Mobile apps in Agriculture

Mobile apps in Agriculture -Initiatives and applications

1. welcome

2. MOBILE APPS IN AGRICULTURE INITIATIVES AND APPLICATIONS Chairperson: Dr.J.MEENEAMBIGAI Associate Professor Department of Agricultural Extension Presented by: M.KEERTHANA D.LOKESHWARAN II M.Sc (Ag.) Department of Agricultural Extension

3. INTRODUCTION Agriculture plays a vital role in the Indian economy with over 58% of rural households depending on agriculture. The need for timely access to information for decision making in agriculture and allied sectors needs no emphasis.

4. Mobile communication technology Mobile applications– Agricultural Rural Development by providing access to information, market and services to rural inhabitants (world bank, 2012).

5. Mobile applications Message that can be delivered will have combination of information mix ( audio+video+text+graphics+animations ) Recent apps are in local languages that too in audio and video format so illiterate can access information anywhere and at any time. Internet-some apps require internet and some don’t require. For easy operations- appropriate icons which are recognizable by farmers are developed with simple touch screen technology.

6. Kisan suvidha Developed by: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers.

7. Kisan suvidha is an omnibus mobile app developed to help farmers by providing revelant information. Weather, Market Price, Dealers, Plant Protection, Agro Advisory, Call To KCC

8. Soil health card Soil Health Card scheme is a Government of India scheme promoted by the Department of Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and being implemented in the state and union territories. A SHC gives soil nutrients status to each farmer for his/her land holding and also gives advices on fertilizer dosage and soil ammendments needed to maintain soil health in the long run.

9. CCE agri mobile app In rural areas, there will be no or poor internet connection that is why this app has been designed in such a way that data can be collected without internet connection. It works in both online and offline mode. Internet is required only to download the app and doing registration. Affter that CCE data can be entered using this app without internet connection. And as and when internet is available, data can be pushed to the server.

10. Registration IN CCE Agri : Step1: Select the registration level(state, district, block) in registration form. Step2: complete the registration form by filling all the details in the registration form and then click on submit button. Step3: one user per state will be authorized by central level & that state level user further approve users of District & Block levels.

11. User approval Pending: Shows list of pending user for approval Approved: Shows list of approved user Rejected: Shows list of rejected user with reason of rejection

12. Home screen There are 4 Options available on the screen: CCE survey Saved CCE data View sent CCE data Approve user Approve* user option is avalaible for state and district level user.

13. LOGIN STEP 1: After successful registeration and approval you will be able to login. Step 2: Enter your mobile no. and Password to login into the app.

14. CCE SURVEY Select the picking type In crop cutting survey from mobile will automatically capture GPS and then further information can be filled. Click on photo button to capture photograph

15. CCE SURVEY After entering data, there are two options: Send Save and send later

16. View sent CCE data View CCE sent CCE data show the list of data sent from mobile to the server

17. BENEFITS OF CCE AGRI APP Significantly improve data speed (from harvesting to insurance loss estimation) and biggest gain is data quality : Geo-tagging ensures field visit Photos mitigate manipulation risk, and Data transfer greatly improves data consolidation/analysis Reduced time in data collation Reduced time in claim settlement

18. Crop insurance Developed by: Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DAC & FW). It provides details of crop insurance.

19. Features: Crop insurance mobile app can be used to calculate the insurance premium for notified crops based on area, coverage amount and loan amount in case of loanee farmer. It can also used to get details of normal sum insured, extended sum insured, of any of notified crop in notified area.

20. eNAM : Developed by: Small Farmer Agribusiness Consortium(SFAC), Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India. Purpose of mobile app is to facilitate remote bidding by traders and access to arrivals and price related information to farmers and other holders on their smart phones.

21. E-NAM PROCESS

22. REGISTRATION

23. No.Of Stakeholders in e- nam (as on 30 th september , 2019) source:enam.gov.in

24. benefits

25. AgriMarket Developed by: Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare. AgriMarket app is used to get market price of crops in the markets within 50kms of the device’s location

26. DIGITAL MANDI INDIA Helps in checking the latest Mandi prices of agricultural commodities reported from different states and districts/ mandis in india .

27. features One can browse through various commodity categories and get the selected commodity’s price reported by various states/ by mandi . Simplified flow to reach the selected commodity’s mandi price. Copy the mandi price of a commodity and share the price on social media. Sync data the Indian government portal Agmarknet.nic.in

28. PUSA KRISHI Pusa krishi mobile app launched in MARCH 21,2016. Information about new varieties released by ICAR. “LAB TO LAND” ICAR

29. riceXpert ICAR-National Rice Research Institute-Cuttack. View to reach the latest rice technologies to the rice farmers in real time basis.

30. OILSEEDS ICAR IIOR CASTOR Jan 10, 2018. General information Agronomic practices Hybrids Varieties Cropping systems

31. ICAR- IIOR safflower: Jun 7, 2017 Commodity markets Major pest and diseases Varieties and hybrids

32. ICAR IIOR Sunflower

33. Solapur anar To educate pomegranate growers about scientific pomegranate production. Include publications Announcement from National Research Centre on Pomegranate- trainings, seminar English, Hindi, Marathi

34. Cane advisor ICAR- sugarcane breeding institute, coimbatore , TN. Details from planting to harvest with text and relevant graphics. Scheduler Query handler

35. mkrishi fisheries app Developed by Tata Consultancy Services Innovation lab-Mumbai, in collaboration with ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute & Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Service(INCOIS) Hyderabad. INCOIS generate Potential Fishing Zone(PFZ), a fish shoals sensing data received from NOAA Satellites, sea surface temperature and the presence of phytoplankton which form the food of several fish species.

36. App consolidates this information and presents advisories in local language. Raigad , Maharashtra. Registered users. To reduce unnecessary trips.

37. IFFCO Kisan Agri Developed by: IFFCO Kisan , a subsidiary of Indian Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative Ltd. Features: Weather Market Price Agricultural Advisory Agriculture Library

38. DASHBOARD

39. Expert system for various crops Sugarcane expert system Cultivation practices Irrigation management Nutrient management Crop protection Post harvest technology

40. Paddy expert system Nursery management Nutrient management Marketing Schemes

41. Coconut expert system Pest and disease managememt Coconut processing Institutions for coconut

42. Cattle expert system Feeding management Breeding management Disease management Production technology

43. Fisher Friendly Mobile Application(FFMA) Developed by: MS Swaminathan Research Foundation in partnership with Qualcomm & INCOIS.

44. Pashu poshan Balanced ration can be formulated while optimizing the cost considering animal profile, i.e. cattle or buffalo, age, milk production, milk fat and feeding regime etc. To adjust the quantity of locally available feeding ingredients offered to their animals.

45. Dairy telugu & dairy kannada

46. Other apps Shetkari Masik android app “ Shetkari Masik ”-popular magazine Department of agriculture, Maharashtra Internet or wifi connectivity

47. Farm-O- Pedia Developed by: C-DAC Mumbai Multilingual android application for rural Gujarat Functions: suitable crops, crop wise information, weather and manage your cattle.

48. Agri -app Crop production, crop protection, and all relevant agriculture allied services on your smartphone Kannada, English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, and Marathi

49. Plant pest and disease management Plantix Features: Real-time diagnosis. Weather information system. Community features facilitates interaction. Smallholder farmers as end-users.

50. Recently developed mobile applications in 2019 Meghdoot : The Ministry of Earth Sciences and Agriculture have launched a mobile application that will provide location, and crop and livestock-specific weather- based agro advisories to farmers in local languages. CHC: Farmers can select and order the required machinery at the feasible for them from the Custom Hiring Centers located in the radius of 50 kms

51. CHALLENGES Lack of mobile friendly and locally relevant digital content in local languages. Rural mobile infrastructure Digital illiteracy and lack of awareness Difficult for preparing content repository Greater customization and frequent updating of information is required. Frequent criticism is that the information provided is “old and routine”.

52. Success stories GFPCL at Modasa in Gujarat help farmers realise higher prices through eNAM .

53. Better prices obtained by MPFSRPCL farmers through eNAM .

54. FUTURE PROSPECTS

55. CONCLUSION Mobile phone act as a catalyst for rural development and country’s economic growth. Need based, location specific and individual oriented. Accessability , Affordability, Applications”.

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