Use of ICT in decision support for enhancing Kharif production

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Use of ICT in decision support for enhancing
Kharif production

• Basanta Kumar Dey
• Agronomist, RKVY Cell
• Agriculture Department
• Govt. of Odisha

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ICT in Agriculture

• plays a key role in agricultural growth and
  development in the country by providing timely
  and useful information in a demand driven mode.

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ICT in Agriculture-Why

• To provide healthy decision support to planners,
  policy makers for improving planning and
  monitoring.
• To provide decision support to farmers for right
  action.
• To improve services to farmers
• To empower farmers through access to information
  and knowledge
• To enables better linkage with farmers for
  improvement of knowledge with ultimate result of
  increased production/profit/income

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States Initiative on ICT in Agriculture

• Research Activities
• Decision making and programme planning
• Technological Awareness
• Input Management
• Monitoring
• Marketing Support
• Other services

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Research Activities

• Research Activities
• Direct Linkage of SAU with all research stations
  and KVKs through e- connectivity.
• E-library facility at SAU level that provide
  information on research

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Decision making and programme planning

• Department Portal
• Important decision/approval/circular and
  planning reflected in Departmental portal.
• Office Automation
• Inter and intra departmental file movement for
  quick decision through OSWASS
• E-dispatch
• Facilitates prompt and quick delivery of letters
• Video Conferencing at regular interval
• E-tendering
• Brings transparency in selection of bidders for
  supply of different inputs and civil construction
  works etc.

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Technological Awareness

• Various agricultural programmes like Krishi
  Sansar, Krishi Darshan Live Phone in of Radio
  and Television.
• Publicity Campaign through Krishi Rath moving
  across the State.
• Farmers Portal
• Kissan Call Centre
• Different IEC materials being printed at
  Agriculture Information wing.
• Organization of Agricultural Exhibition at
  Regional and State Level

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Input Management

• Agrisnet
• Purchase of Farm machineries and pumpsets etc.
• Borewell, shallow tube wells and riverlift under
  Jalnidhi
• Fertilizer and seed dealer licence etc.
• Odisha Soil health card Generation portal
• Generation of Soil Health cards
• Advisory to be issued through Mobile phone SMS

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Monitoring

• Crop weather watch report through Agrisnet
• Video conferencing at Higher level
• Online fund management in NFSM,RKVY for quick
  easy and transparency
• E-pest surveillance to combat pest situation.
• Effective monitoring of demonstration patches and
  other activities by capturing GPS Coordinates.

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Marketing Support

• Agro Telemarketing Centre
• Facilitate farmer buyer linkage
• e-procurement
• This is being followed for paddy procurement
• Digital Mandi with free mobile phone to farmers
• The farmer can access to MSP and other market
  information.

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Other services

• Health Insurance services through BKKY
• As a matter of success, the State has
  facilitated Health Insurance coverage upto Rs. 1
  lakh provided to 55 lakh farmers families
  providing smart card in order get free treatment
  unlike RSBY.

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Roadmap for use of ICT to improve Kharif
production

• Agro meteorological information like Seasonal
  weather forecast by IMD to be well ventilated
  among all stake holders through print and
  electronic media.
• The State Govt. to take prompt action on timely
  preparation of Kharif cropping programme
  including contingent plan for transmission to all
  concerned through publicity campaign and uploaded
  in the Departmental website.
• Finalizing decision for procurement of different
  inputs like seeds, fertilizer, farm machineries,
  P.P.Chemicals etc. and sale rate through e
  tendering

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Roadmap for use of ICT to improve Kharif
production

• Ensure availability and make wide publicity and
  also up date in the website.
• Timely processing of dealer licence for seed,
  fertilizer, pesticide etc. operating the Agrisnet
  portal
• Schematic information and assistance to farmers
  to be up loaded in the Website.
• Timely operating the Agrisnet portal for farm
  mechanization, Bore well,shallow tube well
  etc.under jalanidhi proramme.

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Roadmap for use of ICT to improve Kharif
production

• Timely providing funds to the implementing
  agencies through online fund management system
  operated by the dapartment.
• Crop weather data to be updated through Agrisnet
  portal for better monitoring.
• Regarding pest situation, e pest surveillance
  should be meticulously operationalized with issue
  of appropriate advisory.
• Periodical review to be made by video
  conferencing.
• After harvest, operationalization of Mandi for e
  procurement of paddy.

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ISSUES SUGGESTION

• Promotion of Agro meteorological information
  services.
• Seasonal forecast
• Daily forecast
• Alerts to farmers
• Climatic information through mobile phone SMS
• Promotion of Mobile banking/e-banking
• To Facilitate agricultural credit to the farmers
• This is being taken up under RKVY and is in
  pipeline.

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ISSUES SUGGESTIONS

• Establishment of Automated Weather Station in
  each district.
• GIS monitoring in coordination with ORSAC
• Both the proposals have been initiated to be
  taken up under RKVY and are in pipeline.
• Promotion of Direct Benefit Transfer
• Software has been developed to facilitate the
  farmers for direct benefit transfer

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Promotion of e- marketing

• e-Marketing platforms need to be provided,
  particularly for Maize, Cotton Turmeric.
• e-Auction to be promoted to bring transparency in
  marketing

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