Digital-native agritech startup

wrkFarm builds the data layer for traceable, climate-smart farms.

We are building our own app and platform that combines satellite crop models, low-cost field evidence, AI advisory, and produce traceability passports for smallholder millet and rice supply chains.

3,400+
farmers across India and Thailand
300
active Maharashtra pilot farmers
2
UN speaking engagements in 2026
Rajni's farm diagnostic map with farm photo, satellite boundary, health summary, and harvest grade estimate
Rajni's evidence layer

Mapped farm photo, satellite boundary, crop-health score, detected issues, and harvest-grade estimate in one diagnostic view.

Gosasi, Maharashtra
Business description

A software company for per-plot agricultural truth.

wrkFarm is not a services agency or a content business. The company builds proprietary digital infrastructure for farm monitoring, AI-guided input optimization, and traceability passports that can be used across geographies and crop systems.

What we do

wrkFarm turns farm polygons, satellite imagery, field surveys, soil-sensor readings, and crop observations into weekly crop intelligence and traceability records.

Problem we solve

Small farms are asked to prove origin, quality, climate resilience, and food-safety evidence, but the data is scattered across paper forms, photos, spreadsheets, and memory.

Who uses it

Farmers, FPCs, field teams, agronomy partners, food brands, buyers, and development programs that need plot-level evidence before finance, advice, procurement, or sale.

Products and current stage

One platform, three evidence loops: monitor, advise, prove.

The product is built as a digital system, not a one-off field project: data captured during the season becomes advice for farmers and proof for buyers after harvest.

MVP in active pilot

Satellite Crop Intelligence

Weekly Sentinel-based crop monitoring, vegetation indices, anomaly detection, and input-optimization signals for mapped farms.

In build with MilletsNow

Produce Node

A central crop-cycle record that links farmer profile, farm polygon, crop practice, observations, disease alerts, interventions, harvest, and grade.

Pilot design

Traceability Passport

Buyer-facing proof for millet and rice lots: origin, growing method, evidence completeness, disease history, quality, and custody timeline.

AI layer in development

Advisory Engine

Transforms satellite, weather, soil, and field events into crop-stage recommendations that help optimize inputs instead of maximizing blindly.

Field workflow foundation

Farm Mapping App

Mobile survey and polygon capture for field teams so every recommendation and produce lot has a mapped origin.

Planned expansion

Risk and Buyer Signals

Climate risk, disease pressure, and buyer demand loops that connect field readiness to procurement planning.

MilletsNow traceability work

From millet farm records to buyer-ready traceability passports.

With the MilletsNow farm network, wrkFarm is turning baseline surveys, farm boundaries, crop-practice history, disease observations, satellite diagnostics, and harvest evidence into a central Produce Node that can become a QR-linked passport for buyers.

Farmer and FPC workflow

One role-aware field app for capture and follow-up.

Buyer portal direction

A website view for verified produce lots and origin proof.

Evidence completeness

A practical readiness score, not a fake certification claim.

Append-only events

Corrections and custody updates preserve trust over time.

Traceability Passport
Millet Lot MN-24-018
Maharashtra, India - mapped farm cluster
Farm origin and mapped plot
Crop practice and input history
Satellite and field observations
Disease alerts and interventions
Harvest grade and custody events
Buyer output

Scan a lot and see where it came from, what happened during the season, how complete the evidence is, and who handled it after harvest.

Traceability proof screenshot showing dispatch details, batch numbers, product quantities, product photo, and verified farmer network
Traceability proof should sit after the farm diagnostic: dispatch, batch, quantity, photo evidence, geo-tag, and verified farmer network become the buyer-facing proof layer.
Passport Layer
Rajni Farm - Bajra Lot
Farm evidence

Photo, location, boundary, and 10m diagnostic map.

Crop health

95% health summary with nitrogen, moisture, and phosphorus alerts.

Harvest estimate

Week 5 status, grade estimate, and expected harvest window.

Market proof

Batch, dispatch photo, quantity, and verified farmer network.

What the buyer scans

A single passport page that connects Rajni's field evidence to lot-level dispatch and verified sourcing proof.

Traction

Field pilots and public-sector rooms already shaping the product.

3,400+
Farmers onboarded
India and Thailand
300
Active pilot farmers
Maharashtra millet program
52
Scans per farm yearly
Weekly satellite monitoring
10m
Spatial resolution
Cell-level crop analysis
Backing and ecosystem

Built with field partners, startup programs, and global food-system exposure.

These are program, field, and credibility relationships that support the company and product direction. They are presented as ecosystem support, not as an investor list.

Penn State Youth Food Lab

Prototype and venture-building support through the Penn State food innovation network.

FAO and WFF Food Labs

wrkFarm is part of the FAO and World Food Forum Food Labs incubator, with a Rome return engagement planned for October 2026.

MilletsNow

Field and farmer network for building millet traceability, crop evidence, and market-linkage workflows.

UN and FAO platforms

Two 2026 UN speaking engagements and one ECOSOC Youth Forum delegate engagement shaped the input-optimization thesis.

ECOSOC Special Meeting, Feb 2026
ECOSOC Special Meeting, Feb 2026
UN STI Forum panel, May 2026
UN STI Forum panel, May 2026
ECOSOC Youth Forum, Apr 2026
ECOSOC Youth Forum, Apr 2026
Team information

Founder-led, field-grounded, and built around agritech execution.

The current company is founder-led, with execution support from field, university, and food-system partners. The public website now states the people and experience behind the product clearly for startup review.

Jashvinu Yeshwanth Raj speaking at a United Nations agricultural technology session

Jashvinu Yeshwanth Raj

Founder and CEO, wrkFarm

Penn State founder building wrkFarm as a digital-native agritech platform for satellite crop intelligence, AI advisory, and traceability. Represented wrkFarm/Penn State in UN and FAO-linked agrifood technology forums in 2026.

Product

Crop modeling, farm evidence, and buyer-facing traceability.

Experience

UN STI Forum panelist and ECOSOC agrifood speaker.

Network

Penn State, FAO/WFF Food Labs, and MilletsNow field partners.

Building the crop data infrastructure that helps small farms prove, optimize, and sell with confidence.

wrkFarm is currently focused on the Maharashtra millet pilot, MilletsNow traceability workflows, and the October 2026 FAO/WFF return engagement in Rome.

Talk to wrkFarm

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