Conference to Study IT Usage in Agriculture

Conference to Study IT Usage in Agriculture
2010-02-10

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Can a mouse click fetch profit to farmers? GTech (Group of Technopark companies) in Thirvananthapuram is bringing farming and ICT brains together this week to come out with a workable answer to this question. According to a report in The Financial Express, Technopark in the capital of Kerala is hosting a conference on “Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture” on January 22. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) and Kerala IT Mission will also partner GTech in organising the conference.

S Rama Rao, president, GTech, said that ICT in agriculture sector was of special significance and played a vital role in transformations relating to delivery of services as well as in the marketing of agricultural products. The conference aims to examine several ongoing projects that provide IT-based services for specific domains like agricultural production, marketing and extension services.

The Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management in Kerala (IIITMK) is the knowledge partner for the conference. There will be three sessions dedicated to the use of ICT in agriculture marketing, production and extension services.

According to Satish Babu, secretary, GTech, the conference would focus on showcasing successful case-studies in innovations in the agriculture sector. The deliberations would be also utilised to give effective linkages to development organisations in the farm sector.

Like the Rajasthan government’s ICT delivery service Jan Mira or Gujarat’s GAU-SAT-KRU or the Madhya Pradesh government’s Gyandoot or the Maharashtra government’s Maha-Agrinet or the Andhra Pradesh government’s Rural e-Seva, the Kerala government runs Kissan Kerala and Akshaya Kendras.

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