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EXPERT SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURE & ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. Dr. N. Anandaraja, Ph.D., ns75@tnau.ac.in. Short supply of extension agents. Lower level of education of Bottom level extension agents. Human Resource of Extension. Less number of female extension agents. More area to
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EXPERT SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURE & ANIMAL HUSBANDRY Dr. N. Anandaraja, Ph.D., ns75@tnau.ac.in
Short supply of extension agents Lower level of education of Bottom level extension agents Human Resource of Extension Less number of female extension agents More area to be covered by agents More number of farmer per extension worker Poor ratio of SMS to agents
Need to Provide instant expert agro advisory services Future is going to be Virtual Agricultural Practices Farmers need again farm specific agro advisory
Extension worker Television The answer of all these questions is: EXPERT SYSTEM OF EXTENSION Who will help me in appropriate decision making? Friend News Paper Neighbour Magazine
What is Expert System ? • An “Expert System” is an intelligent computer programme that uses knowledge and inference procedures to solve problems that are difficult enough to require human expertise for their solution. (Daniel Hunt, 1986)
Expert Systems Implemented: Cuptex:An Expert System for Cucumber Crop Production Citex: An Expert System for Orange Production Neper Wheat: An Expert System for Irrigated Wheat Management Tomatex: An Expert System for Tomatoes Limex: A Multimedia Expert System for Lime Production MANAGE IRRI IASRI-ICAR
Paddy Sugarcane Coconut Banana under Precision system Ragi Animal Husbandry Expert System for
The major activities will include • Identifying location specific knowledge needs of the farming community for content generation and digitization. • Development of expert system in respective languages on the crops and animal enterprises • iii. Testing of validity and reliability of the expert systems at different locations both on men and women farmers before finalizing on multilingual customized mode.
Methodology • Contents collected from different sources • Organized farmers’ workshop / meetings / brainstorming FOR SCOUTING FARMERS’ QURIERS AND FAQs • Collected contents - Organized - Validated with help of concerned Scientists • Images and Video clippings documented in all critical stages of the crops
Hardware and Software • VB Professional Edition • MSQL Server • Flash • IF and Then Rules • Purely Image / Visual Based
Expert System Components Doctor - Artificial Intelligence Decision Support System Static Information