Problem / Objective :

There is a need for authentic information on the status of crop production before they mature in order to plan for imports, exports, or buffer well ahead of shortages or surpluses. 

Solution / Approach:

BKC WeatherSys Pvt. Ltd. (formerly known as BK Consimpex Pvt. Ltd.) is one of India’s first few private sector meteorology and environmental technology companies. Founded in 1989, BKC WeatherSys provides turn-key technology and service solutions for weather, power, aviation, agriculture and solar energy industries. 

Through the Fasal Salah app, farmers can get weather advisory in advance, which is related to the crops that they grow. This app can also act as a tool for crop insurance system, which is currently faced with challenges like delayed submission of yield data to assess damages as the system relies on thousands of crop-cutting experiments, lack of trust in the quality of such data, and delay in the payment of premium subsidy by the state governments to the insurance companies. 

Impact / Implementation:

The solution has resonated well with over 1 lakh farmers who are using the app to estimate yield, get information about traders, input providers, mandi prices, and receive highly personalised and hyper local weather forecasting. 

Source: NASSCOM COE-DSAI AI for Good report