This document lists various online collaboration tools that can be used for agricultural research and education. It provides the names and descriptions of tools for social media sharing (Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, SlideShare), document sharing (Dropbox, Scribd), blogging (Blog), research networking (LinkedIn, ResearchGate), and project management (Asana, Trello). It also discusses tools that use artificial intelligence and internet of things for applications like plant identification (Plantix, PlantNet, PictureThis, Merlin Bird ID, iNaturalist) and precision farming (CCMobile App). Finally, it introduces different Creative Commons licenses for open educational resources.

1. Online Collaboration tools
S.K. Soam
National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM)
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
sudhir.soam@icar.gov.in

2. Facebook-ICAR

3. Twitter-ICAR

4. Flickr- NAARM

5. Slideshare- NAARM

6. Twitter- NAARM

7. Storify- NAARM

8. Scribd- NAARM

9. Blog- NAARM

10. Eprints- NAARM

11. NAARM- Dataverse

12. Dropbox- NAARM

13. FB- Research- Posted on FB 24 Jul 15

14. FB- Research dissemination- Image update25-
27 July 2015. News in The Hindu on 29 July

15. FB- Research sharing- Wikipedia updated
28 July 2015

16. Kicha Tube_Father Advertiser &
Mother Baker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9i99TsMLK4

17. Network Diagrams-Mind Meister

18. Mind maps- Coggle/ Blumind

19. Some more useful tools for FOCARS
Purpose Tool
Survey Survey monkey [paid]
Virtual room (Chat) Hipchat, Slack, Snapchat, Webex
[paid]
FET maps Sketch board
PERT Gantt project
Research Project management Asana, zoho [paid], trello [paid]
Reference manager Mendeley; Reference manager and
endnote [paid of web of science]
Data visualization Tableaue [paid]
Plant breeding and agronomy
experiments
Agrobase [paid]
Research networks LinkedIn/ researchgate

20. AI&IoT: Recent trends: web of
science
Total Publications by Year
for Keyword: (AI, IoT in agriculture)
Sum of Times Cited by Year
for Keyword: : (AI, IoT in agriculture)

21. Platforms for AI & IoT (software)
Name Application
Plantix Plantix is your mobile diagnostic tool for fruits, vegetables and field crops. Powered
AI.
PlantNet
Plant Identification
It helps identifying plant species from photographs, through a visual recognition
software using AI.
PictureThis
Plant Identification
It to identify any plants and flowers using advanced AI tools (visual recognition and
deep learning technologies ).
Merlin Bird ID Merlin Photo ID uses computer vision and deep learning technology to identify birds
in photos. Merlin's powerful AI will suggest an identification almost instantly.
iNaturalist Naturalist helps you identify the plants and animals around you using AI
ripeSense Intelligent sensor label that changes colour to indicate the ripeness of fruit. Powered
by IoT and AI
CCMobile App
(ConnectedCrops)
Powered by IoT platform, the app allows you to get the most out of precision
farming. Get the latest sensor readings and events anytime, anywhere, compare
station readings, set up alerts and the update frequency of sensor readings, etc.
Extensively used for Potato disease identification

22. Share freely-Open Educational
Resources

23. Share carefully- creative commons
1.Attribution: Use, re-use, remix, build upon, even commercial
but give credit to Author
2. Attribution-No Derivatives: pass unchanged and in whole
including commercial but with credit to Author
3. Attribution-Non commercial-Share Alike: You need to put your
work under same conditions whatever build upon or remix
4. Attribution-Share Alike: Like 4 but can use commercial also
5. Attribution-Non commercial: Like 1 but non commercial
6. Attribution-Non commercial-No Derivatives: Most restrictive,
like 2 but no commercial.
GATS and Agricultural Higher Education in India by S.K. Soam and Kalpana Sastry
is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available
at www.naarm.ernet.in.

24. Thanks very much
sudhir.soam@icar.gov.in