Well, Mobile phones have become an integral part of our life that we could not imagine our existence without it. As soon as we get up from the bed , first thing comes to mind is whereabouts of our phone. We have become over dependent on mobile phones and its application. The applications include right from meditation,songs, breakfast, business, news,social sites.So why should our farming community be deprived from using mobile apps in their day to day activities of farming.
Information and communication have always mattered in agriculture. Ever since people have grown crops, raised livestock, and caught fish, they have sought information from one another. Where can I buy the improved seed or feed this year? Who is paying the highest price in the market? How can I participate in the government’s credit program?
Producers rarely find it easy to obtain answers to such questions, even if similar ones arise season after season and year after year. Farmers in a village may have planted the “same” crop for centuries, but over time, weather patterns and soil conditions change and epidemics of pests and diseases come and go. Updated information allows the farmers to cope with and even benefit from these changes. Providing such knowledge can be challenging, however, because the highly localized nature of agriculture means that information must be tailored specifically to distinct geographical conditions.
The main phases of agriculture industry include crop cultivation,water management ,fertilizer application, fertigation, pest and insect management,harvesting, post harvesting handling,transport of food products, packaging, food preservation, food processing/Value addition, quality management, food safety and storage and then marketing.
Here as we are talking about our farmers, we will discuss about the applications suitable for farmers .I know India and particularly farmers from Bihar will be very reluctant to use mobile phones and their application. But as scenario is changing, I can find kids and youngsters using Facebook and Whatsapp in rural areas with verve, time is not so far away when they can guide their parents and guarding about using of such application for farming. So such list are available and just a click away.
1.Input Purchase: Recently Snapdeal has intervened its presence in selling of agri inputs and equipments. Green Agrevolution, a Bihar based agricultural supply chain company is also in process of developing app for input sale,crop management,weather forecast and post harvest management.
2.Fertilizer Dosage: Shriram group of chemical and fertilizer have developed app named Shriram Smart Kisan, the link of installation is as follows. It also provide image based solution of agricultural problem.
3:Crop Protection: Rallis India, a TATA enterprise have developed an app named Rallis Mitra.It also collect your location through GPS and provide weather reports.
4.Market Linkage: Kisan Bazaar provides platform for buyers and sellers where buyers will have advantage of quality products and farmers will have the exact price discovery of their produce.It can be installed from the following link:
This is my first blog, Your comments and feedback will keep me in high spirit and I will continue imparting my experience and knowledge of agriculture through this blog. Hope our farmers and organizations get benefits from this.
