Foundation for Environmental Monitoring
Provides affordable solutions to enable water and soil testing helping the society to save on fertilizers and be informed about the water quality around them
About
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Headquarters
Bangalore, Karnataka
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Since
2017
The Foundation for Environmental Monitoring is working on innovative, user friendly solutions in the area of environmental testing. Its solutions are Read moreaffordably priced and open source. Its current products are portable, app-based water and soil testing kits. The organisation trusts that Its testing kits could encourage awareness and informed decision-making for sustainable and responsible water use and soil health. It looks for partnerships that need scientific and environmentally-aware decision-making in the areas of health and livelihoods and encourage partners to post test results as open data, so as to better inform research and policy in soil and water quality management. Its soil testing kits help the farming community by estimating the concentration of nutrients as well as contaminants in soil in order to control fertilizer requirements or any other corrective steps for soil, for specific crops, in a much more precise and active manner for smart agricultural practice. Its water quality testing kits generally help in determining suitability of water for various uses, including drinking, cooking, cattle, agriculture etc. These kits can be used by farmers and field workers to provide instant results to enable timely corrective action.
Action
ffem creates simple and affordable water and soil test kits that turn smartphones into portable labs for environmental testing.
Cause Area
Impact
ffem's products enable easy and low-cost environmental monitoring in developing countries, helping address issues that impact millions of lives but are overlooked by market forces.
Vision & Mission
ffem works on environmental issues that have a large impact but are neglected, with the goal of developing open source and easy-to-use products to address these issues.
Milestones & Track Record
ffem spun off as an independent entity in 2017 after previously being part of Akvo, and has licensed the Caddisfly product name while jointly maintaining the technology.
Leadership Team
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Bontha Samuel Sidney Rajkumar
Director
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Somashekar Shreyas
Additional Director
Demographics & Structure
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No. of Employees
0-5
M&E
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Internal, External Assessors
No
Policies
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Ethics and Transparency Policies
No
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Formal CEO Oversight & Compensation Policy
No
Political & Religious Declarations
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On Affiliation if any
No
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On Deployment Bias if any
No
Registration Details
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PAN Card
AADCF1178N
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FCRA
Not Available
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CSR Registration Number
Not Available