Saturday, May 2, 2020

Kisan Sabha Application developed by CSIR launched


On May 1, 2020, the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI) launched Kisan Sabha Application. The application was launched to connect farmers to freight transportation and supply chain.

Highlights

  • The application aims in providing timely support to farmers and help in increasing their profit. 
  • This is possible as the application minimizes interference of middle men and connects with the institutional buyers directly. 
  • Thus, the farmers are able to get best market rates for their crops. 
  • The rates are easily obtained better than the nearby mandi.

Functions of the application

The application helps the farmers in the following ways
  • The application connects the transporters and farmers. It also helps service providers, mandi dealers and other customers like online stores, retail outlets and institutional buyers.
  • The portal also acts as single stop to every agriculture related entity.
  • Apart from farmers and transporters, the application is also helpful for dealers who are involved in pesticides and fertilizer business.
  • There are 6 major modules that are operated by the application. They include mandi dealers, farmers, transporters, service providers, consumers and mandi board members.

Background


  • Before designing the application, a detailed survey was conducted in Asia’s biggest Azadpur Mandi. 
  • Under the study, major challenges like wastage and produce being sold at lowest rates were studied.

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