How BioPrime Helps Farmers To Save Crops In Weather Uncertainty

by · Inc42

SUMMARY

  • BioPrime builds biological agri-inputs using biochemicals and microbes to help crops withstand climate stress while improving yield quality and soil health
  • The agritech startup has developed a patented tech stack – SNIPR (biomolecules) and BioNexus (microbes) – to deliver both immediate climate stress protection and long-term soil health
  • With $8 Mn in funding and three times on-year growth, BioPrime is expanding globally while positioning itself as a B2B company in partnership with large agri-input companies
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India’s farms are no stranger to weather volatility, but the nature of instability is changing with erratic monsoons, prolonged heatwaves and unseasonal cold spells are fast turning into the norm. If the unpredictability of the weather leaves farmers a worried lot, what renders them helpless is the sheer lack of actionable solutions. Weather advisories can signal what’s coming but the bigger question is how to protect crops once such adversities are unleashed. 

The race to find a solution is driving a structural transition in the field of agriculture with the country’s $165.93 Mn biofertiliser market on course to reach $253.09 Mn by 2031 and the $230.68 Mn biostimulants market accelerating to scale $365.38 Mn by the same year. Policy support, rising fertiliser costs and global demand for residue-free produce are driving the adoption of biological inputs, positioning them as a key lever in building climate-resilient farming systems. 

Dr Renuka Diwan, Dr Amit Shinde and Dr Shekhar Bhosle wanted to leverage this opportunity through BioPrime. The Pune-based firm is designed to build biological agri inputs such as sprays and irrigation additives using biochemicals and microbes to help crops withstand the climatic stress while improving yield quality and soil health. 

The agritech startup at its core, works with secondary metabolites – compounds that plants naturally produce to defend themselves such as alkaloids, terpenes, amines, glucosinolates, quinones, phenolics and peptides, and uses them to prime crops in advance, enabling them to better survive adverse conditions.

BioPrime has developed a patented tech stack, comprising SNIPR (biomolecules) and BioNexus (microbes), to deliver both immediate protection from adverse weather conditions and long-term soil health while reducing dependence on chemical fertilisers. It also offers soil restoration inputs and biological crop protection products such as bio-insecticides and bio-fungicides.