Handygo, CABI ties Up
2012-03-20Handygo Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and CABI have joined hands to provide mobile based agriculture solutions to the rural population in India.
The association is claimed to work well with MNO's, Government bodies, NGOs and educational and research institutions who could use the data to provide customized solutions to the rural subscribers. This innovative product would be available on both IVR (Interactive Voice Response) & SMS (Short Messaging Service) platforms designed especially to provide solutions to mobile subscribers on agriculture and allied topics.
The association will also help Government and private bodies involved with different projects across the rural markets in provision of customized information about the rural market. A huge gap exists between the rural and urban India in the areas of health, agriculture, financial inclusion, education, etc. Moreover agricultural, regional health, banking, education issues have also been given due focus by Handygo, while making this service. This pan India service is available in 18 regional languages, 24/7, 365 days a year and provides credible and authentic information making this service more attractive to the rural population. The association will help in provision of customized services, offers and products to the users and also help Telecom service providers, Government bodies, NGOs, research and educational institutions.
Praveen Rajpal, CEO, Handygo said, "Handygo endeavors to support the development of the rural region in the country along with CAB International by providing the various stakeholders working in this domain with specific information about the users via a communication channel that has the maximum penetration - the Mobile phone."
Dr. Elizabeth Dodsworth, CABI said, "We are delighted to partner with one of India's leading VAS provider - Handygo. We have noticed a great potential in the untapped and high potential rural market and look forward to sharing the research and data with various stakeholders for ensuring the latest and validated information. Content from our Direct2Farm Agriculture knowledge Repository will be made available by Handygo in all regional languages along with Hindi and English."
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