Niruthi is an Agritech company that offers solutions for monitoring, modeling and forecasting crop conditions through location-specific weather, crop health and crop yields. An array of tools and technologies derived from the Terrestrial Observation and Prediction is employed to capture and synchronize data from satellites, mobile phones, drones and automated weather stations to enable machine learning on cloud computing platform. Niruthi provides field-level insights needed by farmers, financial institutions, insurance companies and government agencies. In this opportunity, GIIF talked to Cristina Milesi (Director at Niruthi Climate & Ecosystems Services) and Mallikarjun Kukunuri (Chief Executive at Niruthi Climate & Ecosystems Services) to discuss how does Niruthi uses technology to improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers, what are the challenges and opportunities the organization faces in the Agritech, and what is Niruthi’s plan for the future. Watch the full interview. Niruthi is the Gold Award Recipient in Data & Analytics Category in the last Insuretech Innovation Challenge the Global Index Insurance Facility (GIIF) organized, and which was hosted in Mumbai, India in July 2019.