The impact of ICT and digitalisation on Indian Agriculture.

1. ICT APPLICATIONS
IN
INDIAN AGRICULTURE
Divya Chhabra
GBPUA&T, Pantnagar
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2. OBJECTIVES
 To study the ICT applications and
success stories.
 To get the concept of digitalization and
road map ahead.
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3. CONTENT
 Agricultural scenario
 Risk associated with agriculture
 ICT as a solution
 History of telecommunication
 Mobile application beyond
communication
 Success stories of ICT
 Applications
 Web portals
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4. CONTD..
 Benefits of web portals
 Trending advancements
 Critics of digitalization
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5. THE INDIAN AGRICULTURAL
SCENARIO
 127 different agro climatic zones
 One of the biggest food grain and oilseed
producer in the world
 Largest producer of milk
 2nd largest producer of Fruits & Vegetable and
tea
 Small farms - 41 percent of India’s total grain
and over half of total fruits and vegetables
 Contributes 13.8% to GDP
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6. AGRICULTURE RELATED
RISKS
Agricultural
risks
Productio
n
Post
Harvest
Market
Ecological
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7. INTRODUCTION TO ICT
 ICT (Information & Communication
Technology) is any device, tool, or
application that permits the exchange
or collection of data through
interaction or transmission
 Thus , ICT is an umbrella term that
includes anything ranging from radio
to satellite imagery to mobile phones
or electronic money transfers
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8. ICT AS A SOLUTION
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10. HISTORY OF DIGIATL
TRANSFORMATION
 1956: the first computer
 1992: creation of the Web
 1994: beginning of online sales
 1995: emergence of social networks
 1999: development of the mobile Web
 2008: emergence of 3G technology
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11. MOBILE USERS
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12. MOBILE APPLICATION
BEYOND COMMUNICATION
 Taking place of personal computer
 Mobile ticketing, payments health care
applications
 Barriers- uncommon language, ease of use,
awareness, slow speed of connection and
pricing to use mobile data services.
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13. MAJOR SUCCESS STORIES
 Akashganga
 eChoupal
 TKS(Tata Kisan sansars)
 Drishtee
 Janmitra
 eUttaranchal
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14. ANDROID APPLICATIONS
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15. EMERGENCE OF AGRI-WEB
PORTALS
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16. http://www.agroindia.org
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17. http://www.fao.org/
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18. http://www.cgiar.org/icrisat
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19. http://www.nabard.org/
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20. http://agritech.com
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21. http://krishiworld.com
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22. http://aAQUA.org
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23. National portal of India
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24. Farmer’s Portal
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25. BENEFITS OF PORTALS
 Permanent in nature
 One stop information hub
 Strategic tie ups among companies
 Easy promotions through
advertisements
 Fast problem solving method
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26. TRENDING ADVANCEMENTS
 Digital Agriculture
 Digital microfinance
 Farm management
System(Mergers)
 Revolutions and
Automation
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27. CONTD..
 One village one
world network
 Digital green
 Internet Saathi
 W2E2
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28. CRITICS OF SMART
AGRICULTURE
 Inadequate Infrastructure
 Illiteracy
 Traditional beliefs of non adopting
technologies
 Digital gender gap
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29. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN..
 Develop need based applications,
portals.
 Modifications in Kisan Mela
 Need based Radio Programs
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30. REFERENCES
 ADLER S.A.(17November2016) List Of Best Android Apps For Farmers &
Agriculture Indilens :Daily news of India 30March2017
 BERGVINSON D.J Agricultural Risk ,Digital Agriculture – A key enabler for
nutritional security ICRISAT
 RAJITA.G(November 2010) E-Governance for Improving Rural
Livelihood,Yojana p.43
 PANDEY M. TEWARI D. (1St ed.2010) ICT Application in Agribusiness, The
Agribusiness Book idbc,lucknow
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31. THANK YOU
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