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Information and Communication Technology for Agriculture and Rural Development

Saravanan, R.

Country of Origin India
ImprintNIPA
ISBN9789380235882
BindingHB
Year of Publishing2011
Number Of Pages386 pages, 25cm
LanguageEnglish
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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.
R. Saravanan: 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
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01. Digital Divide in India. Measurement, Determinants and Policy for Addressing the Challenges in Bridging the Digital Divide by Sumanjeet Singh 02. e-Agriculture in India. Agriculture Knowledge Communication with the Application of Information and Communication Technologies by I.V. Malhan and Samita Wadhera 03. ICTs in the Perspective of Rural India. A Review by Gaurav Papnai, Anup Prakash Upadhyay, Taufiq Ahemed and Neelam Bhardwaj 04. Cyber Extension. Info-tech Empowerment of Farmers of India by M.A. Ansari and I. Prabhakar 05. Village Knowledge Centres and Village Resource Centres. An Overview by S. Senthilkumaran 06. SATCOM Application for Sustainable Rural Development by K. Narayana Gowda 07. e-Village for Agriculture and Rural Development. Integrating ICTs with Traditional by Agricultural Extension Methods in North-East India by R. Saravanan, C. Kathiresan, Narmi Darang, T. Indra Devi, Supriya Devi and Lizamoni Chungkurang 08. India Development Gateway Initiative. A National Level ICT Platform to Reach the Unreached by C. Kathiresan, B. Vijayalakshmi and N. Sarat Chandra Babu 09. Linking the Farmers with Market through Web and Mobile by N. Anandaraja, N. Sriram, C. Kathiresan, Shibi Sebastian and E. Vadivel 10. ICT Based Kisan Mobile Sandesh. An Innovative Approach by Abhay Wankhade, Nalin Khare, Surendra Pannase and Druv Shrivastava 11. ICT Initiatives for Agricultural Development in Kerala State by S. Nazreen Hassan and N. Kishore Kumar 12. Taking Agricultural Technologies to the Grassroots on Wheels. A Case Study of the Mobile Agricultural School and Services (MASS) Initiative by Sanjay Kumar Rewani, Kumari Shweta, A.K. Pandey and J.Oraon 13. Village Resource Centres (VRCs) in Uttaranchal by B. Maithili, Neelam Pandey and Paras Kakkar 14. Community Information Centre. Empowering Rural Poor through ICT by Dillip Pattanaik 15. Expert System for Pest and Diseases Diagnosis in Rubber by N. Balasubramani 16. Development of “Citrus e-Clinic” Software by Sajeed Ali and Subrata Manna 17. Effectiveness of Interactive Multimedia Compact Disc (IMCD) in Diffusing Technologies among Farm Women in Wetland Ecosystem by N. Anandaraja, N. Sriram, Shibi Sebastian and D. Periyar Ramasamy 18. Development of Farmers Database for Darjeeling District by Subrata Manna 19. Pest Surveillance of Rice Crop Using Satellite Data – A Case Study for Brown Plant Hopper (N. Lugens) by Sujay Dutta, I. Choudhury, Y.G. Prasad, M. Prabhakar, G. Katti, K. Vasantbhanu and S. Vennila 20. Techmode Approach for Distance Learning Courses for Field Veterinarians by P.S. Lonkar, A.S. Ninawe and Ajit Maru 21. Information Retrieval System for Buffalo Reproduction by Y.P. Singh, S.K. Singh, S.K. Agrawal, S.K. Ghosh, G.K. Das, G.S. Bisht and Sanjay Kumar 22. Useful Databases and Websites on Agroforestry and Farm Forestry by P. Ratha Krishnan and R. Indumathy 23. Watershed Modelling for Development of Sustainable Livelihood through Convergence of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) and Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP) Using GIS and Remote Sensing by K. Binoy and Yogiraj V. Shete 24. Effectiveness of ICT Enabled Village Information Centres among Dairy Farmers in Tamil Nadu by S. Senthilkumar and Mahesh Chander 25. Farm Technologies through Interactive Multimedia. A Multi-Stake Holders’ Perspective Analysis by N. Anandaraja, N. Sriram, Shibi Sebastian and D. Periyar Ramasamy 26. e-Readiness and Participation Level of AKSHAYA and KISSAN Kerala Beneficiaries by M.S. Nataraju, A. Arun Babu and B.S. Lakshmana Reddy 27. ICT for Effective e-Extension and the Success of VRC Network in Assam by S. Borua and P. K. Neog 28. Internet Utilization Pattern in Community Information Centre (CIC) by Bikash Borthakur and Mahesh Chander 29. Application of ICT in Agricultural Extension. An Evaluation Study of Kissan Call Centres (KCCs) by Hemnath Rao Hanumankar
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