Technology Solutions for Agriculture Making Dreams Possible

DEE Mandala - Vision Use Controlled Environment Farming Techniques, Modern management methods to bring Indian Horticulture to Global Standards Demonstrate Sustainable and Viable Farming in a Indian context with optimal capital investment and Resource usage such as Soilless Cultivation, water, fertilizers Furthering Research in the area’s of Food processing Bio Fertilizers Bio Pesticides

What We Do India’s Leading CEA Practioner Full Life Cycle company from : Greenhouse Design to “Farm to Fork” solutions Pioneers in Soilless Agriculture and high efficiency water usage (WUE ) Holistic Approach to Chemical usage, Pest Management and High yield production Modern and Forward Looking outlook to Agriculture

Key Pain Areas in Farm to Fork Yield On an Average Indian Yields for almost all food production lags behind world averages Water India is one of the lowest per capita natural water resource Farm Gate to Fork Long supply chain with price escalations with low value addition Power Tyranny and undependability of Electric Power Quality of Production Too much low quality and low grade production Production Planning Excess planting or deficit planting resulting in huge price variance

Yield Yield On an Average Indian Yields for almost all food production lags behind world averages Solutions Controlled environment agriculture with ideal environment management Automated equipment for open field cultivation to improve plant environment Seed breeding for higher resilience and outcomes A February 2011 article in Science Illustrated states, “In commercial agriculture, CEA can increase efficiency, reduce pests and diseases, and save resources. … Replicating a conventional farm with computers, Technology is expensive but proves cost-efficient in the long run by producing up to 20 times as much high-end, pesticide-free produce as a similar-size plot of soil.

Yield – 2014 FAO Database Tropical Fruits Tomato Lentils Onion Potato Area Yield T/Ha French Guiana 20.9989 Kiribati 17.9074 Suriname 15.4478 Spain 14.781 Brazil 14.4881 India 11.3299 Area Yield T/Ha Netherlands 505.618 Belgium 498.6 United Kingdom 424.569 Ireland 379.5906 Iceland 379 India 21.2418 Area Yield T/Ha Croatia 2.8621 New Zealand 2.4692 Armenia 2.2632 China, mainland 2.0833 India 0.6111 Area Yield T/Ha Republic of Korea 66.4948 Austria 64.1078 United States of America 55.9495 Spain 54.6838 China, Taiwan Province of 54.1456 India 16.1201 Area Yield T/Ha Kuwait 67.5355 Belgium 54.0003 New Zealand 48.6742 France 47.9779 Germany 47.4154 India 22.9224 Given the fact that India has one of the largest Arable land, the impact can be tremendous

Water Water India is one of the lowest per capita natural water resource Solutions Recovery of Evapo-Transpiration water Automated water delivery systems superior to Drip Avoidance of diseases which are water borne

Water Use Efficiency Challenges 18% of Global population at 4% of Global water Resources Highest water table depletion as 50% of Agriculture uses underground water Good news - 80% of water usage in India is for agriculture…Technology & automation can play significant role in dynamic water usage

Farm Gate of Fork Farm Gate to Fork Solutions Long supply chain with price escalations with low value addition Solutions 65 to 50% of costs are incurred in the supply chain Disintermediation E-commerce solutions for consumer to Farmers More optimal routing and distribution solution to reduce the cost of Fuel usage and minimal handling

Power Power Solutions Tyranny and undependability of Electric Power Distributed power solutions based on affordable solar Devices which can do agricultural functions at lower power

Quality of Production Quality of Production Solutions Too much low quality and low grade production Solutions Mobile delivered SOP’s for more consistent growth management Predictive recommended solutions prior to sowing based on historical and weather prediction models Image/Drone based quick recovery solutions

Production Planning Production Planning Solutions Excess planting or deficit planting resulting in huge price variance Solutions HPC based solutions for ideal acreage and ideal variety Storage and Post processing Solutions

How We are Engaged Today Build & Operationalize We welcome Startups to Experiment at our Facilities Automate & Control Distribute & Logistics Operate & Production

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