director of Marketing and Expansion at Pioneer Agritech Solutions, said the initiative aligns with the company’s mission to promote sustainable agriculture while empowering young minds with exposure to emerging agritech opportunities.

The programme reflects a growing effort to introduce agritech concepts at the school level, positioning agriculture as a technology-enabled career pathway for rural youth.

Read full story: https://agrotech.space/2026/02/24/samagra-pioneer-agritech-600-hp-students/

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The National Council for Cooperative Training (NCCT) and AVPL INTERNATIONAL have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to...
25/02/2026

The National Council for Cooperative Training (NCCT) and AVPL INTERNATIONAL have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to operationalise drone-based skilling and technology deployment across Primary Agricultural Credit Societies (PACS), with facilitation from the Ministry of Cooperation.

Aligned with the government’s “Sahkar Se Samriddhi” vision, the partnership aims to help PACS transition from traditional credit delivery to technology-enabled, income-generating rural service models. The framework includes DGCA-aligned certified Remote Pilot Training, drone allocation, technical handholding, and the development of Drone-as-a-Service entrepreneurship pathways within cooperatives.

AVPL International will deliver certified training programmes covering drone operations, safety compliance, aerial spraying, crop monitoring, mapping, and maintenance. With Directorate General of Civil Aviation-recognised certification, trainees will be eligible for commercial drone operations, enabling PACS members to establish service-led micro-enterprises at the village level.

The initiative comes as PACS expand into 54 newly assigned business activities under government reforms. With over 63,000 PACS forming the backbone of India’s cooperative credit system, drone-based agricultural services are being positioned as a practical avenue for precision spraying, crop analytics, and rural service diversification.

NCCT, as the apex cooperative training body, will integrate drone skilling into its nationwide institutional network, while AVPL brings DGCA-approved training infrastructure and experience in agricultural unmanned aerial systems. Together, the collaboration aims to build grassroots capacity, generate rural employment, and modernise cooperative institutions within India’s increasingly digital agricultural economy.

Read full story: https://agrotech.space/2026/02/24/ncct-avpl-drone-training-63k-pacs/

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International greenhouse specialist Dalsem - Complete Greenhouse Projects has partnered with Harvest Singularity to deve...
25/02/2026

International greenhouse specialist Dalsem - Complete Greenhouse Projects has partnered with Harvest Singularity to develop a three-hectare high-tech lettuce greenhouse in Newberry, Florida.

Designed for Florida’s warm and humid climate, the facility will incorporate advanced cooling systems, LED grow lighting, Dalsem Air Technology 2.0, and a mobile NFT (Nutrient Film Technique) gutter system to enable year-round production. Once operational, the greenhouse is expected to supply the U.S. market with fresh, locally grown, pesticide-free lettuce. Construction is scheduled to begin in May 2026 and represents the first phase of a long-term strategic collaboration between the two companies.

Charles A. Garza, CEO of Harvest Singularity, said the partnership marks a step toward scalable local food production, adding that Dalsem’s design expertise and project management capabilities are central to delivering the company’s operational ambitions.

The project brings together multiple industry partners to support an integrated production chain. American Hydroponics will supply the NFT growing system, JASA Packaging Solutions will develop the packaging line, and TTA-ISO will provide automated transplanters and harvesting equipment.

Frank van der Gelt, CEO of Dalsem, said the project reflects close collaboration and the application of Dutch greenhouse technology designed and manufactured in-house, with a focus on quality and system integration.

The Newberry greenhouse is positioned as the foundation for a broader rollout of high-tech greenhouse projects aimed at strengthening year-round, locally produced lettuce supply in the United States.

Read full story: https://agrotech.space/2026/02/24/dalsem-3-ha-high-tech-greenhouse/

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The Government of Maharashtra (GoM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Wageningen University & Research...
25/02/2026

The Government of Maharashtra (GoM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Wageningen University & Research to collaborate on applying artificial intelligence and digital technologies across the state’s agriculture sector.

The agreement, signed at the AI 4 Agri 2026 summit at Bandra Kurla Complex in the presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, outlines cooperation in AI-enabled plant breeding, digital phenotyping, seed development, institutional capacity building, and crop-specific pilot projects. The partnership also includes skill development initiatives and expanded research linkages with national and international partners.

Arun Pratihast, Senior Researcher at Wageningen University & Research, said the collaboration is structured around five pillars: AI and digital phenotyping, digital breeding, crop-focused pilot projects, knowledge exchange, and international learning. He noted that implementation will begin after consultations with the state government to identify priority crops and regional needs.

Pratihast explained that sensor-based systems would be used to monitor parameters such as leaf development and crop growth, generating localized datasets to refine AI models suited to Maharashtra’s agro-climatic diversity. He emphasized that state agricultural universities will play a central role in providing contextual knowledge and field-level data required to recalibrate European-developed AI models for Indian conditions.

The MoU aligns with Maharashtra’s MahaAgri-AI Policy (2025–2029), backed by an initial ₹500 crore outlay to strengthen digital infrastructure and AI deployment across regions including Vidarbha, Marathwada, and Western Maharashtra. Together, the policy and partnership signal an effort to embed AI within institutional research and governance frameworks rather than limit its use to isolated pilots.

Read full story: https://agrotech.space/2026/02/24/maharashtra-wageningen-mou-ai-agri/

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AgriFoodTech venture capital firm The Yield Lab LATAM has announced an investment in IncluirTec, an Agri-Fintech-as-a-Se...
25/02/2026

AgriFoodTech venture capital firm The Yield Lab LATAM has announced an investment in IncluirTec, an Agri-Fintech-as-a-Service platform focused on expanding financial access for smallholder farmers across rural Latin America.

The investment will support IncluirTec’s efforts to help financial institutions strengthen rural lending through digital tools, agronomic intelligence, and alternative risk assessment models. The company’s platform reportedly reduces loan processing timelines from around 25 days to three days or less and maintains a 97% on-time repayment rate across a $200 million portfolio.

ANGÉLICA ACOSTA QUIROGA, Co-founder and CEO of IncluirTec, said the investment accelerates the company’s mission to transform agricultural finance by combining advanced technology with agronomic expertise to expand credit access, strengthen food security, and build climate resilience across rural communities.

Operating in four countries and partnering with 18 financial institutions, IncluirTec has processed more than 35,000 loan applications across 556 municipalities in Colombia, with approximately 30% of applicants representing women-led rural enterprises. Its proprietary alternative scoring model evaluates productive capacity, economic behavior, and open-data signals beyond traditional credit scoring frameworks.

Santiago Murtagh, Managing Partner at The Yield Lab Latam, said the company’s strong repayment performance demonstrates how technology-driven risk models can unlock scalable and sustainable agricultural finance in underserved sectors.

As IncluirTec expands across the region, its long-term impact will likely depend on adapting its digital credit model to varying regulatory systems, agricultural structures, and climate risk profiles across Latin America.

Read full story: https://agrotech.space/2026/02/24/lab-latam-incluirtec-smallholder-credit/

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Dutch agritech company Source.ag has introduced Approximated PAR Sum, a data-reconstruction feature for high-tech greenh...
24/02/2026

Dutch agritech company Source.ag has introduced Approximated PAR Sum, a data-reconstruction feature for high-tech greenhouses that estimates Photosynthetically Active Radiation (PAR) without dedicated PAR sensors.

The tool calculates daily usable light totals (mol/m²) using existing greenhouse data inputs, including solar radiation readings, glazing transmission factors, screen positions, and artificial lighting output. PAR refers to the 400–700 nanometer wavelength range used by plants for photosynthesis, unlike total solar radiation measurements that include non-photosynthetically active wavelengths.

Leonard Baart de la Faille, Lead R&D Engineer at Source.ag, said the feature converts existing greenhouse data into actionable growing insights, reducing reliance on physical sensors while enhancing modeling accuracy to help growers optimize for photosynthesis rather than simply tracking weather metrics.

The system reconstructs canopy-level light conditions through five-minute interval calculations, integrating structural transmission losses, shade screen settings, and HPS or LED lighting outputs. It also includes sensor health diagnostics and can serve as a validation layer for greenhouses that already operate PAR sensors, identifying discrepancies caused by dust, shading, or calibration drift.

By aligning natural and artificial lighting into a unified biological metric, the feature reflects a broader shift toward software-led crop modeling in controlled-environment agriculture, where standardized data inputs are increasingly central to yield forecasting, crop steering, and energy optimization.

Read full story: https://agrotech.space/2026/02/24/source-ag-par-sum-sensor-free-tool/

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India-based agritech platform Nkosh has launched Nkosh Kisaan AI, a smart agriculture assistant designed to deliver fiel...
24/02/2026

India-based agritech platform Nkosh has launched Nkosh Kisaan AI, a smart agriculture assistant designed to deliver field-ready, practical guidance to farmers across crops and regions. The platform provides multilingual advisory services in Hindi, English, and 11 regional languages, aiming to remove language barriers in accessing localized farm recommendations.

Built as an end-to-end crop support system, Nkosh Kisaan AI covers the cultivation lifecycle from sowing to harvesting. It offers fertilizer and pesticide guidance specifying input type, timing, and dosage, alongside pest and disease identification with actionable remedies. The system also integrates daily mandi price insights and seasonal crop planning tools to help farmers align production with market demand.

Delivered through the Nkosh Farmer App, the platform supports diverse farming contexts including field crops, horticulture, floriculture, dairy-linked operations, and rooftop farming. According to the company, the system has been refined through field testing and farmer feedback, and is structured to adapt to different agro-climatic zones across India.

Nkosh said upcoming features will include WhatsApp-based chat support, voice and call access, AI-powered camera crop detection, soil testing integration, and on-demand agronomist consultation to enhance real-time advisory responsiveness.

Positioned within Nkosh’s broader 'PHYGITAL' marketplace model, the platform combines digital advisory with agricultural input transactions, aiming to support data-driven decisions, optimize input costs, and improve farm-level profitability across India.

Read full story: https://agrotech.space/2026/02/24/nkosh-launch-kisaan-ai-farming-guidance/

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New Delhi-based sovereign enterprise AI platform Proximal Cloud has partnered with FarmX to enable large-scale, producti...
24/02/2026

New Delhi-based sovereign enterprise AI platform Proximal Cloud has partnered with FarmX to enable large-scale, production-grade AI deployments across distributed farming operations. The collaboration was announced at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 and integrates Proximal Cloud’s secure enterprise infrastructure with FarmX’s intelligent agriculture platform to support real-time, data-driven decision-making.

The partnership addresses a persistent challenge in agritech: moving AI from pilot projects to full production. Agricultural enterprises often struggle with fragmented data systems spanning satellite imagery, IoT sensors, weather feeds, and operational records. By consolidating these pipelines within a unified cloud infrastructure, the companies aim to provide a stable ex*****on layer for AI workloads across geographically dispersed estates.

Renu Raman, CEO and Founder of Proximal Cloud, said large-scale agriculture is becoming increasingly data-intensive and distributed, adding that enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure is essential to support real-world AI systems reliably at scale.

Premal Ashar, COO of FarmX, noted that many agri-AI solutions stall due to infrastructure fragmentation, and said the collaboration strengthens the operational backbone of FarmX’s platform, enabling more interoperable and economically sustainable deployments.

The companies presented reference architectures and live workflows at the summit, outlining a roadmap to expand enterprise and institutional adoption over the coming year as AI in agriculture shifts from experimentation toward production-grade systems.

Read full story: https://agrotech.space/2026/02/23/proximal-cloud-farmx-partner-ai-for-agri/

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Following a meeting between Dick Schoof and Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Marion Va...
24/02/2026

Following a meeting between Dick Schoof and Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, Marion Van Schaik, Agricultural Counsellor for India at the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, outlined how bilateral cooperation in artificial intelligence could help reshape agricultural systems and farmer livelihoods.

Speaking during AI 4 Agri 2026, van Schaik said the partnership aims to move beyond conventional approaches by integrating satellite imagery with on-ground field data to predict plant diseases, improve productivity, and reduce input costs. She noted that although AI has been used in agriculture for years, its scale and application are now set to expand significantly.

Marion van Schaik said research institutions such as Wageningen University & Research will focus on developing climate-resilient crop varieties, with AI accelerating breeding and adaptation processes.

She added that AI-driven systems can strengthen sustainability through more targeted pesticide use and improved input efficiency. Beyond farm-level interventions, she said integrating AI into logistics and price discovery systems could connect rural producers more directly with markets, helping align supply with demand and potentially improving farmer incomes.

Van Schaik emphasized that the collaboration reflects a gradual shift from isolated agritech pilots toward coordinated, institution-backed digital agriculture initiatives spanning crop monitoring, input management, logistics, and market access.

The success of the partnership, she indicated, will depend on how effectively research insights translate into field-level adoption and measurable income gains for farmers.

Read full story: https://agrotech.space/2026/02/23/agri-van-schaik-ai-indo-dutch-agritech/

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Texas-based energy management company KULR Technology Group, Inc (NYSE: KULR) Group has entered into a joint development...
24/02/2026

Texas-based energy management company KULR Technology Group, Inc (NYSE: KULR) Group has entered into a joint development collaboration with agricultural drone manufacturer Hylio to advance NDAA-compliant battery systems for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) serving agricultural and defense-adjacent markets.

Under the agreement, both companies will design, prototype, qualify, and domestically manufacture high-reliability energy storage systems in Texas. The initiative focuses on strengthening US-based supply chains while meeting federal procurement and certification requirements increasingly shaping government and critical infrastructure deployments.

Michael Mo, CEO of KULR Technology Group, said domestic, NDAA-compliant energy storage is becoming a foundational requirement for advanced unmanned systems, adding that the collaboration reflects a shared commitment to U.S.-based design and manufacturing to support customers seeking high-reliability battery solutions built in Texas.

Arthur Erickson, CEO of Hylio, stated that partnering with KULR strengthens the company’s supply chain and enhances performance capabilities, while aligning with growing demand for American-made, NDAA-compliant drone platforms across agriculture and public-sector markets.

The companies will evaluate multiple battery chemistries and pack configurations to support both current and next-generation platforms. As regulatory scrutiny intensifies and the agricultural drone market expands, energy reliability and supply-chain compliance are emerging as critical differentiators in the UAS sector.

Read full story: https://agrotech.space/2026/02/23/kulr-hylio-agricultural-drone-batteries/

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Canadian agritech startup Upside Robotics has raised $7.5 million in seed funding to scale its autonomous fertilizer app...
20/02/2026

Canadian agritech startup Upside Robotics has raised $7.5 million in seed funding to scale its autonomous fertilizer application systems. The round was led by Plural, with participation from Garage Capital and the founders of Clearpath Robotics, following an earlier pre-seed round backed by ANIMO Ventures, Moxxie Ventures, Entrepreneurs First, and others.

Upside Robotics replaces early-season bulk nitrogen application with lightweight autonomous robots that apply fertilizer during the growing season based on crop needs. The system combines autonomous navigation with data-driven decision tools to reduce input waste while maintaining yields.

Jana Tian, Co-founder and CEO of Upside Robotics, said the company translates agronomic knowledge into real-time autonomous crop care across each acre, aiming to reduce fertilizer waste and ease decision pressure for farmers.

The company plans to operate on more than 3,000 acres across Ontario and the United States in 2026, with early customers reporting potential savings of up to $150 per acre and fertilizer use reductions of up to 70%.

Sam Dugan, Co-founder and CTO, said the system has logged over 10,000 autonomous kilometers and applied more than 100,000 liters of fertilizer across more than 1,300 acres, reflecting field-based validation.

Carina Namih, Partner at Plural, noted strong early customer engagement, while Matt Rendall, co-founder of Clearpath Robotics, described Upside Robotics as an agronomy-led company using robotics to address fertilizer inefficiency.

As nutrient costs and environmental pressures intensify, Upside Robotics’ expansion into the U.S. Corn Belt will test whether autonomous, in-season fertilizer delivery can move from pilot scale to routine commercial adoption.

Read full story: https://agrotech.space/2026/02/13/upside-robotics-autonomous-fertilizer/

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Netherlands-based agritech and food retail company LocalDutch has introduced a new ‘LocalDutch Shop’ model that integrat...
20/02/2026

Netherlands-based agritech and food retail company LocalDutch has introduced a new ‘LocalDutch Shop’ model that integrates controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) with retail and local delivery operations. The concept combines food production, in-store sales, and community-supported agriculture (CSA) memberships within a single location, supported by automated climate-control systems and centralized software.

The company said the model is designed to reduce reliance on specialized greenhouse expertise by automating climate management through AI-enabled and cloud-based tools. Expansion plans include the United States, the Caribbean, and Africa.

Arne Spliet, Co-founder of LocalDutch, said the company is applying Dutch greenhouse technology in a scalable format, automating climate processes to ensure consistent local production in markets where skilled greenhouse specialists are limited.

LocalDutch develops standardized Urban Farm Shops that embed greenhouse production directly within urban and suburban communities, aiming to shorten supply chains and reduce dependency on imported produce. The system collects and compares operational data across sites to refine performance and maintain consistency over time.

Headquartered in The Hague with additional operations in the United States, LocalDutch is positioning its model as a replicable, technology-managed local food infrastructure approach. If expansion proceeds as planned, it could test whether compact, standardized urban farm-retail formats can operate sustainably while delivering measurable economic and environmental outcomes.

Read full story: https://agrotech.space/2026/02/13/localdutch-cea-retail-infra-model/

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