International Institute of Information Technology - E

eAgrisarathi: An IT driven personalized Agri-facilitator
for better farming
P. Krishna Reddy
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Background
Farming is an unsustainable profession; 27%
farmers dissatisfied with farm livelihoods - not
profitable; 40% are ready quit farming
Objective of eAgrisarathi
• To provide knowledge base that can be applied by the farmers to improve their farm productivity by exploiting the latest developments in
agriculture through information & communication technologies (ICTs)
VISION: To improve the productivity of small farm holdings in a sustainable
manner
The eAgrisarathi as an IT driven personalized Agri-facilitator for better farming as
an improvement to the eSagu system in terms of scalability, cost and additional
features like community discussion and self-learning at village level aims for agroadvisory reach to vast geographical areas of farming at appreciably low cost
FACTORS
oNo quality/insufficient seed
oWater resource in violability or mismanagement
oRising input costs (Fertilizer, Labour, etc.)
oIncreased machinery costs
oUnavailability of power
oFarm labor unavailability
oUnscientific and Unsustainable practices
oExcess chemical usage
oMarketing problems
OUR EFFORT
oThe Right & Timely Knowledge is provided to
the farmer and also to other agrarian stakeholders
Areas of Crop Advisory
oCrop Production, Crop Management, Crop
Protection
The village-level agri-facilitator model description
•Procuring the infrastructure and identification of human resources
•Identification of villages, sample farms, farmer/farm registration
•Once in ten days, the following steps are repeated
o Collecting farm observations and upload into web portal
o Advice delivery for all farm observation by subject matter specialist
o Preparation of crop-specific advice summaries by agriculture experts
o Advice dissemination
o Access of agro-advisories by farmers
o Notice-board/SMS/Internet: One time advice/Regular advice
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Cluster is 4 to 5 villages in similar farming situation
Five sample farms for each major crop: 30 farms
Agricultural advice to sample farms regularly
Display crop-specific summaries (photographs, problem and advice) on
the notice-boards
 Farmer compares the problem, follow advice
 If it is not clear, he/she can consult coordinator for farm-specific advice
Architecture
Benefits to the farmer/producer
 Quality personalized agro-advice
 Regular advice
 Query-less system
 Feedback based
 Scalable system
 Cost-effective system
 Can be made as self-sustainable
eAgrisarathi as the crop doctor
for farms
IT for Agriculture Research Center
International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad
 Provides farm database
 Proactive approach
 Improves capacitates in rural
livelihoods and
 generates rural employment
Notice board: Is the key display shall act as the
village face book for agri-information exchange
Contact
Email: pkreddy@iiit.ac.in
Mobile: 98493 29324