Fasal Mitra

# Introducing Fasal Mitra: A Free, Offline Farming Assistant Built for Indian Farmers

*Detect crop diseases from a photo, get weather and irrigation advice, and track live mandi prices — all in your language, even without an internet connection.*

For millions of small and marginal farmers across India, the right piece of information at the right moment can be the difference between a healthy harvest and a season's loss. *Is this spot on my rice leaf a disease or just sunburn? Should I irrigate today or is rain coming? What is wheat selling for at the nearest mandi?* The answers exist — but they're often locked behind patchy rural internet, unfamiliar languages, or apps that were never designed with a budget phone in mind.

**Fasal Mitra** was built to change that. It's a free farming companion that puts practical, on-the-spot guidance directly into a farmer's hands — and, crucially, it keeps working even when the network doesn't.

Today, we're proud to announce that Fasal Mitra is available on the Google Play Store.

## Three everyday problems, one simple app

### 🌿 Spot crop disease from a single photo

Point your phone's camera at a crop leaf and Fasal Mitra analyses it **right on the device** — no internet required. Every result comes with a clear confidence score and practical, low-cost treatment steps (organic remedies first, then chemical options), so you know exactly what to do next.

To keep results accurate, you can tell the app which crop you're scanning — rice, maize, potato or tomato — so it doesn't confuse look-alike seedlings. And if the photo isn't a leaf at all, the app tells you honestly instead of guessing. When you're online and the phone isn't fully sure, it can quietly double-check with a cloud model for a second opinion.

### ☔ Know when to water — and when to wait

Fasal Mitra shows your local temperature, humidity, wind and a 7-day forecast, paired with simple irrigation guidance in plain words: *"Rain expected soon — you can skip watering today."* It also sends timely alerts for heavy rain, frost and heatwaves, so you can protect your crop before the weather turns.

### 🏪 Track mandi prices that matter to you

Check daily market rates (₹/quintal) for the crops you grow, filtered by your own state and district, with the latest mandi date shown clearly. Set a price alert and Fasal Mitra will notify you the moment your crop reaches your target rate — so you can sell at the right time, not just any time.

## Designed for the way farmers actually live

Great features mean little if the app can't be used in the field. So Fasal Mitra was built around a few firm principles:

- **Works offline, first and foremost.** Your saved data, past scans and cached prices are all available with zero connectivity. The internet is used only to fetch fresh information — it never blocks you from using the app.

- **Speaks your language.** The full app is available in **nine languages** — English, हिन्दी, తెలుగు, मराठी, বাংলা, தமிழ், ଓଡ଼ିଆ, ಕನ್ನಡ and ਪੰਜਾਬੀ — with a **read-aloud** option so you can *listen* to advice, and voice commands to move around hands-free.

- **Light on your phone and your data.** It's built to run smoothly on everyday budget phones and to sip data, not gulp it.

- **Private by design.** No account to create. No ads. No trackers. Your photos and information stay on your phone.

## Free, and meant to stay that way

Fasal Mitra is completely free to use. There are no subscriptions, no in-app purchases, and no advertising. It was built as a genuinely useful tool for the farming community — not a funnel for selling something else.

## A trusted companion, not a replacement for expertise

Fasal Mitra offers **advisory information** to support your own judgement. It's a knowledgeable helper in your pocket — but for anything serious, especially before applying chemical treatments, we always recommend confirming with your local **Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK)** or an agricultural expert.

## Get started in minutes

1. **Download Fasal Mitra** from the Google Play Store.

2. Choose your language and, if you like, allow location access for local weather.

3. Scan your first crop leaf, check your local forecast, or look up today's mandi price.

That's it — no sign-up, no waiting.

We built Fasal Mitra for the farmer standing in the field with a phone in one hand and a question in mind. If that's you, we'd love for you to try it — and to tell us how we can make it better.

👉 Available in Google Play Store -

Download now - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.boxi.fasalmitra

*Have feedback or a feature you'd love to see? We're listening — reach out and let us know.*