ASQI: Climate-Smart Agriculture through Biochar
Higher Farmer Incomes and Durable Carbon Sequestration
Our Impact
increased
healthier soil
sequestered
pollution avoided
Key Services
At ASQI, we focus on sustainability and quality in agriculture.
Our blockchain technology ensures transparency and traceability.
AI supports smarter decision-making and crop health management.
With IoT solutions, farmers receive real-time insights to maximize yields and reduce waste.
Our technology-backed and scientifically-driven solutions empower farmers, enhance market access, and foster sustainable agriculture–ensuring a resilient future for both communities and the environment.
Traceability
Track and verify the end-to-end lifecycle of agricultural products: from seed selection to the marketplace. FarmApp's robust system uses blockchain in farming operations and ensures the integrity and accuracy of farming activities. It does so through on-ground verification and geotagging functionalities. FarmApp's latest organic farming technology guarantees integrity and builds trust with buyers.
Carbon Credits
Turn sustainability into profit. Earn carbon credits by implementing Organic Agriculture technology. FarmApp's sustainability module tracks and verifies farmer adherence to eco-friendly practices and organic farming technology, rewarding them with carbon credits that can be utilized in environmental sustainability markets.
Precision Farming
Maximize your yields with precision. FarmApp's smart digital farming solutions support the enhancement of overall productivity. Utilize latest organic farming technologies for mapping farm boundaries, monitoring crop health, and optimizing resource usage through precision agriculture through IoT integration and AI-powered analytics.
Advisory Services
Gain access to expert advice on organic farming technology and crop management at your fingertips. FarmApp connects farmers with agricultural experts for real-time advice and provides access to a shared repository of knowledge for collective learning.
Financing
Empower your growth with easy financing. Secure loans for crop production, equipment, and sustainable practices. FarmApp facilitates access to financial resources, including warehouse receipt financing, crop loans, and equipment loans, ensuring better financial health and growth.
Marketplace
Connect directly with buyers and sell your produce to high-value, premium markets. FarmApp's marketplace feature improves income and market access with its focus on the latest organic farming technology. It offers a platform for farmers to showcase their products to organized retail, large corporates, and contract farming opportunities.
Disease Management with AI
Always stay a step ahead of crop diseases. Capture crop anomalies with your smartphone, get immediate diagnoses from AI, and consult agricultural experts for detailed advice. FarmApp's AI-powered disease management tool helps maintain crop health and productivity.
Satellite Data Coverage
Gain a helping hand from among the stars. Receive comprehensive data on your farm through satellite images that enable the monitoring of moisture levels, crop health, and pest infestations for timely interventions. FarmApp's satellite data feature provides insightful maps and charts for better farm management and resilient climate agriculture.
Problems we are attacking
Degrading soils
Agricultural practices have depleted soil organic carbon, reducing fertility and resilience. Our Enhanced Biochar Compost (EBC) reverses soil degradation by increasing organic matter, improving nutrient retention, and enhancing microbial activity. We track improvements through IoT soil testing devices, providing farmers with measurable benefits while building healthier, more productive agricultural ecosystems.
Stubble burning
Crop residue burning creates dangerous air pollution and wastes valuable biomass. ASQI transforms agricultural waste into valuable biochar through our circular agriculture model, eliminating the need for burning while creating a revenue stream for farmers. This process prevents PM10 emissions and converts would-be pollution into a powerful soil amendment that sequesters carbon long-term.
GHG emissions in agriculture
Conventional farming practices contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions. Our biochar production and application technology permanently sequesters carbon in soil while reducing the need for chemical fertilizers. Using satellite data and AI-powered tools, we optimize resource usage and farming practices to minimize carbon footprint while maximizing yields and generating verified carbon credits.
Climate vulnerability of farmer livelihoods
Farmers face increasing risks from unpredictable weather patterns and extreme events. ASQI's integrated approach enhances climate resilience through improved soil water retention, deeper root systems, and diversified income streams. Our technology platform connects farmers with real-time climate-smart advisories, enabling proactive management decisions while building long-term agricultural sustainability and economic security.
How are we solving these problems?
Biochar and circular agriculture
- Converting stubble into soil-improving biochar
- Enhanced Biochar Compost (EBC)
- Benefits of biochar – SOC, nutrient and water retention, microbial activity
- Studies regarding improved yield through use of biochar
Yield enhancement through technology
- Satellite data for irrigation advisory and crop growth tracking
- AI for disease prediction/detection and nutrient deficiency check
- Handheld IoT soil testing device that gives results in 10 seconds
- POP and farmer engagement using AI
We work with farmers through many channels
- Farmer Producer Companies
- Food Brands and Processing Companies
- Agritech firms
- Non-profit organizations
How can you work with us?
- We can set up a biochar plant in your area of operation
- You can become our partner in offering yield enhancement solutions to farmers
- You can become our exclusive distributor in your area for our Enhanced Biochar Compost
- You can buy carbon credits (current and forward) from us
Impact Stories
Hear firsthand from leading agri-tech firms that have transformed operations with FarmApp’s latest IoT farming solutions.
“ASQI team has been instrumental in helping us build the blockchain based tokenisation of warehouse receipts and lending against them. This will be key to our scaling up of lending against agri commodities on the Arya platform - helping over 4000 farmers get better access to credit. Blockchain-based lending increases trust in the ecosystem and goes a long way in furthering the cause of formalising this space, with a win-win for farmers and lenders alike!”
“We used to struggle with supply chain issues in the farm-to-store and farm-to-plant legs of our business. ASQI’s solution has greatly improved the supply chain efficiency and added traceability to our products. This is very useful in our engagement with large QSR retailers like KFC - for quality assurance, provenance and also the scope-3 emission data.”
"Our experience with ASQI's innovative tech solution has been transformative for our financing operations. Prior to implementing this system, using warehouse receipts as collateral was a time-consuming process. However, their solution streamlined and secured every step, from receipt issuance to collateral verification. By digitalizing receipts and the lien management process, the platform enhances transparency, efficiency, and security which addresses the critical needs of reducing fraud, avoiding double mortgaging, and improving operational efficiency in the warehouse receipt financing. This ensures our business remains agile and competitive in a rapidly evolving market."
ASQI’s expertise in traceability solutions has offered an innovative approach in improving the transparency of agricultural processes and empowering farmers with the tools they need to achieve sustainable growth is being piloted in Nagaland and Mizoram. With ASQI’s support, we’re hoping to drive meaningful change in the agricultural sector.
