SPICE Farming & Its Business: Raj Kancham, Founder Of Krishikan, Explains AGRICULTURE BEYOND TECH!

In this episode of theUpStreamLife we bring you Raj Kancham

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In this episode you will learn about the growth of spice farming, India agriculture's many problems in the modern era and the way agri-tech needs to play the long game. Raj Kancham is an engineer who has spent a decade with farmers and he has a legacy of farming experience backing his efforts to make his company Krishikan a successful Agri-Tech Company.

Episode Timeline

00:00
Intro
01:25
Krishikan's business model and its play in the spice value chain.
04:15
The problem of hybridisation of Indian agriculture
14:16
Farm to plate model
20:55
Are children of farmers leaving farming.
25:30
What has the agri-tech industry got wrong, what should it get right?
27:20
The problem in the output side of the spices industry.
30:30
Why is there no value addition in Indian farming?
37:05
The future of agriculture in India when there are soil health issues.
42:00
The impact of the soil health card and research in India.
49:00
Krishikan's future
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