Inauguration of eFarmDirect Portal Version 2.0 : 17th Feb @ Chennai
Venkat Subramanian (Venky efarm)
Hi,
Everyone is aware of India’s burning farmers crisis and food wastage issues for ages – but what if we tell you that it can be fixed in couple of years ? And what is required to fix this , is NOT money , just some smart man power(or woman power to be gender neutral) .
Introducing efarmDirect – the ‘online’ avatar of efarm – from the ‘Hitech subziwallahs’ of Chennai . For those who tuned in late , you can catch the eFarm-story so far @ our website – www.efarm.in.
So, whats efarmDirect ?
Ever wondered how simple technology has dramatically changed the way we conduct our business ?
· IRCTC Train tickets – No more queues , No more touts , Now one can book train tickets from home and travel ‘ticketless’ with just sms !! Surprisingly, India’s most successful e-commerce venture is a project by Govt. of India !
· Bharatmatrimony – Gone are days when parents used to run around temples pasting horoscopes. Now they huddle around net cafes . Even the proverbial Sunday Matrimonial page has the strange ‘TM ID Number” next to each eligible bachelor. Marriage is no longer made in heaven – but in internet.
· Call taxis - ‘Give something above the meter’ is a perennial hassle with city autos . But with the new breed of Call-taxi fleets , the cabbies run anywhere to anywhere, , never mumble for extras , tracked via GPS and come within minutes of making a phone call !
· Job portals – from internships to executive search , from carpenters to car drivers – the power of net+mobile and the all pervasive facebook has shrunk the gap from employer to employee.
Now, cut to the agri sector – Over 500 million farmers and over 200 million traders – India’s biggest and oldest profession is strangely completely offline ! NO one knows what the farmer is growing, or what the consumer is eating today – till things reach a crisis state!
The key problem for a farmer , is NOT money – but marketing, labour , transport and cost of supplies. And these have remained a problem because most technology services/apps are still urban centric. Entire agri industry still runs on whims-fancies-pen-and-paper model.
· What if - farmers and buyers of agri produce data is available online ?
· What if – this data can be kept up-to-date through network of rural call centres ?
· What if farmers and buyers can discover , plan , fix rates well ahead of harvest ?
· What if ‘lorry drivers’ can be professionalised like ‘ call taxi’ wallahs ?
· What if - farm labourers can be hired ‘just in time’ by the farmer ?
Too much to DREAM for ? Well yesterdays’ dreams are tomorrow’s reality …
Introducing - efarmDirect.com - India’s First farmer’s portal, connecting all agri supply chain stakeholders into one common platform, and bringing the world to the doors step of every farmer
We launched the beta prototype version in November at the Bangalore Krishi mela at UAS, Hebbal. The response has been phenomenal and we are now inaugurating the next version of the portal on Feb 17th at the FOODS 2012 International Conference at MOP Vaishnava Womens college.
We invite you to come and share this dream turning to REAL-ity …
Venkat and Srivalli
Founders
Website : www.efarm.in www.efarmdirect.in
Linked In : venkyefarm Facebook : myefarm
Twitter : @venky_efarm Skype : themylaporelad
Event Details :
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Event |
Inauguration of eFarmDirect Version 2.0 at Foods 2012: International Conference |
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17th February 2012 , 5.00 PM
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Auditorium, M.O.P.Vaishnav College for Women , Chennai |
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Details :
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Conference brochure : |
http://www.mop-vaishnav.ac.in/SecondCommunication.pdf
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Address |
M.O.P.Vaishnav College for Women #20, IV lane Nungambakkam High road, chennai - 600034, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Phone:91-44-28330262 Landmark : Next to Ispahani centre
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