India’s 1st agri data exchange opens in Hyd

Hyderabad The Telangana Government, World Economic Forum and the Indian Institute of Science jointly developed India’s first Agricultural Data Exchange (ADeX) as a digital public infrastructure (DPI) for the agriculture sector. Telangana IT & Industries Minister K T Rama Rao launched ADeX and Agriculture Data Management Framework (ADMF) here on Friday. On the occasion, he said: “Both ADeX and ADMF provide the right platform to ensure fair and efficient usage of agricultural data by the industry and startups and provide a big boost to the data economy specifically in the argi-sector. These initiatives help Telangana lead the country from the front in using innovation & technology to drive food systems transformation and improve the livelihoods of farmers.”

It is an open source, open standard and interoperable public good, democratising access to data and enabling public and private sector to build applications and deliver services to benefit society.