Plantix

About

Plantix is an AI mobile app for smallholder farmers identifies crop diseases and pests from photos, suggests solutions, and connects them to a global community, improving yields and livelihoods. It also diagnoses nutrient deficiencies and promotes sustainable practices.

Impact

Plantix has reached 10+ million annual users and has analyzed 100+ million crop images globally with 90% accuracy, significantly benefiting Indian farmers with increased output (90%) and income (75%+). It offers real-time plant health diagnostics, identifying treatment for 780+ diseases in under two seconds, diagnosing 82 crop types, and boosting yields. This app has improved farming practices (90% user reported improvement), reduced pesticide misuse, and reinforced food security across 150+ countries with its accuracy, multilingual features, and community support.

Responsible AI practices

Plantix promotes responsible AI by ensuring data privacy, using scientifically validated models, supporting multiple languages, and enabling access for smallholder farmers. Its community forum combines AI with expert advice, while targeted recommendations encourage sustainable farming, making its AI transparent, ethical, and beneficial for diverse agricultural communities. It offers farmers multiple disease diagnoses, suggesting accurate solutions, and encouraging community forum consultations. It prioritises data privacy, uses validated models, supports multiple languages, and is accessible to smallholders.