Ek Gaon – Social and Mobile technologies to empower the Indian farmer
Doing Well and Doing Good November 8th, 2011One of the recent examples of doing well and doing good that I saw is “Ek Gaon” which literally means “One Village” in Hindi. The concept is simple, using the basic mobile phones to notify the Indian farmers about the decisions that they need to make with regards to the crops and when to dispense them and so on. However, they are doing well as this is a much needed service to the farmers. Currently, there has been an alarming increase in the number of farmers suicides in India. Hence, Ek Gaon is certainly a step in the right direction