Agri tech firm AgNext Applied sciences, in partnership with Spices Board of India has deployed its revolutionary curcumin testing technology for evaluation of Lakadong turmeric, which is grown within the Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya. That is the primary time in Meghalaya that AI-based expertise is getting used for fast high quality evaluation of Lakadong turmeric, a media launch issued by the corporate mentioned.
Moreover, the Spices Board and turmeric farmers will even have entry to AI-enabled SaaS platform ‘Qualix’, which can assist to digitize high quality, generate vital insights and allow traceability throughout the availability chain.
Lakadong turmeric is globally thought-about to be probably the greatest high quality turmeric with excessive curcumin content material (between 7-12%), as in comparison with different kinds of turmeric the place the common curcumin content material is measured between 3-5%.
AgNext’s tech options have been deployed on the Turmeric Processing Unit (TPU), situated on the Horticultural hub, Thadlaskein. Right here, AgNext’s curcumin evaluation resolution will probably be operated by girls farmers related to self-help teams (SHGs).
Talking in regards to the deployment, Taranjeet Singh Bhamra, CEO & Founder, AgNext Applied sciences mentioned, “Meghalaya’s Lakadong turmeric is famed for its highest curcumin content material on this planet, and we’re proud to affiliate with Spices Board as its high quality accomplice to digitize the standard of this distinctive number of turmeric. Conventional testing time of turmeric can take hours, and relying on the space, it could actually even take days for the check outcomes to come back again. This results in lack of time and assets for each farmers and merchants. Fast high quality testing helps to mitigate these losses by analyzing curcumin content material in lower than 1 minute.”