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PLANet
ZERO
THE FUTURE OF TEA
More Income. Tea Farmers & Factories.
PLANet-ZERO helps smallholders improve leaf quality, timing, and fertiliser use, while helping factories receive cleaner leaf and convert it more profitably. We are now inviting smallholders and small factories to join our pilot at no cost.
WHO WE ARE
We are PLANet-ZERO, a group of global executives working with Moratuwa University's graduate technology team and tea farmers and factories to improve income from the soil and bush up. We combine field data, factory and auction price signals, satellite mapping, and practical "GoogleMaps-like" guidance to help the right leaf reach the right buyer with the right quality at the right time.
Who this pilot is for
For smallholders
Earn more from better plucking, optimum fertilizer guidance, and fairer quality measurement.
For small factories
Receive more leaf, better quality leaf, and understand what better intake quality is really worth.
For both
Join a free pilot that turns better field decisions into better factory outcomes.
Pilot targets
These are the pilot targets we are testing in the field and at the factory. They are targets for the pilot, not blanket promises.
Better plucking
Test whether fine, 7-day plucking improves green-leaf yield and fine-leaf share versus current practice.
Better factory value
Test what fine 2.5 leaf is actually worth to the factory in net outturn, quality value, and drying energy.
Smarter fertiliser use
Test whether variable-rate fertiliser placement can reduce waste and improve response compared with a blanket rate.
How the pilot works
PLANet-ZERO connects the field and the factory, so better decisions in the field can create more value at every step.
01 | Improve the plucking
We test better plucking rounds and stricter 2.5-leaf standards to improve leaf quality and realised leaf value.
02 | Measure what quality is worth
We work with factories to measure what cleaner intake leaf does to outturn, quality value, and energy use.
03 | Guide the field better
We use field mapping, simple mobile workflows, and fertiliser prescription tools to help farmers and field teams act earlier and more accurately.
This is not just a dashboard. It is a practical pilot to help farmers pick better, help factories convert better, and help both sides earn more.
ZERO
WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT
What we need from you
A few minutes a day
Share your daily plucking weight when we call, message, or collect it through the pilot workflow.
One field visit
Let us map your field boundary and set up your pilot profile.
A willingness to test and learn
We use the pilot to compare current practice against better ways of plucking, grading, and guiding the field.
That's all. We handle the data, the mapping, the guidance, and the pilot support.
VALUE PROPOSITION
Nimal Perera
Smallholder Farmer · 80% of price surge
Same leaf, same land. We guarantee pickup, check your weight fairly, and pay 20-37% more per kg. Our quality score builds your credit history.
OUR PILOT PARTNER
PARTNERSHIP
Simple to join
There is no cost to join the pilot. Smallholders do not need a lab or special equipment, and factories do not need to commit to a full rollout to participate in the pilot stage.
Built with pilot partners
Join our growing network of partners
PLANet-ZERO is being developed and tested with real tea partners in Sri Lanka, using pre-registered field and factory experiments to prove what works before scaling.
Join the PLANet-ZERO pilot
We are now inviting smallholders and small factories to join a free pilot focused on better leaf, better field guidance, and better factory outcomes.
A simple way to help farmers earn more and help factories make more from every kilo of leaf.
To join the pilot or learn more, contact: Sashintha Kaushalya, +94 76 331 0117