Hub, in association with UV DigiTech, launched “Agro Innovation on the Periphery with UV DigiTech, an accelerator program for AgriTech startups. The program aimed to identify product-ready startups whose Agri-Technologies could plug into UV DigiTech's “Solar Agricultural Platform” and complement their core innovation, leveraging Clean Technology to efficiently bring groundwater to millions of farmers across the world.
The startups that got shortlisted bagged the chance to work with the Agri and Clean Technology Product teams of Stanley & Decker to be able to identify areas of synergy either from a technology or a business standpoint to plug into the UV DigiTech-focused core area of innovation. Once the areas of synergy were identified, the selected startups were required to pitch to a jury on how the synergy would create opportunities that could be jointly addressed.
The top two selected startups were then allowed to work closely with UV DigiTech and a team of AgriTech experts to develop strategies, plug their innovations on the periphery into the core platform, promote their technologies, and offer sustainable solutions along the agricultural value chain.
The program looked to deploy an affordable Solar Agricultural Platform that was capable of bringing together innovative technologies enabling marginal farmers to make intelligent decisions for higher crop yield, higher income, and ultimately improved livelihood.