Desta Talk is initiative of Desta Global- an Indian startup works for improving livelihood of Indian farmers. Desta Talk educates farmers by providing informative articles, tips, infographics through website, social media, phone calls, SMS and WhatsApp messenger.

1. An Agri-Info Website For Indian Farmers
Initiative of:
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2. What is Desta Talk?
Desta Talk was started in 2014 by Desta Global with aim to improve livelihood of farmers. It reaches
out to the farmers through various channels such as website, phone, social media, SMS, etc. to
provide agricultural information.
Desta Talk is dedicated to:
• Educate farmers about modern farm techniques
• Help farmers to make wise decision right from crop selection to post harvest management
• Improve farmer’s economic condition
• Publishing informative articles on Desta Talk portal
• Interacting with farmers through face book
• Providing agri-Knowledge through SMS
• Solving farmer’s issues over phone
• Communicating with farmers via WhatsApp
What do Desta Talk do?
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3. Publishing informative articles on Desta Talk portal
Desta Talk’s agro-experts write articles on
modern farming techniques, weather alert,
innovations, product info and success stories.
These bilingual (English & Marathi) articles
help farmers to make decision at various
stages of farming business.
Over 5000 monthly active website visitors
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4. Interacting with farmers through face book
Desta Talk operates FB page to interact with new
generation of farmers.
Various agricultural tips, articles, expert’s quotes &
infographics are posted on this page.
Farmers actively appreciate those posts & also ask
their queries.
Got more than 1600 followers on Facebook
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5. Providing Agri-Knowledge through SMS
Every week Desta Talk team share links of
informative articles via SMS with the farmers
across Maharashtra.
These articles help farmers to gain latest agri-
knowledge.
More than 20000 farmers across Maharashtra
subscribed to get Desta Talk updates.
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6. Solving farmer’s issue over phone
Desta Talk’s experts answer farmer’s agriculture
related queries through phone calls.
Farmers get solution over issues such as pest
attack, crop schedule, irrigation, etc.
Every month over 100 farmers get their issues
resolved through telephonic conversation.
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7. Communicating with farmers via WhatsApp
Desta Talk team share informative articles with
farmers through WhatsApp.
Also, Farmers share farming related issues &
experiments they do in their farm via this
platform with Desta Talk.
Desta Talk is linked with more than 1000 farmers in
Maharashtra through WhatsApp
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8. Highlights
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More than 180% increase (from 572 to 1607) in
FB page likes since 1st Jan’16
61% rise in website sessions, 55% increase in
visitors, 67% rise in page views (since 1st
Jan’16)

9. Upcoming plans
Publishing educational
videos for farmers
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Online product library for all
kind of agri-inputs
Question-answer forum for
farmers