Krishi Guru: An App for Nepali Farmers
Krishi Guru is a free Android app developed by ICT4AGRI that aims to help Nepali farmers improve their livelihoods by providing them with localized and contextual agriculture information. The app offers more than 100 packages of practices for commercial vegetable, cereals, medicinal plants, floriculture, cash crops, livestock, and poultry farming. With Krishi Guru, farmers can receive crop advisories, weather forecasts, and market price information. Some of the app's features can be used offline after downloading, while all internet-dependent features can be browsed for free using Ncell SIM cards.
Krishi Guru connects Nepalese farmers to agriculture experts, market traders, agriculture institutions, agriculture input suppliers, and fellow farmers. The platform provides fresh agriculture news, agriculture training information, and subsidy information that are only available in Krishi Guru. One of the app's most popular services is the daily Agri SMS, which allows farmers to subscribe to different agriculture contents and receive daily Agri SMS. They can also consult agriculture experts by sending pictures of diseased crops. The overall goal of Krishi Guru is to improve the livelihood of smallholder farmers by equipping them with technology and knowledge to improve yields, provide reliable markets, manage their risks, and achieve a more sustainable, food-secure future.
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