Feb 14 Overview

1) Help farmer groups apply for govt subsidies / grants. See detail here

- FPO: Simply process of getting grant funding

- Accelerate pace of enrollment and disbursing funding which benefits orgs like NABARD and others who are giving out the money

• FPOs see a curated list of govt programs incl $ available, allowed use of proceeds, etc.

• Simple process to capture relevant data

• Get regular updates on application progress

• Potentially could offer “factoring” where someone prepays the funds while application is pending and gets repaid once govt money finally arrives

• DG compiles a list of programs and requirements. Work with govt partners to develop this and figure out any technical integrations that can streamline the process

• DG provides the interface for data capture and a dashboard where memb

• Haqdarshak?

Farmrise

2) Digital marketing “bootcamp” and Omnichannel tool. See detail here

- FPO: Leverage digital portals to reach more customers

- Digital portals have signed up FPOs but they are not active at the moment

• FPO “marketing officer” goes through a training program which incl videos on various digital marketing tools

• Capture critical data once and publish across various portals which have pre-built integrations

• DG creates partnerships with various digital portals and builds integrations btwn their CMS' and KDE

PDD University

3) NFTs as a fundraising tool, esp for equipment.

See detail here

- FPO: Money to purchase equipment that benefits members

- NFTs are a unique engagement mechanism for donors

• FPO select from a curated list of equipment which has productivity / environmental benefits

• Donors purchase NFTs and proceeds are sent to FPOs who purchase equipment and share regular updates on usage stats

• Usage updates and translated to impact metrics which increase demand for NFTs

• Promoting orgs work w FPOs to identify equipment and impact metrics

• Partners to support minting + marketing/selling NFTs

4) Peer data sharing / benchmarks. See detail here

- Farmers: Intel on what peers are doing will inform own practices

- Aggregated data useful to FPO for planning purposes

• Farmer logs info (eg, planting date or crop yield) and receives an index or average that contextualizes their information vs. local peers

• Complement numbers / dates / text with photos and mages

• DG build interface for collecting and displaying information

• DG compiles data and generates local benchmarks

• FBN

• Farmer scorecard

5) Input “auction”

- FPO: Drive competition between input suppliers and deliver best price to their members

- Input suppliers have a well organized source of leads

• FPO captures input requirement via KDE

• Requirements along w key dates published to a portal that is shared with input suppliers (local and e-commerce)

• Suppliers have one week to submit their bids and FPO reaches out to lock in a deal

• DG will bring on-board input suppliers to support this

• DG provides interface for the transaction

6) Data Entry and Validation Kisan Coin. See here for detail

- FPO: relevant information is logged by farmers

• FPO members get coins for recording / validating information

• These coins can be redeemed for something

• Design the infrastructure for issuing, tracking and retiring coins

Reddit Moons

7) FPO member “layaway” / savings accounts

- FPO: Stickiness w members bc their cash is parked in treasury

- Farmer members: Get discounts on purchases made from savings and/or yield on savings

• FPO members save cash when they can and its aggregated and stored somewhere where it earns some yield

• The cash is used for input purchases; FPO gets discounts on purchases through po

• Need some mechanism for farmers to save away in small increments

• Help FPOs work with input companies to strike deals on purchases (eg, climate resilient seeds, etc.)

• Explore DeFi opportunities for the cash that is held in treasury

MyAgro

8) Ecosystem service payments

- FPO: new source of revenue for members

• FPOs receive advisories on practices that deliver ecosystem services (reduced GHG emissions, improved SOC)

• Record data and quantify impact

• Sell to innovative offset buyers with a goal towards developing a methodology accepted by a registry to increase price / market

• Advise farmers on practices and record their adoption

• Experts on translating practices to ecosystem service impact

• Brokers who can sell offsets

Biochar Life

9) Peer certification (eg, PGS)

FPO: Standout to buyers

Farmers: Increased price realization

Retailers: Differentiated products to drive store traffic

Consumers: Transparency to what they are buying

PGS Operational Manual

Open Food Network