Handygo Ltd, a leading wireless solution provider in Mobile and Value Added services, is helping farmers by providing meteorological information through Interactive Voice response system (IVRS) and GPRS in the rural sectors. Along with weather forecast, the technology will empower the farmers to have information and agricultural inputs on various kinds of crops prepared by agricultural experts on their mobile phones.
Commenting on this Mr.Praveen Rajpal, CEO of handygo Pvt Ltd says “Our vision is to expand our services in every region and every district. At handygo, our prime motive is to see every farmer’s dream coming true. With the technical content support by IMD, which has strong back up given by State Agricultural Universities and ICAR institutions, we tailor the services and reach every farmer’s doorsteps.”
After signing a memorandum with Indian Meteorological department, handygo has extensively researched and gathered information about the various regions, its locale and its agriculture. Agricultural scientists athandygo process the technical data into information which is easily accessible and is updated twice on a weekly basis. Information on selection of crops and their varieties, proper sowing time, pest and disease control, choosing optimum time and dose of fertilizer, post harvesting advice, irrigation management and other weather based farm decision making is also a part of their service.
