ICT BASED INITIATIVES FOR EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

ASHISH KUMAR BAJPAI¹*, SUNITA PANDEY², ADITYA PRAKASH DWIVEDI³, HARI MOHAN SINGH^4
1ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Post Graduate College, Ghazipur, 233001, Uttar Pradesh
²ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Post Graduate College, Ghazipur, 233001, Uttar Pradesh
³ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research, Lucknow, 226 002, Uttar Pradesh
⁴Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, Shepherd Institute of Engineering and Technology, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, 211007, Uttar Pradesh
* Corresponding Author : ashishbajpai.99@gmail.com

Received : 16-03-2018     Accepted : 20-03-2018     Published : 30-03-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 6       Pages : 5454 - 5455
Int J Agr Sci 10.6 (2018):5454-5455

Keywords : mKisan, Portal, Advisory, ICT
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to ICAR - Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Post Graduate College, Ghazipur, 233001, Uttar Pradesh
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

Agriculture plays an important role in development of our country’s economy. Agriculture is the mainstay of our rural economy. Agriculture supports 50 percent of population. It's contribution in GDP (gross domestic product) is 13.7%. Food grain production in India is 272.00 million ton in 2016-17 which is second in the world. As today India supports 17.9 per cent of population on 4.2 per cent of world’s water resource and 2-3 per cent of global land. India’s 64% lands are dependent on monsoon. This was made possible by the transfer of latest technology to the farmers’s field in agriculture and allied areas. In India such transfer of technology programmes of Indian Council of Agricultural Research is implemented by Krishi Vigyan Kendra at the district level. Krishi Vigyan Kendra provides farm advisories using ICT and other media means on varied subjects of interest of farming community. Krishi Vigyan Kendra started various ICT based initiative for transfer of technology. Recently three major ICT initiatives namely mKisan Portal, web portal Krishi Vigyan Kendra Knowledge Network Portal and KVK mobile app started by ICAR. These are assisting farming community to connect with Krishi Vigyan Kendra for transfer of technology. Present study describes how these initiatives are helping farmers to learn and explore the latest technology in the field of agriculture and allied subjects.

1. www.kvk.icar.gov.in
2. www.mkisan.gov.in
3. https://apkpure.com/kvk-mobile-app/com.icar.iasri.kvkapp
4. www.pib.gov.in/
5. www.iasri.res.in/