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e-Krishak Sahyogi is envisaged to address the problem of accessibility of useful and timely information by small and marginal farmers. The Society is carrying out this pilot of e-Krishak Sahyogi in Jaipur district of Rajasthan, where it is working with 5000 vegetable growers. For this, ISAP has been actively supported by Wireless Reach Initiative of Qualcomm. Qualcomm’s Wireless Reach Initiative is a strategic program that brings wireless technology to underserved communities globally. Wireless Reach initiative has 88 projects in various stages of development in 34 countries.
e-Krishak Sahyogi has been envisaged to address the problem of accessibility of useful and timely information by small and marginal farmers. This is a modest attempt to bridge the digital divide for under-privileged and resource poor farmers for enhancement of their livelihood.
Broad objectives of this programme are to:
♦ Provide timely and useful information on proven cropping techniques in most appealing, effective, timely and intelligible manner.
♦ Connect farmers with experts by using 3 G technology (live video conferencing).
♦ Link farmers with markets, where they can see live auctioning of agriculture produce in mandis and can interact with traders.
♦ Provide advance information on weather and crop advisory based on weather forecast.
Figure. Screenshot of the App
Outcome/Benefits: e-Krishak Sahyogi is an applet on tab offering gateway to solution of farm-specific queries of small farmers. Farmers can learn cropping techniques with modern technologies using high definition 3-D animation videos or multimedia slideshow videos. Also, they can access other relevant and timely information in the audio, pictures and text format. Besides, farmers can also do live conferencing with experts and can watch live auctioning of vegetables in mandis by using tablets with data access through 3G technology. This Initiative helps saving their time as well as cost of traveling and enables them to exchange information on real time basis.
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