Kisan Sarathi Platform

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Kisan Sarathi platform represents a significant step in the digital transformation of India’s agricultural extension system which is providing information about 610 schemes to farmers.

About Kisan Sarathi Platform

• It is India’s largest integrated digital agro-advisory platform launched in July 2021.
• It provides timely, authentic, and multilingual advisories to farmers. Farmers also get access to schemes, weather updates, and expert consultations.
• It is a joint initiative of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology and the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
• The Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute and the Digital India Corporation implement the platform.
• The platform uses the Interactive Information Dissemination System (IIDS).
  • IIDS enables two-way communication between farmers and experts. It supports lab-to-land transfer of agricultural knowledge.
• It connects farmers with: Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs), ICAR institutes and agricultural universities

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Features of Kisan Sarathi Platform

• It provides personalized advisory based on farm and farmer profile
• It offers live interaction in 13 regional languages with domain experts.
• It provides access to the farmer’s knowledge database.
• It connects farmers directly with agricultural experts.
• Farmers can get region-specific, real-time advisories on weather updates, market prices, and more.
• It helps farmers discover government schemes suitable to their specific needs. They can also gain information on the status of various government schemes,
• It covers both state/UT schemes and union government schemes.
• It provides advisories for all major cereals, pulses, oilseeds, horticulture crops, plantation crops, and fodder crops and also for the livestock, poultry, fisheries, and allied sectors.
• Farmers can raise queries to KVK experts and receive advice in their local languages.
• Farmers can easily access the mandi prices and district-wise market rates for major crops. They can also view the market trends for selected crops.

Source: PIB