Gramophone Smart Farming
India
Gramophone is an on-line platform servicing farmers with information, technology and and variety of critical needed inputs for agriculture production. Gramophone offers farm services in crop protection, crop nutrition, seeds, machinery and agri hardware at their doorstep. Through the agri app, farmers get agronomy expert advice, can buy from a wide range agri-input products home delivered under competitive rates. In 2021, Gramophone added a new app linking farmers with buyers (called vyapaari) and facilitate crop sales through the platform. Through th e Gramophone platform, farmers can access localized recommended practices, crop advisories, weather information and selection of appropriate crops to grow. The appl cover several crops such as Soyabean, Cotton/Kapas, Pyaz/onion, Aalu/Potato, Mirch/Chilli, Lahsun/Garlic, Matar/Pea, Aloe vera, Mushroom/Mashroom/Masrum, Tamatar/Tomato, Papita/papaya, Gehu/Wheat, Chane/Gram, Kela/banana and Baigan/Brinjal (ki kheti ki jankari).
Digital Solution (DS) Category
Digital Agriculture
Digital Solution Type (sub-category)
Farm advisory services
Delivery type (format)
Mobile app
Internet of Things / sensors
DS supplier-user category
Business to business
Business to consumers
Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)
Agritech company
Name of supplier/developer
Gramophone Pvt. Ltd.
Primary Users
Farmers
Digital Solution Development Stage
Commercial stage (widespread use nationally)
Number of users or subscribers
Over 55,000 farms serviced so far
Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience
Digital Solution Geographic scope
Targeted villages
Name of Digital village(s), districts, communes where DS is used/deployed
On-line resource links (Web-page links, links to videos, links to reports, etc)
Link to Digital village
Link to Digital initiatives