AgroStar Farm Advisory Solution
India
AgroStar App offers information services for a range of agriculture needs. Farmers can access personalized, agri focused content, tips and articles focused on helping farmers grow better produce and solve common problems occurring on the farm. They can also browse through a wide variety of information resources like seeds, crop protection, nutrition and farm machinery from a variety of suppliers in the country. AgroStar currently operates in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh and has over 7.5 million farmers on its digital platform. Farmers in these states can avail agri solutions for their entire crop life-cycle with a simple “missed call” or through its Android app, which is amongst the highest rated farming focused apps in the country.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Farm advisory services
Delivery type (format)
Mobile app
Web based platform
SMS services / Voice messaging
DS supplier-user category
Business to consumer
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Agritech company
Name of supplier/developer
Agro Star Pvt. Ltd.
Primary Users
Farmers , Agribusiness / private company
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (broad use use locally)
Number of users or subscribers
Over 7.5 million farmers connected through the digital platform. 5 million downloads on Google PlayStore
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
With more than 500 advisors servicing farmers, AgroStar has one of Asia’s largest agronomy contact center.
Digital Solution Geographic scope
All over India
Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed
AgroStar currently operates in the states of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh.
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes