Digital Solution
eFishery

country Bangladesh

eFishery is an aquaculture technology startup which offers digitally-controlled automatic feeder for smallholder fisher and shrimp farmers. It also between between farmers and feed suppliers and other inputs using an on-line market platform. eFishery relies on IoT devices, data analytics and connectivity and allows farmers to control fish feeding on their ponds directly from their mobile devices. eFishery services expanded to finance support and e-commerce services for participating farmers. eFishery entered Bangladesh market in 2017 when they launched a pilot project to introduce its smart fish feeder technology.The four main products of eFishery are an automatic feeding device for fish and shrimp (eFisheryFeeder), a fish feed product (eFisheryFeed), a financial scheme for farmers (eFisheryFund) and an online platform connecting fish farmers with customers (eFisheryFresh).

Digital Solution (DS) Category

Digital Agriculture

Digital Solution Type (sub-category)

Digital aquaculture, IoT/Sensor controlled water management

Delivery type (format)

Internet of Things / sensors

Web based platform

DS supplier-user category

Business to business

Business to consumers

Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)

ICT startup

Name of supplier/developer

eFishery Pvt. Ltd.

Primary Users

Farmers

Digital Solution Development Stage

Commercial stage (widespread use nationally)

Number of users or subscribers

Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience

Digital Solution Geographic scope

Several fish villages in Bangladesh and expanding to other Asian countries

Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed

On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)

Main DS webpage

Other useful link

Other useful link

DS links to Government programmes, initiatives, and projects

DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes