Role of ict in AKM

Role of ICT in Agricultural Knowledge Management Page 1

Seminar Topic

Information Communication Technology in Agricultural Knowledge Management

Submitted By Krishna Vala

(06-0196-2015)

Guided By Dr. J. V. Suthar

Assistant Professor

College of Agricultural Information Technology

ANAND AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

ANAND


Contents 1. INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................... 3

2. What is Knowledge? .............................................................................................................................. 3

2.1 Knowledge: ....................................................................................................................................... 3

2.2 Types of knowledge: ......................................................................................................................... 3

3. Agricultural knowledge management process: ............................................................................. 4

3.1 Key of AKM Process: .................................................................................................................. 4

3.2 Agricultural Knowledge Management Process ................................................................................ 5

3.3 The Role of IT in AKM: ..................................................................................................................... 5

4. Role of ICT in agricultural knowledge management ..................................................................... 6

4.1 ICTs have four broad functions : ..................................................................................................... 6

4.2 ICT tools use in agricultural knowledge management ...................................................................... 7

5. Project for ICT Development In Agricultural .................................................................................... 8

5.1 Web Portal: ..................................................................................................................................... 8

5.1.1 Agropedia: .................................................................................................................................. 8

5.1.2 Aim of Agropedia: ...................................................................................................................... 9

5.1.3 Services provided by agropedia to farmer: ................................................................................ 9

5.2 ICT & Knowledge workers/intermediates ................................................................................ 10

5.2.1 E-Sagu: ..................................................................................................................................... 10

5.2.2 Aim of E-Sagu : ..................................................................................................................... 10

5.2.3 How does it work? ................................................................................................................. 10

5.3 Mobile Technology: ..................................................................................................................... 11

5.3.1 Kissan call: ............................................................................................................................... 11

5.3.2 Aim of Kissan call center: ........................................................................................................ 11

5.3.3 How does it work? ................................................................................................................... 11

6. The advantages of ICT in AKM : .................................................................................................... 11

7. ICT have challenges in Indian agriculture: .................................................................................. 12

8. Conclusion: .......................................................................................................................................... 12

9. References ........................................................................................................................................... 13


1. INTRODUCTION

Agriculture is an important sector of Indian economy. Statistics proves that almost 60–70%

of more than a billion people depend on agriculture and related fields in India. Agricultural

Knowledge Management (AKM) refers to the process of creating, improving, sharing and

transfer and the agricultural knowledge in the rural communities.

An ICT mediated as agricultural knowledge management platform for Indian

agriculture.ICT as a major driver of AKM. In addition ICTs provided new opportunities to the

challenges faced by agriculture.ICT allows capitalizing to a larger scope on the wealth of

information and knowledge available for Agriculture Knowledge, Science and Technology

(AKST).ICT in the in knowledge management that could play important role to sharing,

exchanging and disseminating knowledge and technologies.

2. What is Knowledge?

2.1 Knowledge: A collection of data is information and a collection of information is not knowledge. But It’s

related description, definition or perspective is “knowledge”. A collection of knowledge is

wisdom and collection of wisdom is truth.

• Data = collection of facts, measurements, statistics

• Information = organized and processing data

• Knowledge = contextual, significant, actionable information

2.2 Types of knowledge: 1. Tacit knowledge: That can be difficult to share and transmit. It can be defined as skills, ideas and

experiences that people have in their minds.

Example: How to use GIS & IT technology in farming. Are difficult to understand for farmer.

2. Explicit knowledge: That can be easy to share or transmit. Most forms of explicit knowledge

can be stored in certain media like encyclopedias and textbooks are good examples of explicit

knowledge.

Example: What is Family, Botanical name and Variety of crop? Are easily understood

by farmer. Because these are also store in textbook.


3. Agricultural knowledge management process:

3.1 Key of AKM Process:

• Knowledge creation, identification and capturing

• Knowledge organizing

• Knowledge storing

• Knowledge sharing and applying

Fig 1: Agricultural Knowledge Management


3.2 Agricultural Knowledge Management Process

1. Knowledge acquiring: Knowledge capture and retained for prepare treatment like

video,auideo,picture related to agriculture for farmer. 2 .Knowledge creating: Knowledge creating though research,learning,innovation in

agriculture.

3. Knowledge organizing: Knowledge is processed and transformed which is adapted by

all marginal and small scale farmer.

4. Store: Preserved and retrieval to farmer commodities.

5. Sharing: Disseminating through presentation, publication, training, video conference,

network for aware to farmer.

6. Applying: Applying knowledge it is become basis for innovation of modern agriculture

3.3 The Role of IT in AKM: Information technology manage the knowledge, by itself is not manage.

IT as a facilitator of AKM: facilitates to document management, data storage, access of

information, the dissemination, exchange and sharing of ideas related to agricultural IT

provides solutions to AKM.

IT is a tool to increase the “efficiency” and “capability” of AKM

IT use in following processes in AKM:

Knowledge store and retrieval: Examples of supporting information technologies are

electronic bulletin boards also known as message boards or as computer medium where

one can share online communication systems where store and retrieval databases ect.

Knowledge transfer: Examples of supporting information technologies are more

available communication channels, enable user interactions by assisting them to

communicate with one another .The computer technology used as e-mails, discussion

lists, electronic bulletin boards and multimedia conferences. which enable more extensive

internal networks and faster access to knowledge sources.


4. Role of ICT in agricultural knowledge management

Information and Communication Technology in Agriculture also called E-agriculture.

Which play vital role in agricultural knowledge management.

4.1 ICTs have four broad functions : 1. To deliver or provide access to information

2. To classify the knowledge base.

3. To connect people and network

4. To authorize rural communities

Figure 2: Agricultural Knowledge and Information management


4.2 ICT tools use in agricultural knowledge management:

1. VKC-village knowledge centre.

The VKC program aim is the Agricultural Information

and technology to aware the poor and rural level farmer.

• Group meeting.

• Expert guidance

VK Center 2. Radio: Establish All India Radio stations (EARS) located in various part of country. Broadcast agricultural programs in regional language through wave medium. 3. Television:

India was first country among developing country to test use of the television for agricultural extension in rural aria 1975-1976. At present television and radio stands most utilized medium among the various ICT tools.

4. ICT-Kiosk: ICT-Kiosk These kiosks provide a current information and knowledge about agriculture to farmer.

• Computer terminal • Video conferencing • Voice call

5. Mobile:

• Kissan call center • SMS • AgroSIM Internet

6. Internet:

• Instant messaging • Email • File transfers • Chart room


5. Project for ICT Development In Agricultural

5.1 Web Portal:

5.1.1 Agropedia: The agropedia project was launched on 12 January 2009 by Government of India

through the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). It implemented by

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) with

funding support from the NAIP(National Agricultural Innovation Project).

Agropedia designed as an "agricultural --Wikipedia" hosts wide range of agricultural

information.

Name of the

project

Type of

Organization

Type of

Knowledge

Contribute

by

1. Web Portals: Agropedia, AgriTech,

Public

Explicit

KVKs , State Agricultural Universities, Research Institutes

iKisan Private Explicit Subject Experts

2. ICT & Intermediaters / Knowledge Workers : e-Sagu, e-Arik

Public Explicit Mostly Q & A

Subject Experts

e-Choupal, Tata Kisan Sansar

Private

Explicit Subject Experts

Digital Green NGO Tacit Farmers

VKC, MSSRF NGO Explicit Subject Experts

3. Mobile technology/telephone Kisan call Public Explicit Subject Experts


Figure 3: Agropedia Working

5.1.2 Aim of Agropedia: The agricultural knowledge is spread in multiple languages such as English, Hindi and

Teleg..

To prepare a bridge between explicit knowledge holders like agricultural researchers,

scientists, experts and tacit knowledge holders like farmers and other field workers.

To provides online, up-to day detailed and any questioners of farmer.

5.1.3 Services provided by agropedia to farmer:

vKVK-Virtual Krishi Vigyan Kendra: Transmission of relevant information to farmers

on their mobile phones using text and voice message facilities in regional language

KVK-Net: To increase communication between scientists and researchers across

various KVKs

Month wise crop calendar for various crops


Web 2.0 concepts: agro-wiki, agro-forum and agro-blog harness the collective

intelligence of agricultural experts and publish them on the web instantly.

Do’s and Don’ts on what should and should not be done during crop production.

5.2 ICT & Knowledge workers/intermediates

5.2.1 E-Sagu:

‘E-Sagu’ is a web-based personalized agro-advisory system which uses IT to solve the

unscientific agricultural practices. Sagu in Telugu-local language means cultivation In

which the project started E-Sagu means electronic cultivation. It is a joint research project of

Media lab Asia and IIIT Hyderabad

5.2.2 Aim of E-Sagu : To develop an IT base Agriculture Extension System that such

Personalized : To provide personalized advice to each farmer of india once in a week.

Timely: Provide the advice in timely manner.

Cost effective: Service should be affordable by farmer

5.2.3 How does it work? • A team of agricultural knowledge experts work at the ‘E-Sagu’ main lab and they are

supportable by agricultural information system.

• One eSagu local centre consists few computer and computer operator cover a group of

about ten village. Educated and experienced farmer work as coordinators. Depending on

the crop each coordinators assigned a fix number of farmers.

• Coordinators collect registration data about farmer under him information about soil data,

water resources, crop and 4-5 photo of each farm. Send data to ‘E-Sagu’ centre.

• At ‘E-Sagu’ centre a team of agricultural knowledge experts analyses these information

and prepare farm specific advice ..The advice is downloaded at eScentre thought internet.

The Coordinators collect advice then prints out delivers to concerned farmers.


5.3 Mobile Technology:

5.3.1 Kissan call: The Department of Agriculture & Cooperation (DAC), Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of

India launched Kisan Call Centers on January 21, 2004.

5.3.2 Aim of Kissan call center: To facilitate farmers of the state to get information/solutions to their problems through

use of the Toll Free Number 1800-233-4433.

To deliver agricultural extension services to the farming community.

To aware from technical agricultural in the rural areas to cover every farm.

To serve as a feedback mechanism for the farmer.

5.3.3 How does it work? • Farmers can call up Kissan Call Center (KCC) through a toll free number 1800-180-1551

(from any Landline or Mobile) / 1551 (from BSNL Landline).Call center services are

available from 6.00 am to 10.00 pm on all seven days of the week at each KCC location.

• Kisan Call Centre agents known as Farm Tele Advisor(FTAs).Registration of the farmers

is done by FTAs at the Kisan Call Centre who records personal details of the farmer in

the Kisan Knowledge Management System (KKMS).

• Farmer is then asked to opt for his mode of receiving information/advice i.e. Text

message (SMS) or Voice message

6. The advantages of ICT in AKM :

• ICT in agricultural knowledge management main advantages to increase the

competitiveness of Indian agriculture.

• To establish and sustain a knowledge organization based on Agriculture in India

• Provide an online and offline forum where all queries related to agriculture shall be

answered or discussed

• Provide farmers’ present source of agriculture information and information network

• Provide high level of agriculture related knowledge to the students, farmers and

agricultural experts etc.


7. ICT have challenges in Indian agriculture:

• Poor ICT mechanisms and infrastructure: Also the challenge is the poor mechanisms and

infrastructure for sharing and exchanging agriculture knowledge national and regional

levels. Many research activities are repeated due to the lack of such mechanisms and

infrastructure at the national level.

• Lack of accès to information and communication technologies thar improve face-to-face

relationships.

• There is the challenge of lack of trained staff and ICT facilities. Without proper training

and education, available resources will be under-utilized.

• Radio or TV programs are broadcast at predefined schedules which may-or-may not be

convenient for farmers.

• How can be introduced all farmer into current training program?

• Improve public awareness about benefits of use of ICT in agriculture.

8. Conclusion:

The ability to manage knowledge effectively is the most important factor in enhancing the

productivity and competitiveness of Indian agriculture. ICT can be has powerful tools can be

provide help to farmer by getting the information and delivering to them at a time and place of

their choices and affordable for the rural level farmer..Some ICT related project such as web

portal are in progress for agricultural development.

So now farmers have to information about trend and technology needed in farming so as to

produce more and participate effectively in setting price of their product. To make all this

possible huge utilization of ICT must be taken as the first priority.


9. References

https://shivkumardas.wordpress.com/?s=ICT http://journal.km4dev.org/.pdf

http://www.manage.gov.in/studymaterial/AKM-E pdf/

http://www.wri.org/search/site/ict

http://www.ictworks.org/2011/10/12/ict-changing-face-agriculture/

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279181982

http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/

http://agritech.tnau.ac.in/kisan/kisan.html

http://www.mssrf.org/sites/default/files/VKC-Report.pdf

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