Provide farmers with weather related information, advice on the usage of seeds, land preparation, sowing, transplanting, irrigation, fertilizers and agrochemicals, and advice on preventive and remedial measures for controlling pest and diseases via mobile phones, call centre, a website, app-based services as well as personal advice via extension officers and Lal Teer’s field staff.
Through our ongoing pilot intervention in Munshigonj district of Bangladesh, we have raised awareness of the benefits of the GeoPotato program among 1,000 farmers to-date. Among these, 130 farmers have been positively impacted. The next phase of our pilot programme will be implemented in Rangpur district.