BharatAgri is also known as LeanAgri is a farming technology platform that provides personalized end-to-end decision making support to farmers. The company support farmers with advisory services which helps them to  “Grow Efficient, Grow More” through the systematic implementation of scientific techniques. Their mission of empowering every farmer and digitizing every farm is accomplished by providing critical information at appropriate times and by regular monitoring. 

Challenge:

Unavailability of personalized farmer advisory services 

The Indian government was solely responsible for providing agronomy services to farmers over two decades ago. They collected data on various variables that affect plant health and the farmer ecosystem. But this data was of little use to farmers as they did not know how their farms were affected or the actions they needed to take based on the data. As a result, farmers in India earned less than their contemporaries in other developed regions of the world because of the inaccessibility of scientific knowledge. They needed a personalized solution. 

Solution:

Enable farmers to gain access to scientific techniques and technologies which empowers them to  grow more crops efficiently

BharatAgri empowers farmers with smart farming practices and personalized actionable insights on what to grow,  when and how to grow and water it. This is achieved using the company’s mobile App. 

Technology 

While growing any crop, the startup’s algorithm takes more than 30 variables that affect the growth of the crop to provide personalized services. According to the founders, this is what brings users back to their app to renew their services. Using the app, farmers generally witness more than a 60 per cent increase in their productivity and more than 20 per cent reduction in the cost of production. 

Key Differentiator and Uniqueness of BharatAgri 

∙ Cost reduction, quality and efficiency: BharatAgri provides end-to-end decision making support for farmers through its technological solutions. This enables farmers to record fewer incidences of pest and disease and better quality farm produce. The brainchild of the company, Krishi Doctor which is an intelligent farm advisor helps farmers get over 40 percent increase in yield with further reduction in management costs. 

∙ Weather-based Advisory: The company enables farmers to get actionable agronomy insights based on changing weather. Farmers get crop-specific information. 

∙ Personalized Crop Calendar: The company allows farmers to share farm-related issues with Agri experts and get immediate assistance. 

∙ Crop Advisory: BharatAgri provides an efficient crop management advisory platform with real-time crop protection updates which enables farmers to farm securely from the point of sowing till harvesting.

∙ Chat with Expert: This enables farmers to connect easily with BharatAgri at each crop stage. The company through Agri Doctor provides instant expert solutions to crop-related issues shared by farmers. 

Looking Ahead

BharatAgri is situated at over 37 locations spread across India. The startup plans to strengthen its product and use it for geographical expansion in India. BharatAgri currently has over 350 thousand users and aims to reach 5  million farmers and 500,000 premium subscribers in the next few months. Read more at https://bharatagri.com

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