Primary target country
India
mKRISHI is available both as a mobile and web-based application.
It is developed by the Tata Trusts with the help of Tata Consultancy Services. Post onboarding of farmers on the portal by trained local youth (in terms of family and cropping details), mKRISHI provides regular services to farmers on aspects such as - the latest agricultural university- recommended practices, when to apply fertilisers, pest alerts, weather updates etc. The mKRISHI programme resulted in 200,000 farmers in Punjab and Tamil Nadu receiving year-round timely information on best agricultural practices and pest/disease outbreak alerts. In Gujarat, mKRISHI provided extension services to over 123,000 farmers. In Maharashtra, 113,614 farmers from 608 villages across 7 districts of Vidarbha registered on the mKRISHI platform to receive timely agricultural advice during the cropping season. Currently, nine crop protocols, including cotton, wheat, rice, and soybean are on mKRISHI.