The Agri Collaboratory
We are inspired by the vision of
Making Farming & the Indian Farmer Profitable, Sustainable, Resilient
by integrating
Ecosystem led Digital Public Rails, Open Data, Action Research and Policy Intervention,
enabling India to emerge as
A Global Leader in Digital Public Infrastructure for Agri Innovation
Who We Are
The Agri Collaboratory (TAC) was established in 2022 by co-founders from diverse disciplines as a
Non-Compete
Ecosystem Led
Volunteer Driven
Non Profit
Agri Think & Do Tank
The Agri Collaboratory believes...
that by coming together, we can collaboratively tackle and solve complex agricultural problems, which no entity, public nor private, nor even the Government, can solve independently. We are consistently in conversation with key stakeholders - FPOs, central & state Government, agri-tech startups, corporates, financial & academic institutions, and think tanks to leverage collaborative effort.
Our Approach
Translating Vision Through a 3-Pronged Strategy
Digital Public Goods for Agri
Co-creating privately provisioned "digital rails" with the broader ecosystem and the Government for several challenges (use-cases) in agriculture.
Open, Collaborative Ecosystems for Agriculture
In order to strengthen the engagement between central and state Governments, private sector, academia and agri-tech startups.
Agri Data Interoperability
Accelerating the use of Data to solve agri use-cases through better Data standardisation, calibration and authentication.
We look forward to building an open collaborative ecosystem with partners that align with our vision and co-create farmer-centric digital solutions
Workstreams
AgFx - Democratizing finance for smallholder and tenanted farmers
Democratising finance and enabling access to institutional credit for small and tenanted farmers.
AgFx seeks to re-think Agri Finance for all farmers - especially small holder, tenanted, women farmers by triangulating consented, multi-year, disparate, public, and private data sets at high speed and low cost to create an affordable digital assessment of 1) Farmer’s household, 2) Her Farm, 3) Crop - in a few minutes, at a base cost of Rs 50, to achieve a national scale of 50-100 Million farmers. AgFx will help improve farmer profitability through Insurance, competitive rates for inputs and better market realization. It is also creating experiments to enable the use of alternate Data based and transaction based lending.
AgDx - Agri Digitisation Index for India & the Global South
Agri Digitisation Index for India & the Global South (AgDx) - evaluating penetration, maturity, and impact of digital agri practices across States & agri value chain.
TAC and its partners are co-creating AgDx to assess the penetration, maturity and impact of digital agri practices on farmers. It will help develop actionable insights to accelerate digitalisation of agriculture. Further, TAC's AgDx will help frame policies, attract capital, accelerate innovation and learning, civil society mobilisation, and finally benefit farmers through adoption of digital agriculture.
Core Team Members
Strategic Advisors
Volunteers
Our Ecosystem
The Agri Collaboratory is building an ecosystem led, open source movement for Agri, which in turn will help co-create common digital infrastructure [“Digital Rails”] for Agri – as a public good, collaboratively between the broader ecosystem and the government
Opportunities to Collaborate
TAC presents an opportunity for current and aspiring research scholars to deep dive into subjects relevant to themselves and TAC - Agri related, DPGs, etc. You can share an expression of interest with us at collaborate@agricollaboratory.com along with your CV/resume
At the heart of TAC is a network of passionate individuals who are committed to our vision of making the Indian farmer profitable, sustainable and resilient through technology and enabling India to emerge as a global leader in Digital Public Infrastructure in Agri Innovation. A few examples of such collaborations are
Partnerships with Indian and international agri corporates, Ag Tech start-ups
Academic and research entities
Research fellowships for students and academics
Volunteering opportunities for passionate individuals
Explore any other opportunities or areas to collaborate
Knowledge Exchange
Published Work
Media & Press
Events and Workshops
The Agri Collaboratory being a “Think-and-Do” tank believes that policy advocacy combined with ground level, use-case linked “Action Research” is needed for national level transformation. It therefore hosts, moderates and participates in industry and technology oriented conferences, workshops, panels and lectures in partnership with the ecosystem to advocate issues and enable the use of data and technology in the agricultural sector with a farmer centric approach.
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