Punjab Interest Free loans Programme in Agriculture Sector

1. Muhammad Mahmood
Secretary to Government of Punjab
Agriculture Department
Pakistan
Punjab Agriculture - ICT Roadmap

2. Key talking points
• DoA’s understanding of farmers need
• Agriculture digital transformation
• What we are doing today
• What we have plan for tomorrow
• How we are going to build our future
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3. Farmers need of information
“Correct Actions optimise yield and maximise
profit through correct knowledge made available
OnDemand at minimum cost”
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4. Is data the 4th revolution for agriculture?
“Agriculture is one such
industry that has the
potential for massive
disruption fueled by
data”
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5. Today
• Standalone
systems
Tomorrow
• Integrated
• Data center
• GIS
Future
• Big Data
• Business decision
support systems
• Six Sigma
• Simulation technology
model/systems
• Artificial intelligence
Transformed
Agriculture
Agri Transformation overview
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6. Farmer registration
Extension 2.0
E-credit and CAPP ecosystem
PPMPR – digital transformation of various department functions
Agrismart
ICT backed crop insurance (Pilot)
Subsidy management systems
What we are doing “today”?
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7. What we are doing “today”?
Urgent adhoc need based systems development
Encouraging PPP (Public Private Partnership)
Develop ICT strategy of the DoA
Engage ICT industry and generate awareness
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8. What we have planned for “tomorrow”?
• Develop ICT strategy
• Various systems integrations
• Introduction of Business process
adoption
• Precision Agriculture - model
farm(AARI) PILOT
• IoT, Artificial intelligence, Drone
technology, GPS
• Pest forecasting, Diseases
predictions and assessment
Let’s plan today for tomorrow and build our future

9. What we have planned for “tomorrow”?
• Agriculture data center
• Software quality framework
• Building the departmental capacity for
sustainable technology
• Digital transformation for day to day
operations
• HRIS, HCMS, E-filing systems,
Procurements management information
system, Monitoring and Evaluation
system
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10. What we have planned for “tomorrow”?
• Data quality standards, data sharing
policy
• Data centralization and decentralization
• Blockchain adoption (Agri use cases)
• Food Safety
• Food Traceability
• Transaction cost
• Opening new markets
• Logistics
• Accurate weather forecasting (at farm
level)
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11. What is the “Future” of agriculture in
Punjab?
• Early adopters of latest ICT trends
• Precision Agriculture (middle farmer)
• Six Sigma – business processes
• Decision support systems (predictive model,
data sciences, data model, data intelligence)
• Simulation technology for research
• Satellite/microsatellite/nanosatellite technology
• Predictive analysis (pest, disease, weeds, water,
yield etc)
• Data monetization
Let’s plan today for tomorrow and build our future

12. Questions