Partnership
Social Alpha and Cisco CSR back agritech startups
By Startup Enthusiast ·
- Date
- Company
- Social Alpha
- What it does
- Agritech partnership
- Kind
- Partnership
- Based in
- Bengaluru
What they do
Cisco India CSR and Social Alpha teamed up to give momentum to startups changing how Indian agriculture works
What happened
The pair created a programme aimed at problems such as low productivity, weak irrigation, unstable markets and little farm credit
Why it matters
Many agritech solutions still do not reach smallholder farmers, which the partnership set out to fix
The details
- Cisco India CSR partnered with Social Alpha in July 2021.
- They launched an agritech support programme.
- It targets smallholder farmer needs.
- It later grew into the Krishi Mangal series.
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