iFPO
iFPO (spoke with Abhijeet Gupta Oct 28 2020, product video)
Member management including ID card and share certificate
Accounting system, less complicated than tally, share data with lending institutions
Farmer app to track parameters of farm, what is being grown, etc.
Works online / offline, used on desktop and mobile
"gram to home": show FPO stocks to market; Currently B2B want to open B2C eventually
Users can send whatsapp messages this info gets loaded to portal
FPO can list assets available for rent: farm equipment/machinery or warehouse space
maintenance fee is 6k per FPO
generate eway bills and GST filing reports
FPO network for comms between FPOs that are using the tool
Challenges: ease of use, local languages
Ifpo being used “across the country” incl 50 nabard related FPOs in Karnataka
Karabi works on digitization and data integration across domains. Built web portal for NABARD, used by 4300 FPOs (1mn farmers) to capture share details and manage comms between FPOs and NABARD