Satyukt Analytics, a leading agricultural technology company, has announced a partnership with Grama One Centers, a flagship programme of the Government of Karnataka. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in Satyukt’s mission to revolutionise agriculture through precision farming solutions, making state-of-the-art satellite-based solutions more accessible to farmers across Karnataka.
The centre of this partnership is the Sat2Farm mobile app, an innovative tool that delivers real-time data to farmers, empowering them with critical information on soil health, moisture levels, crop conditions, pests, and diseases. Through satellite-based technology, Sat2Farm provides invaluable insights that enable farmers to optimise resource usage, choose the right crops, and effectively manage pests and diseases. The collaboration between Satyukt and Grama One Centers aims to usher in a new era of agriculture, where technology and expertise converge to empower farmers and ensure sustainable farming practices.
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The Government of Karnataka’s Grama One programme, designed to deliver citizen services directly to villages, acts as a one-stop assistance centre. This partnership ensures that rural citizens have seamless access to Sat2Farm’s agricultural services, bridging the gap between urban and rural areas and bringing the benefits of satellite remote sensing technology to the doorstep of farmers.
The B2C Services launch event through Grama One centers in Tumakur district witnessed the presence of guests, including Madan Mohan, KAS; Manjunath Reddy of the Directorate of Electronic Delivery of Citizen Services (EDCS) of the Government of Karnataka, and Ram Mohan, District Project Manager of CMS Computers.
The event, attended by Manoj, Karnataka State Head, Grama One Project, along with representatives from 150 Grama One and KarnatakaOne centers of Tumakur district, showcased Satyukt Analytics providing in-depth knowledge of satellite-based digital farming solutions through the Sat2Farm mobile app. The digital agriculture solutions include rapid soil health reports, pest and disease forewarning, image-based diagnosis, crop-specific practices, soil moisture estimation, irrigation advisories, weather forecasts, and crop health analysis.
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Speaking on the collaboration, Sat Kumar Tomer, Founder and CEO of Satyukt Analytics said, “Grama One is the flagship programme of the Government of Karnataka aimed at delivering Government to Citizen (G2C) and Business to Customer (B2C) services to rural citizens at their own village. Satyukt will provide its Sat2Farm B2C services through Grama One throughout the Karnataka state.”
Notably, Satyukt Analytics provides comprehensive knowledge of satellite-based digital farming solutions through its Sat2Farm mobile app. The digital farming solutions include rapid soil health reports (covering Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Soil Organic Carbon, pH), pest and disease forewarning, image-based diagnosis for pests and diseases, crop and location-specific package of practices, satellite-based soil moisture estimation, irrigation advisories, 15-day weather forecasts, and satellite-based crop health analysis.
This partnership signifies a step towards democratising access to advanced agricultural technologies, ensuring that the benefits of precision farming solutions reach every corner of the state and empower farmers to enhance their agricultural productivity and economic well-being.