GeoKrishi
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Geokrishi (Geo: location specific, Krishi: agriculture) is an integrated agriculture technology (AgTech) developed by Pathway Technologies. It geotags every registered farm, enabling location-specific recommendations. The platform offers digital and financial literacy services, tools and advisory services for around 45 crops and livestock. It includes tools for cost optimization, weather information, market options and financial record-keeping and 30 proven and curated Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) techniques. Geokrishi provides access to timely, context-specific advisories and serves as an intelligent digital platform designed to address commercial and smallholder farmers’ challenges. Using a data-driven system, it translates knowledge into actionable, timely and context-specific guidance, covering all stages of the crop value chain.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Agrifood Services
Digital Rural Services
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Farm advisory services, Weather forecasting
Market and price data analytics
GIS/Land mapping services
Delivery type (format)
Mobile app
Web based platform
Internet of Things / sensors
DS supplier-user category
Business to business
Business to consumers
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Agritech company
Name of supplier/developer
Pathway Technologies
Primary Users
Farmers , Farmers , SMEs / agripreneurs , Value chain actors
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (widespread use nationally)
Number of users or subscribers
150K farmers; 120 rural community centers; 1000 rural service agents; 50 local government authorities;
Source: Developer website
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
Geokrishi platform has five interconnected products tailored for different stakeholders in agriculture, including farmers to increaase productivity and profitability, empower extension workers, better customer support system for agro dealers, strengthening municipalities exentions service,sustainable business model of cooperatives, and market centers.
Source: Developer website
Digital Solution Geographic scope
National
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 Government programmes, initiatives, and projects
DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes