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Department of CSE, BUET

Department of CSE, BUET. Workshop on “ICT in Agriculture”. “ICT in Agriculture” The Challenges. Local Information for Local Use Disease and Insect Detection Information Authentication Communication Handling Illiteracy Direct Marketing Social Networking Global Market.

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Department of CSE, BUET

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  1. Department of CSE, BUET Workshop on “ICT in Agriculture”

  2. “ICT in Agriculture”The Challenges • Local Information for Local Use • Disease and Insect Detection • Information Authentication • Communication • Handling Illiteracy • Direct Marketing • Social Networking • Global Market Department of CSE, BUET

  3. Local Information • Price of agri-inputs, agri-products, current demand-stock information, weather forecasting, soil condition. • Department of Agricultural Marketing(DAM) by Ministry of Agriculture (www.dam.gov.bd). • Analysis of available information. For example, indication of price fall/rise in near future. Department of CSE, BUET

  4. Disease & Insect Detection • Lack of knowledge, wrong steps. • Uncoordinated and inadequate databases: BAKB, BRRI etc. • Ways of detection • Samples • Photos • Sensors/Devices • Applications • Warning to neighbors. Department of CSE, BUET

  5. Information Authentication • Information collection • Coordinating the information • Information Verification Department of CSE, BUET

  6. Communication • Inadequate public service coverage & geographic remotenessresult ‘Information poverty’. • Connectivity • Internet : 7-8% • Mobile Network: 99% • SMS, MMS and VOICE based systems Department of CSE, BUET

  7. Handling Illiteracy • Link farmers with ICT, customize ICT to be user friendly. • Little understanding of how ICT might be of relevance to their livelihoods. • Possibilities • Need-based adult literacy curriculum. • Youngers may play as information intermediaries to elders. Department of CSE, BUET

  8. Direct Marketing • Farmers to get a fair price. • Middlemen are making abnormally high profits. • Local call centers and regular VOICE/SMS services. • Direct marketing by Government. Department of CSE, BUET

  9. Social Networking • Pages, Discussion Boards, Groups • Real time web can be used to distribute real time information quickly. • Facilitate Location Based Services. Department of CSE, BUET

  10. Global Market • Achievement of self-sufficiency in food - 2012. • Now is the time to enter into the global agricultural market. • ICT can help • Identifying which product to export and which to not. • Identify the markets we should target. Department of CSE, BUET

  11. “ICT in Agriculture”The Challenges • Local Information for Local Use • Disease and Insect Detection • Information Authentication • Communication • Handling Illiteracy • Direct Marketing • Social Networking • Global Market Department of CSE, BUET

  12. “ICT in Agriculture”The Challenges • Centralized and Comprehensive Agricultural Information System (CCAIS) • Farmer Database • Others ? • Weather Warning System • Soil, Fertilizer and Crop Disease and Insect • Agricultural Marketing and Monitoring • Direct Marketing • Local Marketing • Social Networking Department of CSE, BUET

  13. Happy Brainstorming Thank you all Department of CSE, BUET

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