MUMBAI, 11 November 2025 : strong>MUMBAI, 11 Nove,mber 2025: Arya.ag, India’s largest and only profitable grain commerce platform, has launched 25 Smart Farm Centres across the country, taking technology and data intelligence directly to the farm gate.
The initiative marks a new step in Arya.ag’s mission to build a profitable and sustainable agri ecosystem, empowering India’s smallholder farmers to make informed, data-driven decisions with technology at the core.
Over the years, Arya.ag has developed one of India’s most trusted agri-commerce networks, linking millions of farmers and Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) to storage, finance, and market access. The new Smart Farm Centres extend this network into the pre-harvest stage, enabling farmers to use real-time data for improved productivity and profitability.
Each Smart Farm Centre serves as a hub for data-led agriculture, addressing local challenges through IoT-enabled soil testing, hyper-local weather forecasts, drone imaging, climate insurance, and farmer training. Managed by community-based women leaders, the Centres provide actionable insights at every stage of cultivation—from sowing and irrigation to harvest planning and financing.
Developed in collaboration with Neoperk, BharatRohan, FarmBridge, Finhaat, Fyllo, and Arya.ag’s own Community Value Chain Resource Persons (CVRPs), the initiative showcases how partnerships in technology, analytics, and grassroots networks can strengthen farmer resilience and income stability.
“Farmers have long worked within a system defined by uncertainty of soil, weather, policy and markets,” said Shenoy Mathew, Chief Sustainability Officer, Arya.ag. “The Smart Farm Centres bring them intelligence and access. By training local community members to manage these centres, we are putting power back into the hands of farmers.”
Prasanna Rao, Co-founder and CEO of Arya.ag, added: “Collaboration is the foundation of progress in agriculture. The Smart Farm Centres show what happens when tech innovators, data scientists, and local communities come together to build practical, scalable solutions grounded in farmers’ realities.”
Farmers have already seen tangible results. Suman Yadav, a Community Value Chain Resource Person, shared that weather alerts from the Smart Farm Centre helped her community avoid crop losses during a cyclone, while Swapnil Satinge, a soybean farmer, reported higher yields and better grain prices thanks to real-time agronomic advisories and quality testing.
Integrated within Arya.ag’s existing ecosystem of warehousing, finance, and markets, the Smart Farm Centres create a transparent, connected value chain from farm to market—improving risk management and strengthening income stability.
Arya.ag plans to expand the network to 100 Smart Farm Centres over the next three years.
Currently, Arya.ag works with over 1,600 FPOs and 800,000 farmers, covering 60% of India’s districts through 12,000 warehouses, facilitating grain aggregation worth USD 3 billion and enabling USD 1.5 billion in farm credit annually.
With the launch of Smart Farm Centres, Arya.ag reinforces its role as India’s most comprehensive agri ecosystem, combining technology, data, and community partnerships to empower smallholders for a resilient and sustainable agricultural future.
