Telangana IT and Industries Minister K Taraka Ramarao has launched India’s first Agricultural Data Exchange (ADeX) and Agriculture Data Management Framework (ADMF) in Hyderabad. The ADeX has been developed as a digital public infrastructure (DPI) for the agriculture sector and is a collaboration between the State Government, the World Economic Forum, and the Indian Institute of Science.

Speaking on the occasion, the Minister 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 agriculture sector. He said these initiatives help lead the country from the front in using innovation and technology to drive food systems transformation and improve the incomes of farmers. In Phase-I of the project, the ADeX Platform is currently deployed in the Khammam district and will be expanded to the entire State over a period. The software platform facilitates secure, standards-based exchange of data between agricultural data users such as agri application developers and agricultural data providers like Government Agencies, Private Companies, NGO and Universities.

ADMF has been developed after extensive public and industry consultations on the crucial aspects of data protection, management, and innovation.