Bhutta (Maize) App
Bangladesh
Developed jointly by Oxfam and Monash University, the Bhutta App provides advisory information on maize cultivation in riverine charland. It was developed to target women farmers in remote areas. It contains visual and audio learning content for each stage of the crop lifecycle. The content inside the app is sufficient to take measures against common disease infestations. It was developed for action research under PROTIC project among women in remote villages; 100 in each village were supplied with a smartphone. The PROTIC project team worked with isolated Bangladeshi communities to support rural women through an interactive community information service – developing technical information applications for 1) Crops, livestock and disease alerts 2) Agricultural and climate science 3) Entitlement rights and 4) Housing and health.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Rural Services
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Farm advisory services, Livestock management & animal health, Pest and disease management
GIS/Land mapping services
Delivery type (format)
Mobile app
SMS services / Voice messaging
DS supplier-user category
Business to business
Business to consumers
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Multi-partners
Name of supplier/developer
Developed jointly by Oxfam and Monash University
Primary Users
Farmers , Agribusiness / private company
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (broad use use locally)
Number of users or subscribers
Over 20,000 farmers in Bangladesh including women farmers. Source: https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/rural-bangladesh-to-gain-mobile-access
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
Digital Solution Geographic scope
Few locations in Bangladesh
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