Tana Lab uses an AI driven platform to design microbial consortia that protect crops and boost nutrient use, delivering the microbes on a vermicompost carrier that restores soil health.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Indonesian agriculture loses billions annually due to soil degradation and crop diseases, while chemical inputs treat symptoms and further damage soil biology, creating a cycle of declining productivity.
Solution
Tana Lab applies an AI-driven platform to design microbial consortia that protect crops and enhance nutrient use. The selected strains are cultivated on a vermicompost carrier that supplies organic carbon, restoring soil health while delivering disease‑suppressing microbes. The system predicts optimal strain combinations for specific crops and pathogens, and includes PCR diagnostics for rapid detection of priority diseases. Field trials in West Java show 30–50% lower disease incidence and 5–8× return on investment compared with conventional chemical inputs. By integrating biological nutrition, disease defense, and diagnostics, Tana Lab offers a preventative, climate‑resilient approach that improves yields without synthetic chemicals.
Target Audience
Primary customers are commercial farmers and agribusinesses in Indonesia seeking to reduce chemical inputs, improve yields, and protect crops from major fungal diseases such as Fusarium, Rhizoctonia, and Fusarium wilt.
Features
- AI‑based evaluation of thousands of microbial strain combinations to recommend crop‑specific consortia
- Vermicompost carrier (African Night Crawler) delivering 1–5 billion CFU/g and organic carbon for sustained microbial activity
- Multi‑mechanism pathogen suppression achieving 30–50% reduction in disease incidence
- PCR kits for rapid detection of three priority pathogens in the field
- Demonstrated 20–40% increase in fertilizer efficiency and up to 8× net farm productivity per dollar invested
- Simple application at planting and during growth; no special equipment or behavior change required