<p>Indian-made agri-tech app, BigHaat, on Wednesday launched its Kannada version for the benefit of farmers from Karnataka.</p>.<p>BigHaat is an Indian agri-tech startup providing end-to-end solutions for the agricultural community and its allies.</p>.<p>The Kannada version of the app was launched by Shivayogi C Kalasad, secretary, Agriculture Department, Bengaluru.</p>.<p>Sateesh Nukala, CEO & co-founder, BigHaat, said, “Haat is a marketplace. The space is like an emotion to the farmer. Since this is a big marketplace, not just for selling produce, everything the farmer would need can be availed here, including services. That’s how we named it ‘BigHaat’ ”. </p>.<p>“There were two options, one was to provide a platform in pre-harvest and the other in post-harvest. There were a handful of startups in 2015 and they were trying for technology intervention in order to take the produce to the market. I wanted to create a sustainable impact, by traveling with the farmer throughout the crop cycle,” he said.</p>.<p>The pre-harvest problem was a complex one. “That’s how we started developing the marketplace platform, wherein we wanted to address all the quality inputs for it, across the categories and according to convenience.”</p>
<p>Indian-made agri-tech app, BigHaat, on Wednesday launched its Kannada version for the benefit of farmers from Karnataka.</p>.<p>BigHaat is an Indian agri-tech startup providing end-to-end solutions for the agricultural community and its allies.</p>.<p>The Kannada version of the app was launched by Shivayogi C Kalasad, secretary, Agriculture Department, Bengaluru.</p>.<p>Sateesh Nukala, CEO & co-founder, BigHaat, said, “Haat is a marketplace. The space is like an emotion to the farmer. Since this is a big marketplace, not just for selling produce, everything the farmer would need can be availed here, including services. That’s how we named it ‘BigHaat’ ”. </p>.<p>“There were two options, one was to provide a platform in pre-harvest and the other in post-harvest. There were a handful of startups in 2015 and they were trying for technology intervention in order to take the produce to the market. I wanted to create a sustainable impact, by traveling with the farmer throughout the crop cycle,” he said.</p>.<p>The pre-harvest problem was a complex one. “That’s how we started developing the marketplace platform, wherein we wanted to address all the quality inputs for it, across the categories and according to convenience.”</p>