Agriculture & farming
Information and Communication Technology for Agriculture and Rural Development
by R. Saravanan, C. Kathiresan & T. Indra Devi
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The articles included in this book focuses on; Digital divide in rural India, e-Agriculture issues, Cyber extension, overview on Village Knowledge Centres (VKCs), Community Information Centre iniative in Orissa, SATCOM application in Karnataka State, Model e-Villages in Arunachal Pradesh State of North-East India, Nationwide InDG web portal initiative for rural development, Kisan Mobile Sandesh (KMS), Dynamic Market Information (DMI) by Web and Mobile in Tamil Nadu, Expert systems for pest and diseases diagnosis in rubber, Interactive Multimedia Compact Disc (IMCD), Village Information Centres among Dairy Farmers in Tamil Nadu, KISSAN initiative of Kerala State, Mobile Agricultural School and Services (MASS) in Jharkhand, Farmers Database creation in Darjeeling District of West Bengal, Village Resource Centres (VRCs) in Uttaranchal, Pest Surveillance of Rice using satellite data, Techmode Approach for Distance Learning Courses for Field Veterinarians in Maharastra, Information Retrieval System for Buffalo Reproduction, Web Portals and Digital Data base in Agroforestry, Watershed Modelling using GIS and Remote Sensing in Gujarat State, e-Readiness and Participation Level of Akshya and KISSAN Kerala Beneficiaries and VRC & CIC Network in Assam and Internet utilization pattern, evaluation of Kissan Call Centres (KCCs), ICT adoption level, impact, stakeholders feedback, policy implications and recommendations.
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R. Saravanan: Presently Director (Agricultural Extension), National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE), (An Organization of Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India),Rajendranagar, Hyderabad- 500 030, India Formerly Associate Professor (Communication and Incharge), School of Social Sciences, College of Post Graduate Studies, Central Agricultural University, Umiam (Barapani), Meghalaya-793 103, C. Kathiresan: Project Manager InDG Project & Principal Investigator, Model e-Village Project Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) Hyderabad-500085, Andhra Pradesh T. Indra Devi: Project Fellow, e-Arik Project, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Central Agricultural University (CAU), Pasighat-792102, Arunachal Pradesh C. Kathiresan is a Project Manager of “India Development Gateway (InDG)”, a national level ICT initiative focusing on empowerment of rural India, supported by Department of Information Technology, Government of India and being implemented by the Hyderabad unit of Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC). Dr. Kathiresan has specialization in planning and executing of projects in the area of ICT for Rural Development, Content Management Systems, designing ICT based products and capacity building. He has done Ph.D in Agriculture from University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore, India and has vast experience in implementing agriculture projects at grassroot level before venturing into the field of ICT for Development. T. Indra Devi is currently pursuing M.Tech in Embedded Systems Technology in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kalasilingam University, Krishnankoil, Tamil Nadu, India. She was a Project Fellow, “e-Arik (e-Agriculture): ICTs for Agricultural Extension” Project during 2007 to 2009 in the Central Agricultural University, College of Horticulture and Forestry, Pasighat, Arunachal Pradesh State. The e-Arik project was awarded National level “Best e-Governed Project- Special Jury Award 2008” by the Computer Society of India (CSI) - Nihilent e-Governance Awards 2007-08. She is basically B.E Graduate specialized in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Anna University affiliated College, Tamil Nadu, India. She has expertise in web designing, data base creation, graphics and multimedia development. She prepared number of farmer participatory multimedia CDs for advanced farm information dissemination among the farmers.
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- Publisher NIPA
- Publication Date January 2011
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9789380235882
- Publication Country or regionIndia
- FormatHardback
- Primary Price 120.16 USD
- Pages386
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleEnglish
- Original Language AuthorsEnglish
- Edition1st
- Copyright Year2011
- Dimensions6 X 9 inches
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