The UN targets to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030. To enable governments, agribusinesses, and various other organizations to achieve these targets, ZR3i provides advanced technological solutions that solve some of their biggest challenges. Primarily, it helps enhance the quality and quantity of farm produce by improving farmers’ access to agri know-how, resources and inputs, easy credit, market linkages, and other opportunities for value addition. ZR3i’s centralized, multi- stakeholder platform brings about efficient collaboration between different stakeholders in the agri-ecosystem, which results in better supply chain planning and demand management to promote food security.

To ensure healthy living and promote well-being for all at all ages, ZR3i makes certain that food produce remains traceable through its supply chain, to identify and mitigate food-related health risks at the earliest possible moment. Additionally, end-to-end traceability also makes the entire cultivation process transparent, thus providing quality certification organizations and consumers with an inside story of how the fresh produce was cultivated and assurance of the food’s safety and hygiene.

In an endeavor to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls, ZR3i collaborates with government agencies and non-profit organizations to enable digital literacy among women as a means to bridge the gender gap, particularly in rural areas. ZR3i’s digital interventions have helped significantly boost women’s participation in agriculture and empower them with economic and decision-making capabilities for a rounded development.

In support of the UN’s goal to ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all, ZR3i strives to preserve water and soil quality by helping farmers manage the application of agrochemicals including fertilizers and pesticides, and preventing excessive or needless use of harmful chemicals by means of expert-verified recommendations .

In line with the UN’s mission to promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all, ZR3i encourages technology adoption in one of the most labor-intensive sectors in developing nations, to boost agricultural and economic productivity. ZR3i’s technology solutions also improve the farmers’ access to financial services to enhance their economic growth. In addition to the above, ZR3i’s solutions conform to the UN’s aim to eradicate child labor, particularly in hazardous and labor-intensive spaces

The UN’s goal to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns is upheld by ZR3i’s efforts to reduce post-harvest losses and food wastage during production and along the length of the supply chain, by implementing advanced technological solutions for efficient movement of produce, and ensuring traceability to the source. ZR3i also helps agri-based entities to achieve eco-friendly management of agrochemicals and other wastes, and avoid the use of harmful chemicals where possible, to decrease their negative impact on the soil, water, and air, and consequently on human health

Aligning with the UN’s efforts to take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts, ZR3i empowers farmers to adopt climate- resilient farming practices that not only ensure the sustainability of resources but also improve agricultural productivity and farmer income even during trying times. ZR3i digital innovation aids in the education and awareness of smallholder and marginalized farmers regarding the adverse effects of climate change on agriculture and feasible ways to increase climate adaptation and resilience. It also provides the required technological support to deliver vital warning in advance for farmers to take adequate preventive action and protect standing crop