MINDA
New Zealand
Developed by Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd (LIC), MINDA is a mobile app based digital solution that helps farmers to manage the health of their herd and make informed decisions. It provides farmers with real time animal information and utilise key MINDA integrations such as NAIT, in shed automation, cow wearable technology. It covers four major areas of livestock management including Calving, Lookup, Pasture, Mating and Health. More than 3,500 farmers use MINDA app every month. The app works in both online and offline modes so that when farmers are in remote locations, they can wait until they are back in coverage before updating to LIC's database.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Livestock management & animal health, Farm management services
Delivery type (format)
Mobile app
Web based platform
DS supplier-user category
Business to business
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Agritech company
Name of supplier/developer
Livestock Improvement Corporation Ltd (LIC) - A New Zealand farmer-owned cooperative that provides a range of solutions to improve the productivity and prosperity of farmers.
Primary Users
Farmers , Agribusiness / private company
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (broad use use locally)
Number of users or subscribers
3,500 farmers using the MINDA mobile app every month. Source: Developer website
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
Digital Solution Geographic scope
All over New Zealand
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