Indian farmers to get help in SMS

India farmers can get weather forecasts by text messages. The service, provided by Agrocom, a three-month-old startup linked to IIT’s Developmental Informatics Laboratory, requires farmers to pay a monthly charge of Rs 50, and provides text messages every three days — more frequently if forecasts are grim — from Agrocom that predict cloud cover and rain, profiles the Hindustan Times. Agrocom also posts expert answers to farmer queries.

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