This document discusses ICT applications in Indian agriculture. It begins by outlining the objectives and content, which includes the agricultural scenario in India, risks in agriculture, and how ICT can provide solutions. The document then covers the history of digital transformation, success stories of ICT projects in India, the emergence of agricultural web portals, benefits and criticisms of digitalization in agriculture. It concludes by discussing current and potential future advancements in areas like digital agriculture and one village one world networks.

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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