KISAN SUVIDHA MOBILE APP
11, Jul 2019

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.
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.