Farmers in Pakistan are benefiting from the digital revolution brought to them by agriculture entrepreneurs, who are helping them manage their crops more effectively and distribute their harvests at the correct moment.
According to Aamer Hayat Bhandara, a farmer and local councillor in “Chak 26,” a hamlet in Punjab province’s agricultural heartland, “the most modern equipment we had was the tractor” until recently.
Farmers in Chak 26 and pilot projects elsewhere in Pakistan have been provided free internet connection since October, and it has had a transformative effect on their work.
Nearly 20% of Pakistan’s GDP and 40% of its employment come from agriculture, making it the country’s economic backbone.As the world’s fifth largest sugarcane, seventh largest wheat, and tenth largest rice producer, Pakistan is heavily reliant on human labour while falling well behind other major agricultural countries in the use of machinery.
