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SuperKrishak

ClientSuper Krishak
RoleFull Stack Developer
Year2024
Super Krishak

Super Krishak is an agricultural technology platform designed for small and medium-scale farmers in Nepal. It connects farmers directly to buyers, delivers localized crop advisory based on soil and weather data, and streamlines the supply chain from field to market all accessible via a mobile-first web app optimized for low-bandwidth conditions.

Farmers in rural Nepal lack access to fair market prices, reliable weather forecasts, and modern crop advisory. Existing solutions are either too expensive, too complex, or designed for large-scale commercial farming rather than the smallholder reality. Building for intermittent internet connectivity was a key non-negotiable constraint.

  • Conducted field research across three regions to understand digital literacy levels and connectivity constraints.
  • Designed a progressive web app that caches critical data offline and syncs when connectivity is restored.
  • Built a crop advisory engine using weather API integrations and a curated agronomist knowledge base.
  • Developed a marketplace connecting verified farmers directly with buyers, bypassing traditional middlemen.
  • Implemented SMS-based notifications for farmers without smartphones a critical fallback channel.

Designing for the Field, Not the Office

Most agricultural software is designed by people who have never stood in a rice paddy at 6am with a 2G connection. Building Super Krishak meant starting from that reality low bandwidth, basic devices, mixed digital literacy and designing every interaction around those constraints rather than the ideal scenario.

Farming landscape Nepal

Super Krishak serves smallholder farmers across Nepal's Terai plains and mid-hill regions.

Field research visits
Farmer using mobile app

Field research sessions and prototype testing with farmers in Chitwan and Morang districts.

Crop Advisory Engine

The advisory engine combines current weather data from OpenWeatherMap with a curated knowledge base maintained by partnered agronomists. It delivers hyper-local advice what to plant, when to irrigate, what pests to watch for in Nepali, without requiring users to understand the underlying data model. The knowledge base is editable by agronomists through a lightweight CMS.

Platform analytics dashboard

Marketplace & Price Transparency

The direct buyer-farmer marketplace removes the intermediary markup that traditionally swallows 20–40% of the farmgate price. Verified farmers list produce with quantity and harvest date; verified buyers post purchase requests. Pricing is visible to both sides, creating a transparent negotiation environment. Settlement confirmation and delivery tracking close the loop.

Weather API integration
Supply chain tracking module
Mobile interface design

Weather data pipeline, supply chain tracking module, and the mobile-first app interface.

Offline-First Architecture

The progressive web app caches crop calendars, advisory guides, and current market prices locally using service workers. Farmers can browse the entire advisory database without internet only marketplace transactions require a live connection. This decision alone expanded the viable user base to areas where connectivity is available only a few hours a day.

Marketplace listing interface
Price comparison view

Direct buyer-farmer marketplace and real-time price comparison middleman opacity eliminated.

SMS Fallback Channel

For farmers without smartphones, Super Krishak integrates with a bulk SMS gateway to deliver daily crop advisories and price alerts. Messages are personalized based on registered crop types and location over 30% of early users relied on SMS as their primary interaction channel, underscoring the importance of building for the full digital literacy spectrum.

SMS notification system

Super Krishak launched in beta across two provinces with 200+ registered farmers. Early users reported improved price transparency for their produce and reduced dependence on middlemen for direct sales.

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