AI-based Market Intelligence Systems for Farmer Collectives: A
Case-study from India
RONAK LADHAR, IIT Delhi, India
SOURAV SHARMA, IIT Delhi, India
SRIKANT TANGIRALA, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India
NISHANT GUPTA, IIT Delhi, India
ABDUL AZEEM, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India
ARJAV JAIN, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India
BHUVAN CHAND KATAKAM, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India
BOMMAKANTI ADITYA, IIT Delhi, India
C. SANKARAIAH, Center for Collective Development, India
HARI PRASAD PIRIDI, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India
KAUSHALENDRA YADAV, Farmveda, India
KUMRA VITTALRAO, Center for Collective Development, India
MATIUR RAHMAN, Gram Vaani, India
RASHUL CHUTANI, IIT Delhi, India
RISHI SHAH, IIT Delhi, India
ROHAN KATEPALLEWAR, Gram Vaani, India
DIPANJAN CHAKRABORTY, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, India
AADITESHWAR SETH, IIT Delhi, India
Small and marginal farmers are unable to get a good price for their produce because of several challenges they face in market
participation. Aggregation of produce via farmer cooperatives and the ability to delay sales (for non-perishable crops) to
when market prices are high, has emerged as a useful strategy to improve farmer incomes. We work with a network of
Authors’ addresses: Ronak Ladhar, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, mcs212146@cse.iitd.ac.in; Sourav Sharma, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India,
ssourav.iitd@gmail.com; Srikant Tangirala, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, India, f20200055@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in;
Nishant Gupta, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, Nishant.Gupta@cse.iitd.ac.in; Abdul Azeem, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, India,
f20191234@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in; Arjav Jain, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, India, f20191141@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in;
Bhuvan Chand Katakam, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, India, f20190142@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in; Bommakanti Aditya,
IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, cs5190471@cse.iitd.ac.in; C. Sankaraiah, Center for Collective Development, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh,
India, sankar.ptp@ccd.ngo; Hari Prasad Piridi, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, India, p20210102@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in;
Kaushalendra Yadav, Farmveda, Bengaluru, India, kaushalendra_yadav@farmveda.in; Kumra Vittalrao, Center for Collective Development,
Adilabad, Telangana, India, kumravittalrao@gmail.com; Matiur Rahman, Gram Vaani, New Delhi, India, matiur.rahman@oniondev.com;
Rashul Chutani, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, cs5180789@cse.iitd.ac.in; Rishi Shah, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, Rishi.Shah.cs119@cse.iitd.ac.in;
Rohan Katepallewar, Gram Vaani, New Delhi, India, rohan.22march@gmail.com; Dipanjan Chakraborty, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus,
Hyderabad, India, dipanjan@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in; Aaditeshwar Seth, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India, aseth@cse.iitd.ac.in.
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