Project Details

 

Project Title : Development of ICT based Tools/Technology towards an Interactive Multimedia Agriculture Advisory system

 

Sponsoring agency : ICAR- NAIP

 

Budget outlay : Rs. 321.54 lakhs

 

Duration : 2 years 6 months (October 2009 – April 2012)

 

Lead Centre of Consortium: IIT-M’s Rural Technology and Business Incubator, Chennai

 

Consortium partners:

1. Tamil Nadu Agricultural University(TNAU), Coimbatore

2. National Agro Foundation(NAF), Kancheepuram

3. Erode Precision Farm Producer's Company Ltd.(EPFPCL),Erode

4. Dharmapuri Precision Farmers Agro Services Ltd.(DPFASL),Dharmapuri

 

Project location & Focus crops:

Dharmapuri - Mango, Tapioca, Tomato

Erode - Turmeric, Coconut, Sugarcane

Kancheepuram - Paddy,Groundnut,Brinjal

 

  Objectives
  • Multi-Media Interface between Mobile Phones and a Central Database
  • Farm Plot Historian Database System
  • Market Information Database
  • Voice based Interactive System
  • Multi-media Agri-Advisory System
  • Multi-party Conferencing system between farmers, experts and extension worker

 

  Research
  • Weather Monitoring Systems
  • Village Topography Studies
  • Farm-Plot Historian Database
  • Market Information Database
  • Voice-based Interaction System
  • Multi-media Agri-Advisory System
  • Multi-party Conferencing System

 

  Project Team

Lead Centre

 

Consortium Principal Investigator 
Dr. Devendra Jalihal
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, 
IIT Madras, Chennai- 600036
Phone: 044 2257 4418,    Email: dj@tenet.res.in

 

Consortium Co Principal Investigator 
Dr. E. Vadivel, 
Professor, Directorate of Extension Education, 
TNAU-Coimbatore 
Phone: 0422 – 6611352/0422 – 6611433 
Email: ev@tnau.ac.in ; dee@tnau.ac.in

  

Mentored by
Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, 
IIT Madras, Chennai- 600036
Chennai - 600 036
Phone: 044 2257 4408 ,   Email: ashok@tenet.res.in

Consortium Partners (Co-PI's)

 

Dr. N.Sriram
Directorate of Extension Education
TNAU, Coimbatore

Mr. S.S.Rajsekar
National Agro Foundation,
Chennai

Mr. Senathipathi
Erode Precision Farm Producers Company Ltd 
Erode

Mr. C.Boopathy
Dharmapuri Precision Farmers Agro Services Ltd 
Dharmapuri

 
 

 

 

 

 

Agro Advisory Service

 

Focus Districts

Focus Crops

 

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