“Every spoonful is a result of someone else’s hard work”: Interview with 8villages’s CEO Sanny Gaddafi

Indonesia

12 min read

Apr 21, 2020

By Putu Agung Wija Putera

8villages is one of the first agritech startups in Indonesia, and the social media for farmers has since expanded into e-commerce and agriculture data collection

8villages is known as one of the first agritech startups in Indonesia. The company first created LISA, an information network for farmers, to send important alerts and farming tips to subscribers via SMS. As the company grew and attracted investments, the product evolved into PETANI, a social media-like network that enabled interaction and knowledge exchange between farmers. 8villages then developed RegoPantes, a farm-to-table online marketplace, and DataHub, an app for field agents to collect data from farms and plantations for business purposes such as locating suppliers and productivity for...

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