Connecting Farmers to Marketplace

Background

Modern technological advancements have created a dynamic impact in the field of agriculture. From humidity sensitive water management, to growth and harvesting, the tech contribution has transformed the entire farming landscape.

Techment had the opportunity to leverage its expertise & add value in the agricultural domain by developing an online platform that connects farmers with latest technologies in agriculture, various agri-input manufacturers, distributors and consultants. It acts as a one-stop solution for farmers to get information & connect with genuine traders, companies, and distributors that cater to their needs.

Challenges and Opportunities

The market is so diverse that several challenges needed to be addressed.

To develop an efficient search engine that presents relevant results by efficient classification ex. geographical locations, brands, suppliers, type etc.

Building an easy interface for varied users

Easy to use and scalable for new member onboarding

Ensuring flexibility in the app for upgrades

Our Solution

Techment’s team designed a mobile responsive platform handling multiple languages & allowing farmers to search, inquire and buy various agriculture products and technologies.

The Minimum Viable Product(MVP) developed catered The Agri Hub team with the facility to go live with the product at an early stage & gather market feedback aiding in further enhancement meeting the market requirements.

The main focus was to develop an agricultural e-commerce ecosystem that would benefit consumers, traders, distributors and the economy as a whole.

The platform addressed the needs of farmers by enabling them to access information on various Agritech equipment, availability & supplier details of seed providers, retailers & other advanced tools.

Technology Stack

Technology

Bootstrap 3

HTML 5

CSS3

Hibernate

MySQL

AngularJS(1)

Spring

Platform

Web/Desktop

Impact & Business value

The platform for The AgriHub evolved as a great online discovery marketplace that addressed the agricultural needs of Farmers to do better.

The farmers were able to access many suppliers with transparent prices and compare the best ones. So the platform created a new ecosystem where the participants across the value chain were able to interact and trade and discuss things that help them produce better.

Techment considers it a privilege to deploy its expertise & be a part in transforming the agriculture sector by rendering single click access to agriculture specific data in a filtered manner.

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