๐’๐Œ๐€๐‘๐“ ๐’๐Ž๐ˆ๐‹ ๐’๐Ž๐‹๐”๐“๐ˆ๐Ž๐๐’ ๐…๐Ž๐‘ ๐’๐“๐‘๐Ž๐๐†๐„๐‘ ๐…๐€๐‘๐Œ๐’

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Taking agri-innovation beyond the lab, Bhubaneswar City Knowledge Innovation Cluster Foundation (BCKIC) recently enabled on-ground field trials of ๐’๐จ๐ข๐ฅ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž, a portable, AI-powered soil health monitoring device developed by ๐‚๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ณ๐จ๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ฏ๐ญ. ๐‹๐ญ๐ โ€”directly in farmersโ€™ fields.

The trials were carried out with valuable support from Jindal Stainless and Mahashakti Foundation, demonstrating how cross-sector partnerships can accelerate sustainable agriculture.

FIELD IMPACT AT A GLANCE
๐Ÿ‘‰ Conducted across 5 villages in Jajpur district, Odisha
๐Ÿ‘‰ Active participation from 40+ marginal farmers

SoilSense enables quick, on-site assessment of soil health, empowering farmers with actionable insights for crop planning, nutrient optimisation, and sustainable farming, without dependence on time-consuming or costly laboratory testing. Building on the success of these trials, the AI-powered SoilSense device will now be deployed across ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐‰๐š๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ, ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐…๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ž๐ซ๐ ๐š๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ (๐…๐๐Ž๐ฌ) and a wider network of marginal farmers, helping scale access to affordable, data-driven soil intelligence. BCKIC focuses on connecting innovation with grassroots adoption, ensuring advanced technologies lead to tangible outcomes for farmers, resilient food systems, and long-term sustainability.

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