Bengaluru-based Cropin signs MoU with AWS India to build food insecurity solutions

Agritech startup Cropin said it will leverage AWS services for its solutions aimed at solving food insecurity.

Krishna Kumar, coounder & CEO, Cropin, and Shalini Kapoor, Director and Chief Technologist, AWS India Private Limited, at the MoU signing. (Cropin)

Krishna Kumar, co-founder & CEO, Cropin, and Shalini Kapoor, Director and Chief Technologist, AWS India Private Limited, at the MoU signing. (Cropin)

Bengaluru-based Cropin Technology on Wednesday announced that it singed a Memorandum of Understanding with Amazon Web Services India to build solutions to address global hunger and food insecurity.

The company says this will help it develop core data architecture, analytics, modelling and simulation components to aggregate global farmland data and climate intelligence into its solution. This is aimed at providing information to governments, development agencies and agriculture businesses.

“We can analyse and identify changes in cultivation patterns at a country scale, spanning from sowing to harvesting. This includes examining weather parameters, moisture availability, and disease outbreaks at scale to understand their impact on crop health and yield. These insights are crucial for policymakers, enabling them to make informed decisions to combat hunger and ensure food security,” said Krishna Kumar, co-founder and CEO of Cropin, in a press statement.

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Kumar added that the collaboration with AWS marks a significant step towards building a global real-time decision intelligence solution, which will provide insights into several aspects of food security – agriculture, climate, trade, and supply chain – in one dashboard. “This engagement with AWS helps us showcase the use of technology, data, and AI to solve these pressing issues,” he said.

Cropin’s models will identify patterns and anomalies in the production and quality of major crops across the world. The company says it plans to leverage AWS services like Amazon Bedrock, which offers foundational models from leading companies; Amazon Q, an AI assistant, and Amazon QuickSight, which offers unified business intelligence.