Digital Solution
Agri Smart

country Pakistan

The AgriSmart application has been developed for the Punjab Public Management Reform Programme (PPMRP) to help streamline tasks of agriculture extension workers of the provincial government. The application has been used to create a digital database of 1) Farmer advisory services 2) Plant clinics 3) Crop reporting 4) Pest scouting and warnings 5) Farmer trainings 6) Monitoring of agricultural inputs 7) Soil sampling and testing 8) Fertiliser monitoring and testing 9) Research trials

Digital Solution (DS) Category

Digital Agriculture

Digital Solution Type (sub-category)

Farm advisory services

Delivery type (format)

Mobile app

DS supplier-user category

Government to government

Type of entity (ICT developer-supplier)

Government agency

Name of supplier/developer

Punjab Public Management Reform Program (PPMRP)

Primary Users

Extension agents , Farmers

Digital Solution Development Stage

Commercial stage (limited use)

Number of users or subscribers

2724 extension agents, have made more than 2.2 million entries in a 2 year period, from 2015 to 2017.

Measurable positive impact(s) by Digital Solution (DS) on target users and/or audience

Previously, before the app, government workers used to spend 67% of their time in departmental tasks. The app has reduced that time to only 15%.

Digital Solution Geographic scope

Few locations in Punjab province

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)

Main DS webpage

Other useful link

DS links to Government programmes, initiatives, and projects

DS Links to FAO, UN and other Development agencies projects, initiatives and programmes

Other relevant links and information sources on DS

Link to Digital village

Link to Digital initiatives