India, Nov. 22 -- Start-up | Agrotech solutions

Pune Venture Center incubates, Saumya Rawat and Dhiraj Choudhary built a device that takes the lab to the field to help farmers test soil, cheaply, quickly and efficiently

Pune: It was a field visit that changed everything for Saumya Rawat. As a Master's student in Agricultural Science, she was required to spend time in villages to understand how the theories discussed in the classroom played out in real farms.

She recalls, "During my field visits, I was stunned by the reality. Despite agriculture being the backbone of our economy, farmers had very little awareness of soil health or access to proper soil testing. Every time I met them, they said the same thing-'Madam, we apply fertilisers...