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ICT-mediated knowledge services for farmers and agricultural extension
Case study from India
Gerard SylvesterKnowledge Management and Sharing
ICRISAT
www.icrisat.org
04/10/23 2
A Triple Helix Model for Knowledge System for Food Security
– Strand 1: Sources of Agricultural Information
– Strand 2: ICT4D models
– Strand 3: Open & Distance Learning Methodologies
Source : vasat.icrisat.org
•Analysis of 6 select projects in India (out of 144) by an MIT-India joint study group in 2005-06
prevalence of top down approaches with few attempts to reflect the end users preferences and needs;
production advisory services and market access do not go together;
ICT-infused Extension Support Projects In India: What do we learn from them?
• Lack of quality & quantity of digital agricultural extension material
•participation of agricultural education and research institutions is marginal;
• Localization and customizability of content are still not practiced on a significant scale.
ICT-infused Extension Support Projects In India: What do we learn from them?
Re-designing the farmer-extension-agricultural research/education continuum in India with ICT-
mediated Knowledge Management
ICRISAT, IIT-Kanpur, IIT-Bombay, GBPUAT, UAS-D, IIITM-K, NAARM
Wiki-likeContent Management
System +
Ontology
(Agropedia)
ICAR
Intl.agencies
OtherNARS
agenciesCommodity
Markets
Weather / Meteorology
DynamicData
SAUs
K-Base
Imagery/Maps
KVKsNGOs
DoA
Q&A; activitiesLog
(aAQUA)
K Org in Indian Agriculture
Special Workflows
InterfacesKnowledge Organization
Novel Content Creation & Delivery Services in Indian Agriculture
Partners
Virtual Organization
Users
Collaboration and Capacity Building processes act as the glue to various components here
Smartinterfaces
VKCs
Call centers
Fixed / mobilePhones
T.V /Radio
Stakeholders
Agricultural Content
Content generated for all 9 mandate crops; (content for 5 crops contributed by ICRISAT)
Contributed to collaborative development of 9 crop knowledge models
Digital versions of Topic Maps and Concept Maps for 5 crops published
Significant infusion of Semantic techniques into the content repository
Led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics
Sample Content : Developed by ICRISAT
BOTH Quality and Quantity stressed
Collaborative Development of Knowledge Models
AGROPEDIA http://agropedia.net
Agropedia launched; semantic search interface developed.
Content tagged onto Crop Knowledge Models for nine crops
• Global first in the agricultural sector
Capacity Strengthening workshops across India ~ 500 PhD and Masters level professionals
Led by Indian Institute of Technology – Kanpur (IIT-K)
aAQUAhttp://www.aaqua.org/
Almost All Questions Answered (aAQUA)
Offline installations at State Agricultural Universities
Agri Advisory through aAQUA SMS: 100,000 per month SMS transactions
Voice aAQUA: enables farmers to ask questions, and files will be "played" to the farmer
Led by Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay (IIT-B)
Open WebGIS based advisories
WebGIS-based weather advisory system: prototype ready for two states: Kerala and Karnataka (almost 1000 locations)
Fertilizer recommendation system deployed and under test at one State Agricultural University
Nutrient and micro-nutrient data gathered from 12000 locations; basis for fertilizer use recommendations by farmers in Karnataka
Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com/akmindia
Led by the Indian Institute for IT and Management, Kerala (IIITM-K)
Special Workflows
InterfacesKnowledge Organization
Novel Content Creation & Delivery Services in Indian Agriculture
Partners
Virtual Organization
Users
Smartinterfaces
VKCs
Call centers
Fixed / mobilePhones
T.V /Radio
Stakeholders
Looking forward in this consortium
Dialogue and exchanges among NARES scientists and ICT resources on a sound footing• Rice KM project in India now includes
KM from here• More AU’s keen on adding content
New tech deployed successfully on a larger scale than envisaged: aAQUA-SMS
WebGIS activities coming into their own
Micro-Level Drought Vulnerability Maps
GIS tools for village-level drought vulnerability assessment
Use of two-way video conferencing provided by ISRO is used as a medium to assess communication effectiveness
Led by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)
We will build new human capabilities at every level in Indian
Agriculture
Thank you!
Presented at
http://vasat.icrisat.org/
http://agropedia.net/http://test2.icrisat.org/
http://agropedia.net/
http://www.aaqua.org/
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Open WebGIS based advisories
Led by the Indian Institute for IT and Management, Kerala (IIITM-K)