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