AgriApp: To make India a digital agricultural hub

The Android-based application, developed by "AgriApp" Technologies Pvt. Ltd, allows farmers to explore the latest trends in agriculture; informs them about methodologies involved in selecting and understanding soil health and specific crops based on the environmental parameters provides all-inclusive information on crop protection advises on managing plants against diseases, weeds, and other pests.

The "AgriApp" was featured for the mBillionth Award organized by the Digital Empowerment Foundation 2017 in the category of agriculture and environment.

"AgriApp" comes with two main functions

Services

In the service feature, It provides four utilities

Package of practices (POP): The POP service contains information on 83 different kinds of crops, right from sowing to harvesting to pest and disease control, etc. 

Chat with Experts:  Chat with an expert allows users to contact crop expert scientists directly through text messages or phone calls. Farmers can also provide any multimedia file to the scientists, who then analyze the farmer’s queries and give solutions along with recommendations.

Videos and News: Through the videos, the users can access some 93 videos about crop cultivation, animal husbandry, farming using new instruments and machines, and innovative agricultural ideas. This helps farmers understand the agricultural enlargement of new technologies. The news section publishes news relevant to agriculture, agro-technology, and the market.

M-commerce. 

The m-commerce functions like an e-commerce kart that allows users to buy products online directly. It has over 600-odd products of top brands of agrochemicals and fertilizers. Users can buy any product in any quantity either by paying cash on delivery or online.

To increase outreach, the company uses social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google Plus to register the mobile numbers of farmers. It also shares information in several languages for breaking the language barrier, something that has been received positively by the farming community.

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