A major mass of India's population is still dependent on and practicing agriculture as their primary source of income. And this sector contributes around 15 per cent to the national GDP of the country. With the advancement of time and technology, there has been a trend of introducing new methodologies by tech entrepreneurs in the sector. Farmers are provided with modern technologies for better results for their income. Farming in India for a prolonged period of time has been based manually.

AgNext Technologies, a leading agritech company, in association with NAFED and Arunachal Pradesh Agriculture Marketing Board (APAMB) is using Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based rapid quality assessment of organic kiwi from the eastern Himalayan state. Through its quality monitoring platform'Qualix', AgNext has also enabled deep-tech based comprehensive traceability. Using QR code mapping, the end-consumers can trace all the steps in the supply chain down to the origin. These organic kiwis were launched in New Delhi last week by APAMB along with the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED) as the marketing partner, under the'One District One Product' scheme. Speaking on this partnership, Taranjeet Singh Bhamra, CEO & Founder, AgNext said, "It is an honour to work with NAFED on India's first AI-based initiative to bring complete quality and traceability management solutions for Arunachal's renowned kiwi trade. To date, over 6000 kgs of kiwi have been assessed and moved through our'Qualix' platform, with proven benefits for the farmers, NAFED and the end-consumers. The impact of facilitating quality-based and traceability-enabled trade for kiwis will not only improve domestic demand but also help in boosting export potential of the fruit."