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Start Date: 1 September 2007 | End Date: 1 December 2011Overview
The project is expected to result in significant enhancement of capacity among agricultural experts at various levels in the refinement and management of new knowledge flows and platforms. It will also enhance the capacity of ICT professionals to develop autonomous relationships with the NARES organizations to serve farmers through the ICT-mediated kiosks. It will lead to a highly integrated knowledge and information services model that can be deployed easily among all organizations working towards improved food and livelihood security of farmers in India.
Objectives:
- To build, demonstrate and sustain a model agricultural knowledge organization and system in support of extension in India;
- To develop and manage an online and offline forum for management of farm level Q&A and discussions which is integrated with knowledge generation and organization;
- To build and demonstrate an online as well as offline multi-modal information delivery arrangement linking online content and expert knowledge with query services;
- To build and sustain geospatial data and knowledge organization systems to support agricultural research, education and technology transfer;
- To build capacity among agricultural experts in the advanced management of highly integrated information services in support of education, research and extension;
To develop methods for viable integration of back-end digital systems and processes to foster autonomous, long term collaboration between the ICT sector and the NARES organizations in India
Objectives:
1. To build, demonstrate and sustain a model agricultural knowledge organization and system in support of extension in India;
2. To develop and manage an online and offline forum for management of farm level Q&A and discussions which is integrated with knowledge generation and organization;
3. To build and demonstrate an online as well as offline multi-modal information delivery arrangement linking online content and expert knowledge with query services;
4. To build and sustain geospatial data and knowledge organization systems to support agricultural research, education and technology transfer;
5. To build capacity among agricultural experts in the advanced management of highly integrated information services in support of education, research and extension;
To develop methods for viable integration of back-end digital systems and processes to foster autonomous, long term collaboration between the ICT sector and the NARES organizations in India
Research Partners
- Other
- Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala (IIITM-K)
- RO - Regional Organization
- National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), India
- University
- Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), India
- Govind Ballabh (GB) Pant University Of Agriculture and Technology, India
- Indian Institute of technology, Bombay
- Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
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Dear Mr Fatteh !
From the source of an ongoing project in Department of Agriculture, Gujarat; Cumin, Potato, Cotton and Issabgul are recommended to earn more profits. For more information following links can be referred:
1. Agricultural Produce Market Committee, Unjha (http://www.apmcunjha.com/details.php?id=8)
2. Junagadh Agricultural University
3. Dantiwada Agricultural University
4. Navsari Agricultural University
5. Anand Agricultural University
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