# AgroData Connect · Food & Agriculture

# AgroData Connect

**Country:** 🇨🇴 Colombia · Medellin
**Category:** Food & Agriculture
**CT Taxonomy:** CT-IC-005 — Precision Agriculture Data & IoT
**Impact Areas:** Adaptation, Nature-Based
**Stage:** Ideation
**Team Size:** 5.0
**Website:** https://linktr.ee/agrodataconnect
**Funded:** True (175000.0)
**Founder:** Milton Duque Cano

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## Elevator Pitch
AgroData Connect is an AI-powered platform that helps smallholder farmers monitor crops, detect risks, and make data-driven decisions. It improves productivity, reduces losses, and enables climate-resilient agriculture in low-connectivity environments.

## Climate Problem
Smallholder farmers lack real-time data to adapt to climate change, leading to crop losses of up to 40%. This reduces food security and increases vulnerability to climate variability in rural communities.

## Solution
AgroData Connect uses AI to help farmers monitor crops, detect risks, and make climate-smart decisions via WhatsApp, mobile, and web—even offline—improving resilience and reducing losses.

## Revenue Model
We operate a B2B SaaS model, selling subscriptions to cooperatives, NGOs, and agribusinesses managing farmer networks, plus data services and pilot programs.

## Target Market
Smallholder farmers and agricultural organizations (cooperatives, NGOs, governments) in Latin America, focusing on climate-vulnerable regions.

## Social Impact
People of African Descent, Indigenous Peoples, Roma - Sinti and Travelers, Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic - Religious and Linguistic Minorities, Migrants, Refugees - Asylum-seekers and Internally Displaced People, People Living in Extreme Poverty, Women, LGBTQI+ People

## Demand Evidence
We validated demand through pilots with 50+ farmers, showing 20–35% yield improvements and strong adoption in low-connectivity environments.

## Competitors
Plantix, Agrolly, and other AgTech platforms. However, most require connectivity or target large farms, unlike our inclusive, offline-first solution.

## Founder Expertise
Founder with background in agronomy and AI, international fellow (YLAI, Royal Academy, FAO), with $160K+ in awards and experience building AgTech solutions.

## External Support
Over $160K USD in global non-dilutive funding from programs like YLAI (U.S. Department of State), Royal Academy of Engineering, FAO, and Huawei.

## Team
Team includes AI/ML development, software engineering, agronomy validation, and product/field operations.

## Founder
Milton Duque Cano