Cropwiz
Sri Lanka
Cropwiz, one of the Sri Lanka’s largest agriculture project to be resilient to seasonal weather patterns, is one such futuristic investment, which indicates the potential for protected agriculture at a time where changing weather patterns are wreaking havoc on the country’s agriculture and food production. The project, with an investment of approximately Rs. 1 billion – is an international Joint Venture and employs cutting-edge greenhouse technology which enables ‘climate smart,’ year-round production, mitigating impact of climate change. The project employs automated climate control and fertigation systems, as well as hydroponics. The greenhouses are envisaged to be largely self-sufficient and sustainable in terms of water requirement – through the use of a rainwater harvesting water reservoir and state of the art techniques resulting in near-zero water wastage.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Urban agriculture, indoor farming
Delivery type (format)
Mobile app
Internet of Things / sensors
DS supplier-user category
Business to business
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Agribusiness / private company
Name of supplier/developer
CIC Holdings PLC
Primary Users
Farmers , Agribusiness / private company
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (broad use use locally)
Number of users or subscribers
Farming communities are provided training and expertise (more than 13,400 farmers benefited in Moneragala and Anuradhapura areas).
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
Two plants with a total dryer and storage capacity of 32,000 MT constructed and operational Farming communities are provided training and expertise (more than 13,400 farmers benefited in Moneragala and Anuradhapura areas). Safer inputs in the production of poultry feeds via the application of proper drying techniques
Digital Solution Geographic scope
All over Sri Lanka
Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes