CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

Target Areas

Available on Google play store, the targeted area of the application is the Indian Himalayan Region covering ten states of Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Assam , Meghalaya & parts of West-Bengal.

Objectives

• Empowerment of marginal Himalayan agro-horticultural communities
• Bridging of Prevailing Information & Knowledge divide for informed decision making.
• Ensuring Food & Livelihood Security
• Facilitation of “Lab-to-Field “ Approach
• Enhancing Dialogue between Agriculture Experts & farmers
• Fast Grievance Redressal

The Challenge

• Himalayas have remotely located villages that are largely scattered, agrarian & lack accessibility.
• Tough, Undulating & rugged terrain along with inclement weather conditions make communication difficult.
• This has led to isolation of Himalayan communities which increases their vulnerability to climate change.
• Small & less productive land holdings.
• Poor & marginal farmers
• Majorly illiterate communities
• Lack of avenues of capacity building
• Widening Knowledge & information Gap
• Limitations of knowledge transfer
• Limited reach of Printed Material

Beneficiaries

• HARC KISSAN APP would gradually provide benefit to approximately 3-4 crore people inhabiting the eleven mountain states of India namely, Jammu & Kashmir; Himachal Pradesh; Uttarakhand; Sikkim; Arunachal Pradesh; Assam; Parts of West-Bengal, Meghalaya; Nagaland; Manipur; Mizoram & Tripura.
• “HARC KISSAN APP” is available on Google play store & has universal availability.
• The Application will play a pivotal role in enhancing the economic status of the masses apart from making them resilient to climate change.
• It will go a long way in addressing grievances of farmers apart from providing timely knowledge & information for informed decisions thereby reducing losses.
• It will contribute towards securing food, lives & livelihoods of mountain & hill communities by empowering them economically.
• Low cost technique that also addresses the issue of network connectivity in the mountains.

Innovative Features - HARC Kissan App

• It has been designed in Hindi language to increase it’s Reach & Acceptance.
• Customized knowledge on select mountain crops & cultivation practices.
• Demand based customized soil test report.
• Interactive platform for exchange of dialogue between farmers & agriculture experts. It also includes facilities for exchange of photographs for efficient & fast redressal of grievances.
• One stop solution for farmers for resolution of constraints & challenges faced by them.
• Facilitation of marketing linkages of produce by provisions for real-time information such as prevailing rates in local mandis; details of vendors etc. to minimize exploitation by middlemen.
• It would be a repository of information on various government schemes meant for agro-horticulture sector.
• It will also provide information on local weather conditions & have facilities for sending instant messages.
• Easy to use, It would also be available offline in catched memory.