Tule, an agritech startup, has been spun out of University of California Davis to tackle California’s growing drought problem.

The US-based company is providing sensor and monitoring technology which will oversee irrigation for farmers. Installed above crop canopies, the technology provides feedback to farmers on how much water plants are using, and also when and how much water needs to be applied.

Tule has the overarching objective of minimising the impact of the state’s ingoing drought, the estimated cost of…