The collaboration will use Cropin’s AI platform to predict yields, monitor crop health, and predict seasonal transitions with more accuracy. As a result, the AI will inform Walmart’s sourcing decisions, helping to reduce waste and deliver high-quality produce with maximum shelf life to consumers.
Founded in 2010, India-based Cropin has partnered with over 100 B2B customers, digitising 30 million acres of farmland.
Its crop knowledge graph, covering 500 crops and 10,000 varieties across 103 countries, powers the Cropin Cloud, which aims to make agriculture predictable, traceable, and sustainable. It aims to enable the likes of farmers, agribusinesses, governments, and others to make data-driven decisions that enhance productivity, manage risks, and promote environmental stewardship.
Extreme weather and supply chain disruptions
In an increasingly climate-impacted world, the agri-food sector is grappling with extreme weather events, supply chain disruptions, and the ripple effects of macroeconomic and geopolitical challenges.
To navigate these uncertainties, according to Cropin and Walmart, industry leaders must adopt innovative, future-ready solutions.
In a first-of-its-kind deployment, Cropin is rolling out advanced, custom-built AI-powered solutions to help transform Walmart’s sourcing strategies, enhance supply chain resilience, and optimise operational efficiency in the food retail sector.
By leveraging crop readiness insights, quality forecasts, and risk assessments, Cropin aims to enable a shift from guesswork to precision, helping businesses balance cost, quality, and sustainability in a dynamic market.
The platform claims to ensure a steady supply of high-quality produce with maximised shelf life at optimised rates. Its automated tools provide granular, localised insights into crop health, pest outbreaks, and extreme weather risks, making supply chains more climate resilient.
Cropin also claims it can help predict the future of crop yields and supply stability, allowing businesses to manage pricing strategies without compromising quality. Its sustainability impact dashboard further strengthens compliance by tracking greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water usage, and deforestation impact, offering digital validation for regulations like EUDR.
Digitisation ‘a necessity to future-proof business models’
“Tech innovation is what drives real-world solutions to move forward a globally resilient supply chain.” said Kyle Carlyle, Vice President of Sourcing Innovation and Surety of Supply, Walmart. “By collaborating with Cropin, it enables Walmart to further streamline sourcing practices and better predict yields using their real-time Gen-AI technology.”
Cropin founder and CEO Krishna Kumar added: “Walmart has consistently set the bar by evolving best practices, not just for the company but for the sector as a whole.
“In my 14 years of driving tech and AI-enabled transformations in the agri-food industry, the last few years have been particularly promising, as stakeholders in the agri-food space recognise that technology in upstream agriculture is no longer a luxury, but a necessity to future-proof business models.
“Our collaboration with Walmart reflects this ongoing shift, and we look forward to exceeding their expectations, strengthening our position as a trusted enabler of future growth.”
