Good News for the farmers: Better practices better yields -Agri-based start-up Gramophone showcases the benefits on its ‘Field Day’
Bankpura, Madhya Pradesh, December 08, 2018
Gramophone, an agriculture-based startup in Indore was founded by IIT and IIM graduates, Tauseef Khan, Nishant Mahatre, Harshit Gupta and Ashish Rajan Singh. Gramophone started its operations in 2016 and it currently helps almost 1.5 lakh farmers in the central and western region of Madhya Pradesh. The startup aims to provide the farmers best package and practices which can give them higher yields. The experts at Gramophone study the farming behavior suggest methods and practices that help farmers. With growing technological advancements, the Internet has become an abode to every solution that we want.
Gramophone believes that all farmers can be digitally equipped with mobile-based solutions that can give them access to best quality seeds, crop protection, nutrition products and methodologies to improve crop yields. With the same aim, the startup introduced its Gramophone Android App and missed call helpline number. Today, they have received more than 2 lakh calls from farmers for assistance related to farming and over 80,000 applications installs where people share their requirements.
On December 08, 2018, Gramophone organised it’s ‘Field Day’ where current farming practices were compared to the well-researched practices given by the expert agronomists at Gramophone. The objective was to showcase the potential that newer technologies have for farmers. The field experts guided the farmers and kept a track of the crop across the cropping cycle and the results are quite encouraging. Mayank Agrawal, a farmer from Bankpura village (Dhamnod) mentions, “I have been taking help from the experts at Gramophone this season and as compared to the other fields, my crop is healthier and I expect an improvement of 30-40% in the yield”.
The idea was to maximize the profits of farmers and help them understand why a technology-driven approach is a new way out. Gramophone usually provides assistance to the farmers via their toll-free helpline number where people can contact them by just giving a missed call. The startup also has a toll-free number and specific products which provide solutions to all farming-related problems and challenges faced by the farmers. Anyone who wishes to experience the services provided by Gramophone can simply give a missed call to (1800 315 7566) toll-free number.
Gramophone is an agriculture-based startup which started its operations in 2016. IIT and IIM graduates Tauseef Khan, Nishant Mahatre, Harshit Gupta and Ashish Rajan Singh have made a significant change, along with their team in the lives of various farmers who are now associated with Gramophone. The team aims to provide easy and well-researched farming practices that will help the farmers have more yield. The Gramophone app, with over 80,000 installs provides crop-related information, which solves the problem (Mandi Prices, Weather, Pest & Disease Solutions etc.) with just a click. It also has a special feature through which farmers can get solutions to their queries by the experts through a toll-free number (1800 315 7566) just by a missed call, in addition to the app. Currently, the team operates in central and western regions of Madhya Pradesh including areas like Indore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Khargone, Khandwa, and many others.
