PrakopAlert mobile app
Nepal
Developed by International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), the Prakop Alert app provides flash flood and weather forecast information for Nepal. It's key features include 1) Accurate and reliable data: uses data from the High-Impact Weather Assessment Toolkit (HIWAT) and the Flash Flood Prediction Tool (FFPT) 2) Forecast information: 2 days of forecast information provided at every hour. Displays weather information such as temperature, rainfall, lightning, hail and wind. River discharge information is available for 12,428 river segments in Nepal and 3) Location based forecast: Provides forecast at municipality level, allowing users to search and access weather information for their desired municipalities. For river discharge information, users can select rivers within desired municipality using geographical maps. The app is available in two languages; English and Nepali.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Weather forecasting, Farm advisory services
Delivery type (format)
Mobile app
DS supplier-user category
Business to business
Business to consumers
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
International organization
Name of supplier/developer
ICIMOD - International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
Primary Users
Farmers , Local authorities / government
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
All over Nepal
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