Bussiness Ideas

SoilSense is an AI-powered soil health solution designed to transform the way farmers monitor and manage their land. At its core, SoilSense combines a biodegradable, seed-embedded colorimetric strip with a mobile application to deliver instant, lab-free soil testing that is accurate, affordable, and scalable. The process is simple: farmers collect a soil sample, dip the strip into the prepared solution, and then scan it using the SoilSense mobile app. The strip is designed with multi-validation chemistry, meaning each soil nutrient is tested across multiple indicators, ensuring best-in-class accuracy. The app further enhances precision through AI-driven color calibration, which adjusts for differences in mobile phone cameras and lighting, creating an errorless testing process. Within minutes, the farmer receives clear, easy-to-understand results on key soil nutrients, pH, and fertility indicators. These insights are translated into localized recommendations in the farmer’s preferred language, making the technology truly accessible to smallholder farmers who often struggle with complex lab reports. In addition, SoilSense automatically creates a digital soil record for every farm, allowing farmers to track soil health over time and build a “soil passport” that strengthens their access to credit and crop insurance. Unlike conventional soil testing, which requires sending samples to labs and waiting days for results, SoilSense is instant and portable. The system is built on eco-friendly principles: the strips are biodegradable and embedded with seeds, meaning they can grow into plants when discarded, leaving behind zero waste and even creating positive environmental impact. By eliminating costly infrastructure and long delays, SoilSense makes soil health monitoring affordable, scalable, and accessible across millions of farmers. Beyond individual farmers, the aggregated data opens opportunities for government agencies, financial institutions, and agri-businesses to make data-driven decisions. This positions SoilSense not just as a product, but as a platform driving sustainable, climate-smart agriculture while unlocking economic opportunities for rural communities.

Startup Teams

• 1 Ila (Partner)
• 2 Shilpa D. Kaistha (Partner)

Incubation Details

• Incubator Name
  CHHATRAPATI SHAHU JI MAHARAJ INNOVATION FOUNDATION
• Incubator Host Institution
  CSJM University
• State
  Uttar Pradesh
• City
  Kanpur Nagar