World over, agricultural production is faced with myriad challenges. Farmers in emerging economies are fighting uncertainty, low crop yield, lack of reliable information and dynamic market forces, leaving them desperate and vulnerable. The questions that plague Governments, agricultural scientists, food economists and industry is: how can food security be achieved if the goal is to feed approximately 9.7 billion people by 2050?
On the other hand farmers need access to better tools, accurate and timely information and genuine services that will facilitate better farming practices leading to improved yield, market-based economic growth and sustainable development.
Baker Tilly with its intelligent and integrated AgriTech platform provides a Technology led transformative digital solution to bring together all forces and stakeholders of agricultural ecosystem together to facilitate smooth flow of accurate, complete and consistent information. Our Agritech platform connects all stakeholders with mobile and web applications. Farmers can access the system through their Smartphone and can remain connected even through 2G mobiles. Further contact centres can be setup in the remote areas to connect them to the platform that brings all stake holders including agricultural research bodies, Governments, corporates, Financial institutions, Crop insurance providers, Seed producers, Soil testing laboratories, procurement agencies, marketing boards and weatherman. Seamless exchange of data occurs across the platform benefiting the farmer who is at the centre of the ecosystem.
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