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Agri-Calculators

Using agronomic models, agri-calculators calculates the required amount of seeds/seedlings, fertilizers, and water to produce a specific crop on a specific field size.

Type	Digital Solution
Organization	Neksigol Group (Neksigol Navovar is responsible for software development and Neksigol Mushovir is for technical backstopping on the agronomic part) and AgroInformAsia LTD
Organization Type	Consortium of partners
Country / Territory	Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan
Location	Khujand, Bishkek
Implemented in	Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation
Link	https://calculators.agroinform.asia
Use case	Sustainable farming (Green agriculture)
Domain	Plant health and production; Soil management; Water management
Description	Using agronomic models, agri-calculators calculates the required amount of seeds/seedlings, fertilizers, and water to produce a specific crop on a specific field size. Currently, the agri-calculators support a limited number of crops such as cucumber, tomato, cabbage, carrot, eggplant and radish.
Since	2019
Maturity	Market adoption (Validation)
In partnership	No
Technology	Digital (online) platforms (forums, communities, portals)
Technology description	The solution is implemented in web-based platform and using agronomic models calculates the quantities of seeds/seedlings, fertilizers, and irrigation water that are required by each crop under specific conditions. The tool is available in Tajik, Kyrgyz, Russian and English languages. The agri-calculators are also built-in in the mobile apps for agribusiness "from A to Z".
Users	Smallholder farms; Medium-size farms; Large-size farms; Private sector (other businesses); Field agro-consultants; Village advisors
Users’ description	Users are farmers and agricultural advisors
Business model	Open source; Fully free; Advertising
Business model description	The tool is open sources and everyone can use for free. Although, two types of in-app advertising are implemented in the web-based platform, that is Google Ads and its own module for displaying ads about seeds, crop protection products, fertilizers etc. from specific advertisers. The costs are 5$/monthly or 25$/yearly.
Challenges	The agri-calculators support a limited number of crops. Also, for each one of these crops, scientific models for irrigation and fertilization need to be developed in collaboration with experienced researchers.
Food Value Chain stage	Production
Impact	Assisting farmers in calculation of the required quantities of seeds, fertilizers and irrigation water, the agri-calculators can prevent excessive and unnecessary use, if it will be combined with timely application. This helps farmers to significantly reduce their production costs and increase their profit, while at the same time reducing the impact of their agricultural activities on the environment. There are more than 3 000 users of the tool per year.
SDGs	SDG 9: Industry, innovation, and infrastructure; SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production; SDG 15: Life on land