Dr. K Prathap Reddy, Director, FABS has accepted an assignment with CISCO, Bangalore as consultant to their Connected Agriculture project.

Government of India through partnership with private industry - the Service Contract Agency (SCA) - is creating one lakh Common Service Centers throughout India. These are also called as Kiosks. Our assignment involves working with CISCO in:

Helping the SCA developing:
Potential Locations for opening the Kiosks, Potential Suppliers of Agri produce(Farmers), Sale Purchase Price spreads at Kiosks, Potential Buyers.

Helping CISCO in preparing a process document /manual on management of Kiosks: Includes managing purchase, ensuring quality through grading, managing payment to farmers, managing packing and loading produce, and most importantly managing the Kiosk’s finances and administration. The 6-months assignment had commenced in April 2009.