Digital Solution
Market price information system

country Nepal

Krishi Bazaar is an agricultural marketplace for farmers and all other stakeholders in Koshi Province of Nepal. Farmers can sell/buy/lease their land, crops, cattle, natural manures, used farm machinery etc on this e-commerce enabled web based solution. The existing value chain that connects farmers to end consumers is intermediated by different layers of agents who procure from small farmer’s wholesales and then sell the product in regional or central agriculture markets. Due to a lack of direct market access, small farmers in far-flung regions are unable to fully capitalize on their final product. There are cases of the monopoly of middle agents due to which farmers get a fraction of the actual market price. To solve this problem the Government of Nepal has launched a digital marketplace called Krishi Bazaar and e-Haat Bazaar to connect farmers directly to the regional and central agricultural marketplace. However, the penetration and usage of such digital platforms are limited as is evident by the low number of downloads of these apps.

Digital Solution (DS) Category

Digital Agrifood Services

Digital Solution Type (sub-category)

Market and price data analytics, Digital marketing and trading, E-commerce platforms

Delivery type (format)

Web based platform

Mobile app

DS supplier-user category

Government to business

Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)

Government agency

Name of supplier/developer

Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development (MoLMAC)

Primary Users

Farmers , Value chain actors , Agribusiness / private company

Digital Solution Development Stage

Commercial stage (limited use)

Number of users or subscribers

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

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Digital Solution Geographic scope

Koshi Province

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

DS links to Government programmes, initiatives, and projects

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