The Krishi Network: Kisan Ka Swabhiman

The Krishi Network:  Kisan Ka Swabhiman

“Agriculture is the most beautiful, most useful, and the noblest employment of men.”

You can survive without almost everything: vehicles; technology; the internet. But you can’t survive without food, and that is a fact.

Food is important but the noble men who grow them, the farmers, are not given so much importance in today’s date. And, we are glad to bring you the story of Krishi Network: a platform solely dedicated to the farmers and their needs.

What is Krishi Network?

Gurgaon based Krishi Network is the one-stop solution for farmers to get instant and accurate answers to agriculture-related queries and realize higher profits from their land.

Founded by IIT-Kharagpur alumni Ashish Mishra and Siddhant Bhomia. The platform eases information accessibility for farmers and enables them to generate higher profits from their land. Operated by Cultino Agrotech Pvt Ltd, the platform provides a mix of online and offline support, helping farmers grow their horizon by reliably connecting them to experts and other agri-businesses beyond their local area.

How does Krishi Network work?

Krishi Network is a community platform for Indian farmers to connect with experts, merchants, organized buyers, and each other. Farmers can ask any questions related to farming from crop disease detection, mandi price visibility, merchant visibility and soil-crop suitability.

Well, you can say that Krishi Network is Facebook, Quora, Twitter, and all that you could think of, for the farmers. Farmers can easily join the platform and get access to all kinds of knowledge related to farming over there. Not only this, they can post their success stories, ask questions and connect to the expert farmers and the Agri-brands directly.

The company has also recently acquired Rock Skills - an ed-tech platform providing online training courses from accomplished Agronomists/Business at affordable prices to farmer. Through this latest development, the company has now forayed into offering trainings to farmers based on their interest in farming sectors and helping those who want to start their own business.

About the founders

Born in the small town of Shikohabad near Agra, Ashish grew up in a family where his father worked as a civil servant and his mother took care of the household chores. After graduating in 2009 from IIT-Kharagpur in Computer Science he gained extensive experience in software development at companies such as Shiksha.com. After his tenure there, he held various marketing and product roles in his MyGola and his Healthians.

Meanwhile, Siddharth was born and raised in Gwalior and graduated from IIT-Kharagpur in 2010. Before founding Krisi Network in 2019, he spent nine years in various positions at companies such as Fractal Analytics, PwC India, and Innovaccer. “When the internet took off in rural areas in 2017, we saw a huge opportunity to encourage, educate and enable farmers to change their practices to increase their income,” The founder says.

Summary

The Krishi Network is transforming the agriculture landscape in India, thereby expanding access for farmers. It aims to seize the opportunities presented by the growing internet penetration in villages, inspire and educate farmers, and enable them to promote their practices and trades. The platform has been featured in media outlets such as The Hindu Business Line, The Logical Indian, The Better India, Entrepreneur India and other portals. He has a social media presence on platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, and LinkedIn.