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Ruchit G Garg (@ruchitgarg) 's Twitter Profile Photo

11 years in America. 6 years at Microsoft. And the hardest thing I've ever done? Convincing a mandi trader to give a farmer a fair price. Still working on it.

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Performed a hawan at Chamunda Devi temple in Palampur this morning. Before every big chapter, you go back to the source. A thread on why I keep coming back to the Himachal hills 🧵🔥

Performed a hawan at Chamunda Devi temple in Palampur this morning.

Before every big chapter, you go back to the source.

A thread on why I keep coming back to the Himachal hills 🧵🔥
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Representing products from 25 farmer co-ops FPO & self help groups SHG to agriculture minister of Himachal Pradesh Prof Chander Kumar Department of Agriculture, Himachal Pradesh Agriculture INDIA At 1st national workshop of JICA assisted agriculture projects in India TAKEUCHI Takuro, Chief Representative, JICA India Leave No Farmer Behind #HFN

Representing products from 25 farmer co-ops FPO &amp; self help groups SHG to agriculture minister of Himachal Pradesh Prof Chander Kumar <a href="/agriculture_hp/">Department of Agriculture, Himachal Pradesh</a> <a href="/AgriGoI/">Agriculture INDIA</a> 

At 1st national workshop of JICA assisted agriculture projects in India <a href="/CR_JICAIndia/">TAKEUCHI Takuro, Chief Representative, JICA India</a> 

Leave No Farmer Behind #HFN
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Do you know most large honey brand in India sells honey which isn’t real honey but a mix of honey & corn syrup. They also put honey through so much of processing that most nutrition in honey goes away !! This morning I got time with honey bee keepers in Himachal 🏔️ .. planning

Do you know most large honey brand in India sells honey which isn’t real honey but a mix of honey &amp; corn syrup. They also put honey through so much of processing that most nutrition in honey goes away !!

This morning I got time with honey bee keepers in Himachal 🏔️ .. planning
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Plugged in satellite based intelligence into our FPO advisory system .. and voila It’s going to be amazing ! I have spent years on this understanding from first principles perspective what would actually have practical implications and what is fluff .. and this is now some

Plugged in satellite based intelligence into our FPO advisory system .. and voila 

It’s going to be amazing ! 

I have spent years on this understanding from first principles perspective what would actually have practical implications and what is fluff  .. and this is now some
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And this is truly mind boggling work 🤯 I was just able to do farm boundary detection for Indian farmland.. which is such a complex problem I have grappled with for years.. but now able to solve with AI 🤖 Once computer knows a farm boundary, it can do just so many things on

And this is truly mind boggling work 🤯

I was just able to do farm boundary detection for Indian farmland.. which is such a complex problem I have grappled with for years.. but now able to solve with AI 🤖 

Once computer knows a farm boundary, it can do just so many things on
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Follow me for daily insights on agriculture.. going to be posting deep dive threads, stories from the hinterland and how global affairs impacts life of small scale farmers .. not just complaints but real world solutions .. which are scaling and on its way to impact millions of

Follow me for daily insights on agriculture.. going to be posting deep dive threads, stories from the hinterland and how global affairs impacts life of small scale farmers .. not just complaints but real world solutions .. which are scaling and on its way to impact millions of
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Leave No "Farm" Behind #HFN What you see below is 12,752 farms.. automagically classified by computer on my desk. This isn't magic... i could do this 10yrs ago too, but that took high performance computing infrastructure.. Magic is, the entire pipeline & flexibility of fine

Leave No "Farm" Behind #HFN 

What you see below is 12,752 farms.. automagically classified by computer on my desk. This isn't magic... i could do this 10yrs ago too, but that took high performance computing infrastructure..

Magic is, the entire pipeline &amp; flexibility of fine
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Yoda 🧙🏽‍♂️at HFN AgIntel is saying... UP & Punjab wheat yield could be 8-15% below its potential as per current weather situations.. Harvest will come 1-2 weeks earlier than usual (farmers need to be ready) Grain quality risk is also there.. Agriculture INDIA CM Office, GoUP CMOPb

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Godavari Biorefineries expanding grain-based ethanol capacity. It's not just corporate energy news. It's a massive signal for millions of farmers. The shift from "Sugar → Fuel" to "Grain → Fuel" could be the diversification trigger Indian agriculture has been waiting for.

Godavari Biorefineries expanding grain-based ethanol capacity.

It's not just corporate energy news.
It's a massive signal for millions of farmers.

The shift from "Sugar → Fuel" to "Grain → Fuel" could be the diversification trigger Indian agriculture has been waiting for.
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We may have a strong tech platform, but our real tech stack is 9,000 Saarthis who work with farmers — every single day. That’s our real stack = Tech + Touch + Trust Leave No Farmer Behind #HFN

We may have a strong tech platform, but our real tech stack is 9,000 Saarthis who work with farmers — every single day.

That’s our real stack = Tech + Touch + Trust 

Leave No Farmer Behind #HFN
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Goa Forward Vijai Sardesai Sir attaching herewith the profile of Ruchit G Garg who is doing a lot of work with small and marginal farmers across the length and breadth of the country. Perhaps you can have a word with him to see what best can be done x.com/i/status/20174…

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HFN agriculture intelligence system can now do following - - Can tell much crop is growing and where, at nationwide scale. - Detects crop diseases there might be and send alert with advisory within <200 seconds in local language. - Alerts participating farmers & co-operatives

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Speaking at Bharat Carbon Conclave @ Delhi Primarily here to lean how we can move some extra dollars in the pockets of the farmers who are actually on the frontlines of climate change impact .. cc Sunita Narain Praveen singh Pardeshi Leave No Farmer Behind #HFN

Speaking at Bharat Carbon Conclave @ Delhi 

Primarily here to lean how we can move some extra dollars in the pockets of the farmers who are actually on the frontlines of climate change impact .. cc <a href="/sunitanar/">Sunita Narain</a> 
<a href="/PrvnPardeshi/">Praveen singh Pardeshi</a> 

Leave No Farmer Behind #HFN