AgriTech​ - Synergy Connect

Case Study

AgriTech

Enabling the Government to efficiently distribute benefits directly to deserving Farmers, on a large scale, in a timely manner. Eliminating fraudulent reporting, instant verification of field information and timely distribution of benefits

Background

Agriculture authorities in the govt's revenue department were pursuing a manual system to collect, ground-validate the crop information that was provided by farmers across the state inorder to compensate them for their income losses due to droughts, floods or other natural disasters. This put a lot of burden on multiple people across the data collection and validation chain resulting in inaccurate data, middle-men issues, re-validation efforts, etc. resulting in delays and unsatisfactory compensation to the beneficiary-farmers. The Govt. was looking to address these obstacles and promote seamless benefit distribution and efficient decision-making.

Sector:

Govt Benefit Distribution

Date:

01st Jan 2021 till present

Project

Enabling the Govt. to efficiently distribute benefits directly to deserving Farmers, on a large scale, in a timely manner

Partners

Partners

Challenges Faced

In the context of the agriculture sector, several challenges were hindering effective program delivery and support to farmers:

It was difficult for the revenue department to authenticate ground level data. Even where they could do it manually, it took lot of time and was prone to human-errors

Siloed information in different Government departments (Revenue, Finance, Local level) did not talk to each other, making verification and distribution extremely tedious & decision-making very complex

Poor digital literacy amongst the farmers meant the use of middle-men for help, which created different issues for the farmers

Delays in farmer-compensation or benefits from other Government Programs led to increased farmer's suicide cases

Our Tech Solutions

Our tech solution revolutionized effective program delivery and support to farmers in the state of Maharashtra.

Unified Network

Built a base of networked Government databases

Seamless Data Collection App

Created an easy to understand and intuitive smartphone app for real-time data collection that required minimal education and training

Improved Functionality

Enhanced data accuracy with 7/12 land records, geo-tagging, and automated date-time stamping for authentic crop progress tracking

Data-Driven Decision Support

Developed dashboards and reports to enable informed decision-making

We began by creating a robust network of interconnected government databases, breaking down information silos and facilitating seamless data sharing across departments

We built a multi-lingual, easy to understand and use Mobile App for data collection and real-time, on-field reporting, which the farmers could themselves use, increasing data accuracy, validation and eliminating the need for middle-men

We enhanced data accuracy by linking their 7/12 land records to reporting of crop destruction

We enabled geo-tagging to ensure the accuracy of the field-level data

Finally we enabled data-driven decision-making for the Govt. officials by creating various dashboards that enabled them to get better insights into farmer's issues

Benefits

By fostering seamless communication, improved data accuracy, and enhanced decision-making for a thriving agricultural ecosystem, we eased the acquisition and verification of ground level information across multiple databases that enabled the government to make well-informed decisions and efficiently monitor progress.

Direct Farmer-Government Communication

Enabled farmers to directly communicate information such as crop damage, insurance claims, and other subsidy-related matters with the government.

Real-Time Ground-Level Authentication

Enabled the Govt. to authenticate ground level information in real-time, allowing them to disburse compensations without delays.

Streamlined Compensation Disbursement

Eased the Govt.’s burden of acquiring and authenticating ground level information, cross verifying against several databases and disbursing compensation.

Progress Monitoring for Informed Decisions

Enabled government to monitor progress and take informed decisions.

Policy Level Contribution

Due to the relevant quality data from farmers, it contributes to policy-level changes in agriculture , promotes sustainable and informed decision-making by government authorities.​

This enhanced direct Farmer-Govt's inter-Departmental communication for issues like crop damage, insurance claims, claims disbursement, etc. related matters

This enabled disbursement of compensations without delays, by providing for real-time, ground-Level authentication

This streamlined compensation disbursement: by speeding the acquisition and authentication of ground level information & enabling direct to farmer payouts

Social Impact

2 Crore +

Farmers in Maharashtra now report crop data and access government benefits via smartphones
Farmers’ families are now assured of timely government compensation, avoiding the need to take crippling private-loans

25%

Of the nation’s farmer population can benefit if this is replicated in other states

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