INFOCUS: AI REWIRING AGRI SOLUTIONS Table OfContents India’s Digital Economy: A Snapshot01 Active Agritech Startup Investors09 The State Of India’s Startup Ecosystem:An Overview02 Early Stage Agritech Startups To Watch10 The Next Big Opportunity Zones InAgritech11 Decoding India’s Agriculture Landscape03 Key Government Policies Driving India’sAgriculture Sector04 Analyst Recommendations: What AgritechStartups Must Get Right To Win The Next12 India’s Agritech Opportunity & The ValueChain05 Artificial Intelligence In Agritech:A Deep Dive06 Agritech Market In India: SWOT Analysis07 India’s Agritech Startup Landscape& Funding Trends08 India’s Internet Boom: 1.2 Bn+ Users By 2030 Power Law In Consumer Internet:The Indian InternetPoe)* The State Of Indian Startup Economy Key Development Indicators: India VS China VS USA In the last financial year, India recorded higher foreign direct investments than China India To Remain The World’s Fastest-Growing Economy In 2026 India is expected to remain the fastest-growing economy among the top five economies next year in terms of Upward Movement In Annual Household Income 23 Mn households in India will have an annual income above INR 20 Lakh in 2030 Approximately 50% of the household in India will have annual income above INR 5 Lakh by 2030 as compared to 33% in 2019 Agriculture’s GVA And Export Growth Gaining Momentum TheGross Value Added(GVA)foragriculture and allied industries continuesto show structural resilience, maintaining asteady upward trend, except for a brief dip in Despitesectoralvolatility,India’sagricultural exports rose from $38.5 Bn inFY19 to $48.8 Bn in FY24, reflecting a CAGRof 4.8%. However, continued progress will India continues to be a leading global exporthubfor basmati and non-basmati rice,marine products, spices, sugar, tea, coffee,buffalo meat, and a wide range of fruits andvegetables. Theseproducts drive India’s Agriculture Sector Is Still The Largest Source Of Employment The latest Economic Survey reports thatagriculture and allied sectors make up 46%ofIndia’s employment,well ahead of A growing push for credit and technologyaccesshas accelerated formalisation inIndia’sagricultural sector.Institutional Theshare of women in agriculturalemployment rose from 57% to 64% betweenFY18 and FY24, while male participation fellfrom 40% to 36%, reflecting a shift of male Nearly 69% of Indian Farmers Own Less Than One Hectare Of Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs): A Catalyst In A Farmer Producer Organisation (FPO) isaregistered farmer collective,set upunderthe Companies Act or stateCooperative Acts, to improve coordinated FPOsengage about 30 lakh farmers,including 40% women, showing progressin inclusive participation. Still, this coversunder3%of India’s 100 Mn farming While FPOs cover 212 crops, signallingdiverse engagement, this level of spreadmayconstrain operational efficiency.Excessivediversification can fragment How FPOs Are Boosting Farmer Incomes Across Key States Incase studies across Andhra Pradesh,FPO members achieved asignificant income boost, characteristic of highly integrated models. FPOssuccessfully intervened in dairy and horticulture value chains, enabling In Gujarat’s Valsad district,FPO membership demonstrateda measurable economicimpact, yielding a 9.7 percent higherannual farm income for members compared tonon-members. This improved profitability is strongly linked to operational efficiency;collective input purchasing resulted in significant average annual savings for Maharashtra accounts for 34% of India’s FPOs (as of March 2025),reflecting the strongest state-level ecosystem. Institutional support isstrong, with schemes like the Maharashtra State Agricultural MarketingBoard fostering a supportive ecosystem. Success stories, such as theKrushijeevan Agro FPO, based in Pune, has successfully implemented a India’s Arable Land: 60% Coverage, Indo-Gangetic Plains Around 60% of the mapped area is arable,whilethe remainder comprises forests,plantations, built-up land, scrub, grassland, The Indo-Gangetic Plains account for mostof this arable land, making the region thecoreof India’s food production and This concentration heightens exposure togroundwaterstress,soil decline andmonoculturerisks,but also creates a India Has The Most Arable Land But The Lowest Crop YieldAmong Top Five Economies At 3,626 kg/hectare, India’s cereal yield lagskeyglobal producers such as the USA(8,330) and China (6,418). The 56% yield gapwiththe USA signals large untappedpotential, which can be bridged through Fragmented land, limited modern inputs,poorirrigation,and low mechanisationunderpin India’s yield gap. Productivity gainswill depend on interventions such as land India’s agritech boom, spanning precisionfarming,AI-led advisory,and digitalmarketplaces, has the potential to transform Key Government Policies Driving India’s Agriculture Sector FROM FARMTO FINANCEIndia’s leading integrated agritech platform Transfor