Kisan Network (YC W16) is an online marketplace for Indian agriculture • Hacker News Board

Re: Kisan Network (YC W16) is an online marketplace for Indian agriculture

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Post by writetoalok » Thu, Mar 10, 2016, 2:31 PM UTC

So, why is your website - http://kisannetwork.in/ devoid of any link to access this market place that you speak of ..?

  - No App Download link
  - No Telephone numbers toll free or otherwise
  - No product listing, (items, prices etc.) on the website
  - Just one email address to buy from farmers on your platform

Re: Kisan Network (YC W16) is an online marketplace for Indian agriculture

#32

Post by adi_agarwalla » Thu, Mar 10, 2016, 5:10 PM UTC

writetoalok wrote: post #31

So, why is your website - http://kisannetwork.in/ devoid of any link to access this market place that you speak of ..? - No App Download link - No Telephone numbers toll free or otherwise - No product listing, (items, prices etc.) on the website - Just one email address to buy from farmers on your platform

Thanks for the question. We are currently in public beta in only one location in the country and as a result, the marketplace isn't live for everyone to be able to use. But, we are expanding this year to more locations in the country!

Re: Kisan Network (YC W16) is an online marketplace for Indian agriculture

#33

Post by adi_agarwalla » Thu, Mar 10, 2016, 5:17 PM UTC

aogaosdighao wrote: post #30

adi_agarwalla wrote: post #2

Co-founder Aditya here. I'd love to answer any questions you may have, so please free to fire them my way! The reason why we decided to build this is because the agricultural market in India is plagued by a middleman driven inefficient physical system where farmers do not have a say in the crop sale process. This is different from how the industry works in the US. But the fact is that in India, a huge majority (~85%)…

According to that article, you take care of sorting & processing of the produce. Doesn't it take a lot of investment to start something like that? Seems you would need a big hygienic facility for this. And the logistics of moving the produce from remote villages to your facility and then from there to the buyer..doesn't that take a fleet of trucks? And finally, how exactly are you different from the existing middleme…

Thanks for the questions. We have designed our own cost effective mechanisms to handle the costs that you mentioned. We are a facilitator, not a middleman.