What is SeedCast?
SeedCast is an app-based digital tool designed to reliably collate demand for rice seed from dealers, which is generated based on farmer’s demand. The app also provides information regarding different rice varieties suitable for the user’s location.
What are the benefits from using this tool?
- The app will help in systemic improvement in seed demand estimation and aggregation process
- The estimates provided by this app are relatively more accurate than what is collected through current methods of compilation. Dealers are not generally part of the current demand estimation process.
- This will facilitate communication and building effective linkages between producers, distributors and users of seed and, the regulatory authorities
- This should lead to effective planning for demand-driven production and delivery of seed
- This will enable assures access of dealers to required seed and varieties and, consequently better access to farmers
- This should lead to higher varietal and seed replacement rates, leading to higher crop productivity.