This app, named Kash Crop and developed by Hazik Hussain of Tral, Pulwama, will be available on the Google Play Store on New Year’s Day.
A one-of-a-kind integrated horticulture solutions app has been developed by a young software developer from South Kashmir. The app aims to provide information on weather patterns, diseases, treatment, market rates and other services.
This app, named Kash Crop and developed by Hazik Hussain of Norpora village of Tral in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district, has integrated GPS and an in-built AI assistant that helps it to keep track of weather and other updates. This app will be available on the Google Play Store on the New Year’s Day.
Hazik told ETV Bharat that he began working on the app three years ago after his father, Gulzar Ahmed, suffered a stroke, leaving him responsible for the family’s home gardens.
“When I started looking after our orchard, I did not know anything about it because farming is usually done traditionally in Kashmir. So, I started working on this app,” he said. “After three years of hard work, this Kash Crop App is ready, which I will dedicate to the public on the arrival of the new year so that the gardener of Kashmir can have a garden advisor available on his phone,” he said.
Explaining how the app would work, Hazik said, “The farmers and orchardists can download it and set their preferences. They will get all information about fruits, their care and interventions needed.”
Hussain said the app would offer farmers information on weather, medicines, diseases, market rates, soil testing and other services. The app will also have a customer care service for farmers, apart from providing various information.
“Initially, we have included detailed information about Apple. Such assistance is vital because apple cultivation is a major sector in the Kashmir Valley,” he said.
He acknowledged the obstacles he faced in building the app but credited family support and faith for helping him complete the project. “The Internet is a double-edged sword that has both negative and positive sides, and if we use it positively, it can bring a revolution in society,” he said.