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ICTs 4 AgricultureAlmost All Questions Answered – An Agri
Knowledge Exchange
Anil Bahuman
Mentor @ Developmental Informatics Lab, I.I.T Bombay
CEO @ agrocom software technologies
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Indian Agriculture Sector
• Distributed in small pieces
• Unorganized
• Communication Gap
• No Standard practices
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Where ICT Can Help?
• Making Agri Organized– Concept of web 2.0 in agriculture for getting
organized – Organize various groups (commodities, areas,
experts, technology, practices )– Networking through Internet and cell phones
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How ICT Can Help?
• Communication Gap …– Between Farmers and experts– Between Institutes and Farmers– Between Government and Farmers – Between Farmers and Consumers – Between Plants and Experts, Farmers– Weather conditions
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Expertise
भा�षा�
Information
Market
Prices?
Fertilizers?
Hindi/English?
AgriculturalInformation?
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Research areas and projects
Wi-Fi Long Distance
Indic Text Input
Iconic interfaces
Meaning-based Search
Hardware Browser
InterfacesContent
Connectivity
Community fora
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aAQUA online discussion forum
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Almost All Questions Answered
To create an online forum allowing questions from the grassroots to be answered by experts in the field with assistance from automated agents that help recycle archived knowledge
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User requests and responsesin aAqua Server
Mobilenetwork
Mobilenetwork
InternetInternetaAqua Server
Crop Doctor
Crop Recommendation
KeywordBrowser
BhavPuchiye
aAqua
aAquaMobile
Gateway
HTTP
SMS
aAquaOffline
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Offline aAQUA
• For the areas where poor connectivity or no connectivity
• Can by synchronized with online version and get the updates
• Comes in a software format (CD)
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aAQUA Reach
2003Internet Kiosks @ Shirur, Khed and Haweli
Talukas of Pune Dist.
&
Vigyan Ashram @ Pabal, dist. Pune
&
Krishi Vigyan Kendra @ Baramati, dist, Pune
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PabalKhed
Baramati
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Farmer Demos
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Village kiosk services
Developmental Informatics Lab (DIL)Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
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aAQUA Reach
2008
aAQUA Received Questions from 290 Unique Districts
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aAQUA Reach: 2008
aAQUA Reach
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2012
Total Registrations from 517 Districts
New Registrations from 385 Districts
38,592 posts from 393 Districts
aAQUA Reach: 2012
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Services
• agrocom's sms services provide timely information to Indian farmers.
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AGRI APPS
Smaller Payloads for Lower Data Transmission Costs
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Thank You
www.agrocom.co.in www.aaqua.org
[email protected], 4th floor, KReSIT,
I.I.T. Bombay, Powai, Mumbai-76