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Strengthening Farmer Livelihoods at the Last Mile

We are a technology-driven social impact organization strengthening farmers and agricultural systems by making extension services more effective, accessible, and scalable. We work closely with communities, partners, and governments to enable better decision-making and improve livelihoods.

About Us

We work at the intersection of technology, agriculture, and community development - building digital systems that help farmers access the knowledge they need, when they need it most.

Our Focus

Our work focuses on strengthening digital extension systems, by leveraging cost-effective and latest technologies with a strong emphasis on gender intentionality and reaching smallholder farming communities across India.

Our Evolution

From video-based learning in remote villages to AI-powered advisory on mobile phones, we have evolved continuously to meet farmers where they are - in their language, on their device.

What We Do

We leverage AI and technology to strengthen farmer livelihoods at scale with timely, practical, and climate-smart support.

  • Build AI-powered advisory tools like FarmerChat
  • Strengthen public and community-based extension systems
  • Enable farmer groups and frontline workers with digital tools
  • Partner with governments, private and community sector organizations to scale impact
Our Journey

From a research initiative to a scalable, AI-powered platform — evolving how farmers access knowledge.

Began as a project of Microsoft Research, testing a role for technology in small-scale agricultural systems.
Partnered with the first NGO partner, Green Foundation, becoming the basis for the name Digital Green.
2006
Community video success leads to Digital Green non-profit launch.
Became an independent non-profit, the first non-profit spin-off from Microsoft Research.
2008
The first official Digital Green team came together at a boot camp in India.
2009
CoCo and analytics dashboards were created to track farmer feedback and usage data across time and space.
2010
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Linked up with the Government of India’s National Rural Livelihoods Mission.
Expanded our work to address health and nutrition issues.
2012
Remote training courseware platform launched for training extension workers virtually.
2013
First "Think Week" held. Digital Green's transport-to-market service, Loop, was born.
2015
Reached 1 million farmers
2016
“Beyond Extension”: Our first 5-year Strategy launched
With the new strategy started charting towards a future with ‘big data’ in Agriculture.
2017
Launched FarmStack, an open source interoperable data platform to enable organizations and farmers to solve difficult problems in the agriculture ecosystem.
2019
Amid Covid-19, launched a virtual, live training program for extension agents.
Scaled up innovative ways of reaching farmers, including through chatbots and social media platforms with a special focus on market coordination for farmers.
2020–22
Telegram chatbot and FarmerChat Partners App launched in India
2023
FarmerChat
FarmerChat (AI assistant) launched on Google Play Store
2024
Local Language
In Bihar alone, 100,000 users with over 1 million questions were asked — many in Bhojpuri and Hindi.
2025
900K+ users in India began using FarmerChat.
2026
Our Vision

All people engaged in farming have access to locally relevant, quality technical and peer advice as well as choice of services and markets. This enables them to build food secure, resilient and prosperous lives, even in the face of climate change.

Our Mission

Co-creating a world where farmers use technology and data to build prosperous, resilient communities.

Our core values

The principles that guide every product decision, partnership, and field interaction we make.

Farmer Focused

Transparent

We share the good and the bad, and we believe that access to information enables progress for ourselves, our partners and peers, and the farmers we serve.

Farmer Focused

Brave

To achieve our goal of alleviating poverty, we need crazy ideas and we need to take risks—and, it's OK if we fail sometimes.

Farmer Focused

Farmer-focused

Our hero - the smallholder farmer - is at the center of everything we do and how we do it.

Farmer Focused

Always Learning

We have more questions than answers.

Farmer Focused

Caring

We have each other's backs.

Leadership

A team with deep experience across technology, agriculture, and development, working to drive meaningful impact at scale.

Nidhi Bhasin

Nidhi Bhasin

CEO

Aniruddha Brahmachari

Aniruddha Brahmachari

Director, Programs

Preeti Sikder

Preeti Sikder

Director, Finance & Operations

Rashmi Kulkarni

Rashmi Kulkarni

Head, Communications

Mansi Chandorikar Kalra

Mansi Chandorikar Kalra

Head, Resource Mobilization & Donor Management

Divyanand Raj

Divyanand Raj

Head, MEL

Madhurima Ghose

Madhurima Ghose

Head, HR

Board of Trustees
Tejesh Shah

Tejesh Shah​

Anirban Ghose

Anirban Ghose

Co-Founder of Transform Rural India Foundation (TRIF)

Neeraj Jain

Neeraj Jain

Director Growth Operations - Asia, Middle East & Europe (AMEE) at PATH

Our Partners

We collaborate with governments, research institutions, NGOs, and private sector partners to expand
access to knowledge and scale impact across India.

Ready to grow impact together?

Whether you're a government, NGO, funder, or research institution — there's a role for you in building more resilient farming communities across India.