Special Recognition

A Special Recognition award of ₹25,00,000 was introduced to support affordable, data-driven solutions for smallholder farmers. Cultyvate, the awardee, has achieved significant water savings in paddy and made its solution more accessible to farmers.

Special Recognition - ₹25 lakhs

CultYVate

Sensor & Advisory

IoT-enabled Alternate Wetting & Drying (AWD) solution

Founder(s): Mallesh TM,
Bhavana & Sudarshan

Incorporated: 2016

Challenge Crop:
Paddy

Geographies:
Andhra Pradesh, Telengana, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, UP

33.8%
Irrigation
efﬁciency

5%
Yield
increase

7
‍States
covered

3739
‍Farmers
covered

18 months of transformative impact