The Department of Agriculture & Cooperation (DAC), Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India launched Kisan Call Centers on January 21, 2004 across the country
It is a very
impressive and powerful telecom network for both sector private as well
as government sector, more than 4 lakh village have the facality of
public telephone in the country, the networks directly connect to the
indiain farmers who have several problmes regarding their farming, now
any single farmer can call to the kisan call centre at any time of
clock, the main moto of kisan call centre to solve their farming
problmes over telephonic talk,thus we are looking for good communication
skills candidate.
Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), named after great patriotic leader Jenab Sheikh Mohammad ...
The non-profit, promoted to serve needs of Pakistan's farming
community, will also undertake promoting an electronic agriculture
environment in Pakistan: "Farmers will be provided with the latest
information through text messages, emails, FM radio and television
channels, while mobile van system will also be introduced," Bucha said.
Responsible for national policies and programmes aimed at achieving agricultural growth. Part of the Ministry of Agriculture.
Initially, the project would be launched in Punjab, the country's
granary. It would later be extended to Sindh and other provinces.
Essentially, the motive behind this initiative is to provide farmers a
platform to access latest information on prices. As Bucha said, growers
have so far sold their crop at lower rates but with the proposed
information system under the e-agriculture project, they would get
better prices as it would help them get relevant information regarding
agro-inputs, crop production technologies, agro-processing, market
support, agro-finance and management of farm agri-business.
Besides this, a system to forecast crop production, input management and
command area management could provide information on expected
agriculture produce. The website would also provide information on
watershed management, land and water resources development, drinking
water potential mapping precision management, natural disaster
management, fishery management, hill area development and post-harvest
management were the key areas, where the information technology could
play its imperative impact.
According to Ahmad Jawad, chief
executive officer of Harvest Tradings, the information technology could
provide appropriate and location-specific technologies for the farmers
to furnish timely and proficient advice. For agricultural extension
management, the role of information technology can be encouraged for
future resource documentation.
Jawad felt that state-of-are
information and communication technologies could generate new openings
to bridge the gap between haves and the have-nots.
"There are
many possibilities of integration of ICT in agriculture and rural
development," he said. This technology provides an opportunity to the
developing nations and underdeveloped nations so that they can build up
their strategies and compete with the developed nations.
"Information is the key in every sector for development. Agriculture is
not an exception. It helps take timely action, prepare strategies for
the next season or year, speculate the market changes and avoid
unfavourable circumstances," he said. (Writer-South Asia)
