Post by Rashid Parvez Khan

From 43 to over 2,743 Startups in a Decade: Who Is Actually Building India's Agricultural Future? ▪️ What if the biggest barrier to agricultural innovation isn't money, land, or technology, but who we assume has the right to innovate in the first place? ▪️ No farming background. No inherited land. One built a $29M agri-tech company. The other is diagnosing soil health in 15 minutes with a handheld device. What do you think their secret was? ▪️ If knowledge networks can replace capital and farming experience, what does that mean for the next generation of entrepreneurs in emerging economies? Published in the Journal of Rural Studies, our research explores these questions through in-depth case studies of Indian agri-tech startups using AI, IoT, hydroponics, smart soil diagnostics, and institutional knowledge networks to reshape rural entrepreneurship and agricultural innovation. Here is the link - https://lnkd.in/dXhDaP_i Grateful to my co-authors, startup founders, researchers, incubators, and ecosystem actors who contributed to this journey. Eeki Inventohack Innovations PVT LTD Sahil MahaldarDeep Gupta Neelkanth Nirmalkar University of Hohenheim International PhD Program for Agricultural Economics, Bioeconomy & Sustainable Food Systems (IPPAE) International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) IIMU's Centre for Development Policy and Management (CDPM) Indian Institute of Management Udaipur School of Global Studies, University of Gothenburg Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow Startup India NITI Aayog Atal Innovation Mission Official Pusa Krishi Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India #AgriTech #DigitalAgriculture #Innovation #AI #RuralDevelopment #Startups #Sustainability #India #JournalOfRuralStudies #IndianInstituteofManagementUdaipur #IIMLucknow