DeepRoots is developing a regenerative agriculture platform that enables farmers to design and manage agroforestry systems, integrating trees into farming to enhance productivity and biodiversity. The platform includes a free forecasting tool that helps farmers assess potential income diversification and environmental benefits, such as increased carbon sequestration and reduced soil erosion.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
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Problem
Farmers face challenges in diversifying income streams and adopting sustainable practices due to a lack of tools for planning and managing agroforestry systems, which integrate trees into farming operations. Assessing the potential economic and environmental benefits of agroforestry, such as carbon sequestration and soil erosion reduction, requires specialized knowledge and resources that are not readily available to all farmers.
Solution
DeepRoots provides a platform designed to enable farmers to implement and manage agroforestry systems, promoting sustainable agriculture and income diversification. The platform offers tools for planning and forecasting the potential income and environmental benefits associated with integrating trees into farming. By facilitating the design and management of agroforestry systems, DeepRoots helps farmers enhance productivity, improve soil health, and increase biodiversity on their land. The platform supports both silvo-pastoral and silvo-arable agroforestry approaches.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes farmers and landowners seeking to diversify their income, implement sustainable farming practices, and enhance the environmental benefits of their land through agroforestry.
Features
- Forecasting tool to estimate potential earnings from agroforestry implementations.
- Planning tools to select and design agroforestry systems tailored to specific farm needs.
- Resources to access additional income streams through carbon and biodiversity markets.
- Support for silvo-pastoral agroforestry (grazing of animals under trees).
- Support for silvo-arable agroforestry (growing crops beneath trees).
- Tools to enhance farm productivity, increase wildlife habitats, improve soil health, boost livestock welfare, and manage water flow.