DESA Apps

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)

Main DI webpage

Other useful link

Link to Digital village

Link to Digital solution