Crop Knowledge Grid
From farm to fabric: strong, Long, high-yield, and sustainable cotton—tech-powered fabric for the modern customer
Cotton is a woody perennial shrub typically cultivated as an annual crop, exhibiting an indeterminate growth habit. They can continue to grow vegetatively while also producing flowers and bolls making them highly sensitive to environmental conditions. It is primarily harvested for its fibers, however all parts of the cotton plant have value.
Major challenges
Cotton is often considered a water-intensive crop that places immense pressure on water resources and can contribute to water scarcity and environmental degradation. Cotton is highly vulnerable to a wide array of pests, sap-sucking insects, and is sensitive to climate variability.
Digitize cotton value chain and enhance farmer engagement
- Audit cotton plot areas, crop details, and monitor PoP activities
- Process plots with satellite images for health indices
- Track payments & financial transactions with a farmer ledger
- Access a comprehensive MIS with interactive dashboards & reports
Real-world deployments
0.8 Mn
Acres digitized by Cropin
- Crop yield
- Crop stage
- Crop progression
- Harvest window estimation
- Crop health indicators
- Irrigation advisories
- DEWS
- Fusarium wilt
- Root rot
- Alternaria leaf blight
- Cercospora leaf spot
- Bacterial blight
Case in point: Nacoton
- Digitization of 120,000+ Cotton farmers, farms, and varieties.
- Timely agronomy and weather advisories.
- The application was adapted to the local context with multilingual support for 29+ global languages and localized for multi-country operations.
- Over 180 field officers were trained to update their activities on the app and better assist farmers through satellite and weather input-based crop advisories.
0.8 Mn
Acres digitized on Cropin platform
2260+
Acres sown area digitized
1176
Tonnes Actual Harvest recorded
82.9 Mn
acres of cotton digitized
Global presence
Angola
Kenya
Malawi
Mozambique
Nigeria
Zambia
India
Japan
Myanmar
Russia
Tajikistan
Andorra
Germany
Anguilla
Mexico
USA
USA
Brazil
locations:
- Angola
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Zambia
- India
- Japan
- Myanmar
- Russia
- Tajikistan
- Andorra
- Germany
- Anguilla
- Mexico
- USA
- Brazil
Other resources
Unlock smarter crop cultivation with Cropin. Make your food production, sourcing, and supply predictable, profitable, and sustainable.
