Tufail Abbas

Kissan Sahara Technologies

Kissan Sahara Tech. is a social (for profit) Agri(Fin.)Tech. start-up focused on identifying the problems faced by the smallholder farmers on both, the supply & demand sides of the agriculture value chains. We leverage technology & IoT in our suite of services to identify & provide farm centric solutions to the farmers. We are the staunch believers of building partnerships for creating synergies. We are the strong advocates to forge an Agri(Fin)Tech. ecosystem where we can build on each other's strengths by being uniquely positioned. We provide: Access to Formal Credits & Financial Inclusion Farm economics to decrease cost of production & increase income Parametric Crop Insurance Precision Agronomy Soil Testing & Drone Services Crop & Life Insurance Remote Sensing & Satellite Imagery Direct Market Linkages for farmer to direct buyers & corporates Bridging the knowledge gap of farmers w.r.t digital & financial literacies "Every farm is unique & capable, we aim to improve the crop outcomes by decreasing cost, improving yield with our innovative solutions, modernising agri practices and managing disasters through our Phy-GItal advisory model by having our physical presence in the field coupled by leveraging tech enabled data. We integrate our partners in our model to provide to them the suite of services tailored as farm-centric and help protect the farmers ending up in the exploitative spirals of the informal channels. We provide the pre-financed inputs and become their ultimate buyers by connecting them to the end user corporates or channel their commodities to the export oriented markets to get them the right sense of economics in terms of their produce value. We empower farmers for building improved & sustainable livelihood through farming enterprising. We are focused along with our partners to unlock Pakistan's farming potential and together we aiming to grow a better and food secured future for Pakistan and create foot prints globally."