ICT in Agriculture: CSI Communications January 2013
ICT in Agriculture: CSI Communications January 2013
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Story Associate Professor, Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management, Paschim Vihar, New Delhi
ICT in Agriculture
With NAREGA and direct subsidy to world. As rural India largely depends on 1. ATMs.
home, Govt. of India is trying to give direct the agriculture and years after years the 2. Kisan Credit Cards.
benefits to the rural masses of India. For contribution of agriculture in national 3. Mobile Phones.
centuries Indian villages and its people are GDP is coming down. In such situation it 4. Television and Radio.
disconnected with cities and development is imperative to think about increase in
ICT is any device, tool or application
cycles. They are either directly connected the productivity of agriculture and use ICT
to cities through swampy roads or towards this goal. that permits the collection, processing
indirectly through electronic medium TV / In this article author has explored the and storage or exchange of data. ICT is
radios. In such scenario we can realize how areas where ICT can be used in agriculture an umbrella term that includes the use of
information and communication touch and tried to make a broader framework for any device from mobile phones to ATMs.
the masses of rural India. Information its application. It is very heartening to see With the mobile revolution in India ICT
and Communication Technologies (ICT) that ICT can play a bigger role in overall affordability, accessibility and adaptability
can play an important role in connecting development of agriculture sector in India. have increased and resulted in their use
rural sector with rest of the country. Not We can see that ICT is already touching even within impoverished rural homes
only connecting but also uplifting their rural India and agriculture in the following relying on agriculture. ICT can improve
standards with levels in the rest of the forms: information exchange within global supply
Access To Market Information To help farmers find out about market prices. This helps them make decisions regarding when to
harvest, how to negotiate with intermediaries, and so on. Often combined with other information
such as weather forecasts.
Distribution and Supply Chain To increase efficiency and predictability, reduce spoilage, and more. To record movements along the
Management and Traceability value chain, respond to quality standard requirements, and help large buyers track, manage, pay, and
reward small producers.
Farm Extension Services, Using ICT to deliver better farm extension services (utilization of best agriculture practices, research,
Access to Sector Experience, weather, climate and more).
Research, and Other Resource
Information.
Commodity Exchanges/ To provide transparency in price discovery and to facilitate better prices and efficiencies between
Warehouse Receipt Systems buyers and sellers. It avoids moving crops themselves, reducing spoilage, transportation, and
transaction costs. Exercises temporal and spatial arbitrage.
Dr. Deepali Kamthania, born on July 23, 1975 at Aligarh, (UP). She had received post graduate degree (MCA)
in 1999, from Aligarh Muslim University (A.M.U.) and doctorate degree from Indian Institute of Technology,
About the Author
Delhi (I.I.T.D) in 2012. She is working as Associate Professor at Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer
Applications and Management (BVICAM) for last 11 years. She has also worked with India Infotech,
Verticalbiz.Com and Foxboro (Australia) Pvt. Ltd. Her areas of interest are Artificial Neural Networks, Solar
Thermal Applications and Data Warehousing and Mining. She has published over 30 research papers in
International and National Journals of repute. She is life time member of CSI and ISTE.