economic environments of the population due to liberalization and globalization
About 75% people are living in rural areas and are
still dependent on Agriculture. About 43% of India’s geographical area is used for agricultural activity
Agriculture continues to play a major role in Indian
Economy Indian Agriculture Provides about 65% of the livelihood Accounts for 27% of GDP Contributes 21% of Total Exports, and Supplies Raw materials to Industries Growth Rate in production - 5.7% Food grains production – 211.17 mt India’s position in world Agriculture Rank
Total Area Seventh
Irrigated Area First Population Second Economically Active population Second Total Cereals Third Wheat Second Rice Second Coarse grains Fourth Total Pulses First Oil Seeds Second Fruits and Vegetables Second Implements (Tractors) Third Milk First Live Stock (castles, Buffaloes) First Agricultural Resources
Total Geographical Area (TGA) - 329 M.H
Potential for Biological Production - 265 M.H Net Sown Area (NSA) - 143 M.H Net Irrigated Area - 56 M.H Area threatened by land degradation - 50% of T GA Drought-prone Area - 190 M.H Mile Stones in Agricultural Development
Green Revolution (1968)
Ever-Green Revolution (1996) Blue Revolution (water, fish) White Revolution (Milk) Yellow Revolution (flower, edible) Bio-Technology Revolution ICT Revolution Development of Indian Agriculture : Basic Issues Revitalization of Cooperative Institutions Improving Rural Credits Research, Education & Extension Human Resources Development Trade & Export Promotion Land Reforms Enabling Environment for higher Agricultural Growth Thrust areas: Diversification of Agriculture Inter-cropping Micro Management Water Management Organic Farming Agri-Clinics and Agri-business Centres Bio-Technology Efforts on Policies, strategies and Frameworks National Agriculture Policy (2000) National Seeds policy (2002) Cooperative Policy Agricultural Price policy Agricultural Extension Framework (2001) WTO/GATT agreement (1994) In addition to, various working groups, taskforces, mid-term appraisals and plan schemes (~68) (for further details www.agricoop.nic.in) Reports Agriculture Credit, Cooperation and Crop Horticulture Development including Spices Aromatic and Medicinal Plants and Plantation Crops Agriculture Infrastructure/Warehousing/Rural Godowns/Marketing/Post Harvest Management, Processing and Cold Storage, Trade and Export Promotion. Crop Husbandry, Demand and Supply Projections and Agricultural Inputs Agriculture Research and Education Animal Husbandry & Dairying Agriculture Statistics Watershed Development, Rainfed Farming and Natural Resources Management |Agriculture Development in Eastern and North-Eastern India Agriculture and Allied Sectors Organic and Biodynamic Farming (for further details www.planningcommission.nic.in) Technologies for Sustainable Agricultural Development Biotechnology Pre & post harvesting technology Energy saving technology Environment protection technology Information and Communication technology GIS & RS technology Internet/Intranet Technology Fusion of Technologies for Sustainable Development - A Synergy of Multiple Disciplines Database Technology Internet/Intranet Technology GIS and Remote Sensing Image Processing GPS Artificial Intelligence Modeling IT led Agricultural Development
The beginning: (e-readiness)
A two day conference (ISDA-1995 ) was held to assess IT Infrastructure and empowerment needs for IT led development in Agriculture Sector (one of the major recommendations was about 3% of the agriculture budget should be spent on Informatics Development)
IT Plan for Agriculture Sector (AGRISNET) was
submitted to Ministry of Agriculture in 1997 to establish “Indian Agriculture on-line” and revised in 2000. IT Applications for Agricultural Development Requires Inter-Sectoral Approach Agricultural Research Fertilisers and Manure Agro-Meteorology Fisheries Agricultural Marketing Irrigation and Drainage Agricultural Engineering & System Food Processing Livestock, Dairy Development Agricultural Extension and & Animal Husbandry Transfer of Technology Rural Development & Credit and Cooperation Planning Crop production & protection Soil and Water Management Environment & Forest Watershed Development Wasteland Development IT plan for Agriculture To strengthen IT in Agriculture and creation of Databases & Information Network for Agriculture Sector :-
The plan was divided into three schemes by DAC
Central Sector Schemes proposed
DAC Hqrs
Networking of DAC Field Units (DACNET)
State & District and Sub-District level
(AGRISNET) Present Status of IT Scheme (s) of DAC:
Various Components emerging as one scheme:
IT apparatus in DAC Hqrs.
IT apparatus in the Field offices and Directorates of DAC (DACNET) Phase II Development of Agricultural Informatics and Communication Agricultural Resources Information System IT apparatus for States/UTs (AGRISNET) and Agricultural Marketing Information Network (AGMARKNET) Phase II Information Systems Requirement in Agriculture GIS/RS based Systems: Soil and Land use Watershed developments Disaster management Cropping systems Agriculture Resources Information Organic farming (bio-fertilisers) Crop weather watch Decision Support Systems Integrated Nutrient Management Integrated Pest Management Demand-Supply Projections Soil-Water balance Credit Management Inter-cropping systems Bio-fertilizer management Early Warning System E-Commerce Applications Agri-Business (Agri-clinics and Agri-Business Centres) Agricultural Marketing Agricultural Trade Cooperatives Horticulture (horticulture, floriculture, sericulture, aquaculture etc,. ) Organic farming Agriculture Statistics Ongoing ICT Projects of DAC DACNET (dacnet.nic.in) AGMARKNET (agmarknet.nic.in) PPIN (cib/rc) (cibrc.nic.in) VISTARNET AGRICULTURAL CENSUS NADAMS (National Agricultural Drought Advisory and Management Systems) HORTNET