KISAN SUVIDHA MOBILE APP

Prelims level : Economics: Agriculture Mains level : GS III-storage, transport and marketing of agricultural produce and issues and related constraints; e-technology in the aid of farmers.
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Why in News?

  • Kisan Suvidha is an omnibus mobile app developed by Department of Agriculture & Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare to help farmers by providing relevant information to them quickly.
  • The app is available in multiple Indian languages.

Facilities available on Kisan Suvida App:

  • Weather – provides weather report for that day and weather forecast for next five days of a selected district. Extreme weather alerts are also provided.
  • Dealers – Name, Mobile number and Address of the dealers of Seeds, Pesticides, Fertilizer and Farm Machinery are provided.
  • Market Prices – information about rates of various crops in different mandies are provided.
  • Plant Protection – Crop specific information related to pest management are provided. If the condition of crop is not normal, farmers can upload a picture/photo of the crop and send it through kisan suvidha app to agriculture experts for advice.
  • Agro Advisories – Information from agriculture experts of districts regarding the advisories about activities to be undertaken and precaution to be taken staring from sowing to harvesting.
  • Contact KCC – This option provides facility to speak to Kisan Call Centre (KCC).
  • Soil Heath Card – option gives information about Soil Health Card, so that farmers can use fertilizer and pesticides judiciously having regard to minerals available in a particular land/farm.
  • Cold Storage and gowdowns – information about warehouse and cold storage available in the district like warehouse / cold storage, name of manager, address, storage capacity and phone number etc are provided.
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