Bakhabar Kissan
Pakistan
BaKhabar Kissan (BKK) is a leading agri-tech company in Pakistan that supports farmers to make data-driven decisions by addressing production and market-related challenges across the agricultural value chain. BKK provides support including crop and livestock advisory, weather updates, mandi rates and remote sensing-based guidance. It also connects farmers with consumers and businesses. Each farmer’s experience on BKK is personalized based on their profile, such as location and crops. Available in seven languages, BKK offers its services through a web portal, a 24/7 call centre, SMS, IVR and mobile apps. Key services include weather advisory, livestock advisory, modern technologies advisory, disaster management, content (written, audio, video), advisory inputs and machinery advisory, agri-commerce and market and mandi rates with price analytics.
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Agrifood Services
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Farm advisory services, Weather forecasting
Market and price data analytics
Delivery type (format)
Mobile app
Web based platform
Social media platforms
Call center services
DS supplier-user category
Business to business
Business to consumers
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Agritech company
Name of supplier/developer
Switch Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Primary Users
Farmers , Agribusiness / private company , Value chain actors , SMEs / agripreneurs
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (broad use use locally)
Number of users or subscribers
9.2 million subscribers out of which 1 million are active users. 117,000 subscribers on their Youtube channel with more than 4.9 million views. 500 million advisory SMSs per month. 3.5 million minutes of advisory via their call center
Source: Developer website
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
Estimated 15% average increase in yield for farmers using and adopting their advisory
Source: Developer website
Digital Solution Geographic scope
All over Pakistan
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