Indian startup AgSpert develops a Smartphone app for farmers

GUWAHATI: AgSpert, an agri-tech startup, co-founded by the students of IIT Guwahati, and alumni of NIT Silchar and Dibrugarh University has developed AgSpeak, a multi-lingual smartphone application for farmers to smartly manage their farms and remotely monitor distress activities. Developed with a goal of optimising the in-farm productivity through Artificial Intelligence (AI), this application will help the farmers in making decisions and managing farm activities by the click of a single button on their smartphone or computer. AgSpeak was launched by Professor T.G. Sitharam, Director, IIT Guwahati on December 13.

Co-founded by Siddhartha Bora (NIT Silchar alumnus), CEO, Manik Mittal (IIT Guwahati student), COO, Akash Sharma (IIT Guwahati student), SDE, NitinChauhan (IIT Guwahati student), Cloud Systems Architect, DhritimanTalukdar (NIT Silchar alumnus), SDE and KookilPranGoswami (Dibrugarh University alumnus), Hardware Developer, AgSpert is leading this initiative in the North-Eastern India which has untapped potential, with diverse ecosystems having agriculture as the major economic activity. The developed application is multi-lingual and has an option of Assamese as well. This feature is a first among all the agri-tech applications available in the market. Nearly 250 farmers have already been provided hands on training in utilizing the full potential of the app. However, the user friendliness and multilingual features of the app make it extremely easy for farmers to use and seldom require training. The mobile app is completely free for general small farmers. There are in app purchases like soil testing and agri-doctor consultation. Besides this, the IOT devices can be rented on monthly/yearly purposes by commercial farms to further enhance precision farm management. It has been tested with many farmers and its practical utility established.

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