DESA Apps
Indonesia
Developed by the Universitas Gadjah Mada, DESA Apps is a mobile app based digital initiative which provides communication, discussion and education space for farmers, extension workers, and experts in the field of agrocomplex (agriculture, livestock, and fisheries). It improves the quality of farming and breeding in Indonesia starting from planning, planting, care, harvesting, and agricultural analysis. The solution enables farmers to 1) Find crop yields, fertilizer info, and agricultural articles in the Village Apps application 2) Take a peek at today's SMART FARMERS 3) Provides on-farm solutions from upstream to downstream and 4) Consultation & question and answer directly with experts in agriculture.
Lead (category)
Academia/research
Name of initiative lead (and partners)
Universitas Gadjah Mada (a public research university located in Sleman, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia)
Categories of Digital initiative deliverables
Specific ICT technology product and/or service delivery
ICT products/solutions and services by category
Digital Agriculture
Non ICT products and services (deliverables)
Business and governance structure
Implemented by a public sector research univeristy of Indonesia.
DI ICT-deliverables format
Mobile applications
Primary stakeholders (beneficiaries, actors, enablers)
Farmers
Extension agents
Government
Size, scale or scope of primary stakeholders
Digital Initiative development Stage
Fully functional. Institutional-governance structure in place
Measurable impacts on primary stakeholders and target beneficiaries
Initiative geographic scope (or coverage) (national, regional, sector specific, specific user co-horts etc)
National
All over Indonesia
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
Link to Digital village
Link to Digital solution