MahaVISTAAR

India’s agricultural ecosystem is characterised by fragmented service delivery, siloed digital platforms, and uneven access to timely, localised information. Smallholder farmers, often operating in low-connectivity environments and across multiple regional languages - face barriers arising from limited digital literacy, language diversity, and reliance on informal advisory channels. Existing solutions remain platform-bound and difficult to scale, resulting in duplicated efforts and inconsistent service quality. These structural gaps highlight the need for interoperable digital infrastructure that can enable coordinated, inclusive, and scalable agricultural services.

OpenAgriNet (OAN) is a global, open network initiative, designed using DPI principles, combining open-network architecture, AI-enabled advisory, and institutional integration (e.g., identity, farm registries, schemes, markets) to support interoperable agricultural services. It brings together public digital infrastructure initiatives, governments, technology providers, and philanthropic organisations to build shared protocols, AI-enabled tools, and digital public goods that support agricultural services at scale. OAN is designed as an enabling layer rather than a single platform, allowing multiple implementations across contexts.