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ICT for Agriculture Development : Overview of Agriculture – IT Models and some International Perspe

V i k a s N a t h . o r g Founder: www.DigitalGovernance.org Initiative www.DevNetJobs.org Initiative Manager, global public goods Network, UNDP, Geneva. ICT for Agriculture Development : Overview of Agriculture – IT Models and some International Perspectives.

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ICT for Agriculture Development : Overview of Agriculture – IT Models and some International Perspe

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  1. V i k a s N a t h . o r g Founder: www.DigitalGovernance.org Initiative www.DevNetJobs.org Initiative Manager, global public goods Network, UNDP, Geneva ICT for Agriculture Development: Overview of Agriculture – IT Models and some International Perspectives WITFOR World IT Forum 31 August 2005, Gaborone, Botswana 2005

  2. WHO NEEDS ICT FOR AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS Govt. Agriculture Dept. Traders Farmers AGRICULTURE WORKFORCE Agriculture Extensionists Fishermen Livestock Farms A PROFILE OF THEAGRICULTUREGROUP Livestock Herders

  3. THE 3 MAIN AREAS WHERE Information Technology COULD IMPACT AGRICULTURE: • providing users Access to Communication Facilities: phone, internet, email, fax, mobile phone…. for getting market prices, information on upcoming pest and locust attacks, information on weather/ rain patterns. • providing Interactive Demand Based Agriculture Services: Government Agriculture Programs and Subsidies, Online application for loan facilities, online Trading (auction of coffee, tea, rubber), Online Agriculture Extension and Query Redressal, Information on Cropping Pattern and Fertilizer use. III. Undertaking Automation of Key Agriculture Functions: Digitization of Land Records, Farm Management, Milk-Fat Measurement, Agriculture Statistics and Databases.

  4. IT for Agriculture Development :Matching Service Providers with Rural User Groups GOVERNMENT & PRIVATE SECTOR SERVICE PROVIDERS AGRICULTUREUSER GROUPS I N FO R M AT I O N TECHNOLOGY Un- Employed Agriculture Ministry Farmers Department of Livestock Development Fishermen Agriculture Workforce Agriculture Banks Agriculture Markets Traders Livestock Herders Private Companies Agriculture Extensionists

  5. INDIA: Oddanchatram Market List of Commodity Prices Date: August 30, 2005 http://www.oddanchatrammarket.com/ BananaCauliflowerGreenleafBeansChilliesLablabBeetrootChowchowMangoBhendi (Ladies Finger)Cluster beansOnionBellari OnionCoconutPumpkinBitter gourdCow peaSnake gourdBottle gourdDrumstickSour OrangeBrinjalGingerTomato Procurement Price: Rs 3 (USD .7) per Kilogram Stock Arrived: 1200 Bags (15 Flowers/Bag) Procurement Price: Rs 5.50 (USD .12) per Kilogram Stock Arrived: 45 Tonness

  6. MALAYSIA:E-Flood Information DID (JPS) Selangor State http://jps.selangor.ggy.my • The system integrates all hydrology data from District DID (JPS) to the Shah Alam Hydrology Unit automatically and in real time. • It then provides real-time river monitoring to safequard life and property, and offers flood warnings through SMS. • The project simplifies government agency flood rescue operations.

  7. INDIA: Fish Shoal Movements in the Indian Ocean

  8. INDIA: Digitized Land Record Maps. This is a Legal Document under the Digital Document Act and can be used by farmers for getting loans from financial institutions. Supportive IT Laws can vastly enhance the utility of IT Projects

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  10. The FOCAL Point of IT for Development Services should be: Increasing the « Public Value of Services » being offered by Information Technology to the Farming Community? What do you mean by PUBLIC VALUE of Services? Okay, let me explain what that means? O O i

  11. Case A: pre-Information Technology Situation V= Value of Service being derived by the Agriculture User: U V1B A B V1A U1 V2C C U2 U4 V4D U3 V3D D V5D U5 SERVICES (A, B, C, D) AGRICULTURE USERS (5) Total Public Value of Services derived = U1V1 + U2V2 + U3V3 + U4V4 + U5V5

  12. 3 WAYS to increase PUBLIC VALUE OF SERVICES: • Bring NEW USERS under the reach of the Information Technology • Provide NEW SERVICES to Agriculture Workforce / Users • Enhance the QUALITY OF EXISTING SERVICES being offered so that users derive greater Value from the same service. THE SITUATION WILL THEN CHANGE…..

  13. Case B: post-Information Technology Situation G U6 U8 A B U1 U7 C E U2 U4 U3 F D U5 SERVICES (A, B, C, D, E, F, G) AGRICULTURE USERS (8) New Public Value = U1V1 + U2V2 + U3V3 + U4V4 + U5V5 +….. + UiVj

  14. Intelligent IT in Agriculture Projects: • Are key information needs of the Disadvantaged Groups being met? • Has the weakest link in information flow: from information source to the disadvantaged groups been corrected? For instance where local government offices do not have email connectivity, providing online services to the local community will not be useful. • Are we supporting existing institutions and ongoing efforts aimed towards growth and development, or are we opposing them? Focus should be on training Agricultural Extensionists to allow them to use IT in their tasks and to reach out to more farming community

  15. Be Innovative, think Differently with IT as it can make a meaningful difference in the Agriculture Sector! THANK YOU VIKAS NATH Manager, global public goods Network, UNDP Founder: www.DigitalGovernance.org and www.DevNetJobs.org Initiative http://www.VikasNath.org http://www.DigitalGovernance.org http://www.DevNetJobs.org Email: Vikas@DigitalGovernance.orgVikas.nath@gmail.com

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