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Enhancing Agriculture through Government Mobile Apps in Nepal

This paper explores the contribution of government mobile applications in the agricultural sector of Nepal, assessing their appropriateness and effectiveness for farmers. It also provides recommendations for improving the access and usability of these apps.

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Enhancing Agriculture through Government Mobile Apps in Nepal

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  1. Services and Application that are value of Nepali Users Presented by Anuj Raj DhungelBineeta BaralBirendra PoudelBishow Raj JoshiSadikshya Karki

  2. Paper Presented at Workshop on ‘How to Engage in Broadband Policy and Regulatory Processes’ ICT in Agriculture in Nepal: Challenges and Solutions

  3. Content • Objective • Problem • Context • ICT Use in Agriculture at Government level • Recommendations

  4. Objective • To identify government mobile application contribution for farmers.

  5. Problem • Is the ICT based Government apps for agriculture appropriate for the farmers?

  6. Context • Agriculture contributes to 32.1 % of total GDP and 76% of total employment in Nepal • Agricultural Growth (5.3%) in 2017 • Nepal has 8 domains and 80 initiatives; agriculture is one domain with 9 initiatives: eHaat Bazaar; Precision Agriculture; Agriculture Tools Sharing; Digital Payment of Subsidies; Specialty Food Program; Digitalization of Land Records; Smart Irrigation Project; Education and Training Programs for Farmers; and State of the Art Knowledge Centers (Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, 2018) • Literacy rate of Nepal: 59.6% (Annual Household Survey 2015/16)

  7. Total Internet Users: 63% (Kathmandu Post, 20 Jan 2018) NTC 54.91 Ncell 42.43 Others 2.66

  8. ICT Use in Agriculture at Government level (Government of NepalMinistry of Agriculture and livestock) 1. ICT in Agriculture ( 1000+ downloads)

  9. 2. Krishi Ghar (10000+)

  10. Data Analysis (Samarajiva, 2019 ) • 51 % increment of population to be connected to mobile networks in the last 5 years

  11. Recommendation • Give digital trainings to the farmers. • Access to the internet ( agricultural apps with free or less data pack amount) • Subsidies to the smart devices to the farmers (like to Education sector) • Platform for two way audio communication (expert and farmers) • Connecting directly with the consumers through apps (bypassing the middleman) • More off line videos and audio programs in the app • Push notifications • Soil data, Plant properties, crop data, farmer’s details and research data

  12. Feedbacks and Suggestions !!

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