The Agri Collaboratory
We are inspired by the vision of
making the Indian farmer Profitable, Sustainable, Resilient by applying Technology and Innovation.
Enabling India to emerge as a Global leader in
Open Source Agri Innovation.
Who we are
TAC is building an ecosystem led, open source movement for Agri, which in turn will help build the elements of the common digital infrastructure [“Digital Rails”] for Agri – as a public good, collaboratively between the broader ecosystem and the Govt.
The Agri Collaboratory [TAC] is a “Non-compete” Social Enterprise, functioning like an Agri “Think
and Do Tank”. We are a networked, borderless, “non-organization”, accelerating the usage of Open Source Innovation.
Our Workstreams
Project AgCx: Agriculture Farm Credit Assessment
Automating Farm Credit Assessment for 60 – 100 Million Small & Marginal Farmers
Crop Price Forecasting System
The Agri Platform and leveraging DATA Flows from disparate sources will allow us to forecast harvest time crop prices well in advance.
Agri Data Interoperability
Democratising Access: Credit, Markets, Supply Chain through Open Scalable Platform and Data Standardisation
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Transforming Rural Finance
Objective This is an executive summary of a brainstorming session between TAC and iSPIRT to achieve the following: Shortcomings in the Agricultural and Agri Credit Sector Despite having the highest percentage of arable land, India is grossly underutilizing its land, water and human resources and has low productivity compared to several countries. I. Incomplete definitionContinue… Read More
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Project AgCx – Automated Rural Finance Assessment: Concept Note
Motivation – The “Why” As per Agriculture Census, 2015-16 India has 126 million small and marginal farmers and requires Rs 37-40 Lakh Crore (400-500 US$ Billion) of working capital annually. RBI estimates that approx. 59.1 % of small and marginal farmers and 30 % of agricultural households avail credit from non-institutional sources probably since theyContinue… Read More
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Digital Public Infrastructure (DPIs) for inclusive agriculture transformation
A collaborative national approach, open data interoperability, use-case led approach, governance, and farmer privacy is key. In her budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated, “A digital public infrastructure for agriculture will be built as an open source, open standard and interoperable public good that will help develop farmer-centric solution for crop planning, crop estimation,Continue… Read More
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