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NARS Role in ICTs Use in Agriculture

NARS Role in ICTs Use in Agriculture. - Presentation at National Seminar on ICTs for Agriculture and Development, DAIICT, December 17, 2004. Lecture plan. Current status Delivery models Critical success factors How to march ahead ?. ICTs use in rural India. e-commerce

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NARS Role in ICTs Use in Agriculture

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  1. NARS Role in ICTs Use in Agriculture - Presentation at National Seminar on ICTs for Agriculture and Development, DAIICT, December 17, 2004

  2. Lecture plan • Current status • Delivery models • Critical success factors • How to march ahead ?

  3. ICTs use in rural India • e-commerce • Rural networking • Education & training • Social and policy issues • Indigenous knowledge • GIS - remote sensing • Decision support systems

  4. Experiences on ICTs use . . • Phone main device for accessing voice info • Internet - often e-mail for communication • Bandwidth not available and costly • Serious concern on first mile issue • Focus low on knowledge sharing • Rhetoric on reaching underprivileged • Extensive institutional support

  5. Learning from ICT projects

  6. Positive feature of ICTs use • Number of ICT projects in rural areas • High population density • Potential for economies of scale • Societal acceptance • Capacity in use of IT • Wide spread NGO net work • Widespread use of English

  7. India vision Vision ICTs in 6 lakh villages by 2007 Networking Yes. Up to 50% Trained personnel Yes Information access No

  8. Challenges • Inculcate confidence in the use of ICT • Gender perspective in content • Capacity building in women • Content in local languages • Compile locally relevant best practices • Affordable ICT resources & bandwidth • Policy on rural kiosks

  9. Perceptions • Active NARS participation must for ICTs success for rural development • Need for demand driven extension • New ICTs catalyze the role of extension

  10. NAARM role • Pilot project with NGO Partnership • First mile issue • Manpower development in NARS • Coordination for exchange of information

  11. Assessment of select agri-portals

  12. Agri Gateway to India Focus: Indian Agri info; Databases on agri institutions, experts, women; Learning resources; Networking

  13. Delivery models • Institutions going on-line • NARS institutions putting up their own systems in place • Content not ready and will take long time • Service centers • Information kiosks by public/private agencies • Multiple services : payment, certificates, advices • Coordination and shared vision with NARS • Regional network by state • Strong political will • Fundamentally strong with a structure and purpose

  14. Critical success factors • Strong political & admn. leadership • Clearly identified goals and benefits • Respect to existing systems procedures • Sound central plan • Out sourced technical support • Potential source for new employment

  15. Conclusions • Public-private partnerships : Public to provide information and Private to provide maintenance of infrastructure • Content centric approach for NARS • IT policy on rural connectivity

  16. Thank you

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