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Kisan Sarathi Platform

Kumari Sonali

Kisan Sarathi Platform:

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.

  • Kisan Sarathi Platform is India’s largest integrated digital agro-advisory platform launched in 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.