Why A Farmer Should Choose Farming As A Profession For Himself Or For His Children's ?
• Indian is An Agrarian Economy engages ~ 60% of our Population• Shocking Growth rate for Agriculture is 2-3 %
IF we rely on UN Math’s- It says:
More than 100,000 farmers have taken
their lives since 1997.
Their average debt was about $835.
On average, there has been one farmer’s suicide
every 32 minutes since 2002
( Reason being Crop failure, Crop Disease, Poor yields, etc.)
• World population will hit 9.1 billion in 2050.
• If we produce at same rate there will be no enough
food to feed.
• $ 85 Bn need to be invested in developing countries
on farming to sustain
• Answer is collaboration among all stake holders
If they Don’t we are in serious problem
CropIn Solution…
SAUS & ICAR-KVKs
Farmer Connect Entities (Like NGOs)
Field Officers/SPs
AgroEntrepreneurs
Farmers
How the solution works..
Private SectorInput/Machine Companies
Banks & Insurance Co.
Buyers Exporters
Water Usage Advice
Real Time Farm
Support/Issue Resolution
Package of Practices Sharing
Precession Farming
Farmer Linkage (Financial Institution
& Market & Insurance Co.)
Farm Certification-Global GAP
Climate based Advice
Farm Machinary/I
nput Co. Connect
IMPACT ON FARMERS
Farmer Empowerment
Impact on Organization
100%
Digitization of
Farms, Farmers &
Operations
Field Level Task
Management and
Ready Schedule
Job for Field
Officers
Easy to Scale up
to new
geographies with
new Farmers
Farm Operation Optimized 100%
Good Agriculture Practices Incorporated at every farm.
Digitally Connected farms-Farmers & Managers
100% farms were traceable
10-15% increase in Productivity
Expected Std. yield Per acre: 8500 Kg. But Actual Yield for plots in 2012-13 crop up-to 10,200 Kg/Acre
5 Field officer can Audit Area ~600 acres in a day
18% reduction in farm losses
Losses were reduced due to timely Advisory given to farmers.
Quality Improved
• Forecasting
• Analyses Historical Data.
• Advance reporting.360* view.
• Customizable.Reports & Dashboards.
• Exportable to PDF,XLS etc.
• System generated alerts for all levels
11 Crops
25,000 acres
20000 Farmers
12 States in India
Farm size (Acres) No. of Farmers (%)
0.2 - 2 60%
2 - 5 25%
> 5 10%
Impact so far …
Increased Productivity/Quality (~10-15%)
Farm Losses Reduced (18%)
Farmer Name: X
Issue: Virus
Infection: Spread in 94% of Area
Recorded Cropin Date: 23 Dec 13
Action: Virus Impacted Plant rouged out
timely and appropriate pesticide
sprayed
Final Farm Output: 90% achieved
Savings for farmers Output: 90%
Example of CropIn Impact on a Farmer
Opportunity To Collaborate CSISA-CropIn-Skymet-Digital Green
SP, Field Officers, Champion Farmer
Provide Best Practices on cropProvide Targeted
Climate /Weather Info Collaborative PlatformProcess/Exchange/Analyze/Forecast Data
Private Sector SAUC, ICAR-KVKs
Farmer
Stage 1
• Upon Agreement CropIn Team Configure the Cloud Platform Specific to Client
Stage 2
• Master data for Crop is setup, User Ids are created and all Required mapping done to enable field Operation
Stage 3
• Training Team visits client location and trains/hand holds Clients field staff and management and helps in implementation.
Stage 4• Client goes LIVE
GO-LIVE in just 5 days
Weather & Alerts
