Extension of Technologies: From Labs to Farms

by N. Anandaraja

ISBN: 9789351244691
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Imprint : NIPA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 14000.00
Biblio : 500 pages,25cm

Author Profile

Edited by: N. Anandaraja, Ph.D : Assistant Professor (Agrl. Extension), Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore 641 001, Tamil Nadu, India, K. Chandrakandan, Ph.D: Professor (Retired), Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore- 641 003, Tamil Nadu, M.Ramasubramanian, Ph.D: Assistant Professor (Agrl. Extension), Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Madurai – 625 104, Tamil Nadu

About The Book

The focus of technology development in agriculture in the last half of 20th century was to increase the production efficiency of the farm. For this, the Indian farmers should be updated with latest knowledge to compete for global marketing. They must have the right information at the right time which is possible through new information technologies resulted in many non-agricultural fields. In the world of Information of Communication Technology, the most commonly available IT tools for transfer of agricultural technology in Indian context are radio, television, video, telephone and mobile phone, printed media, computer and internet. This book is an outcome of the rich experiences of research work carried out by  the editors.   Information technology has rooted well as one of the tools of Transfer of Technology which are being used by both public and private sectors for the benefit of farmeVillage Knowledge Centres of MSSRF, E-Choupals of Indian Tobacco Company, Kisan Kendras of Rallies, Kisan Bharath Kendras of United Phosphorus Limited, Cyber Extension services of EID Parry’s, Kisan Call Centres (KCC), AGRISNET AGMARKNET are few good examples to quote. Hence, this book entitled "Extension of Technologies: From Labs to RFarms" is an effort to limelight the potentiality of this tool in the field of agricultural extension in general and transfer of technology in particular.

Table of Contents

"Foreword Preface Acknowledgement PART - I : Fundamentals and Applications 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Orientation 3. Research Methodology 4. Results and Discussion Annexure References PART - II : Techniques and Implementations 5. Proven Conventional Extension Techniques and Approaches for Transfer of Technologies K. Chandrakandan and N. Anandaraja 6. Modern Communication Tools in Transfer of Technology N. Anandaraja, G. Sujhi, M. Ramasubramanian and G. Gayathri 7. Technology Foresight and Rural Development R. Chidambaram 8. Interactive Voice Response (IVR) Services 9. Video Conferencing in Technology Transfer 10. Cyber Extension Approaches in India: An Overview V. P. Sharma 11. Expert System Applications: Agriculture Ahmed Rafea 12. A Study on Various Expert Systems in Agriculture G.N.R. Prasad and Dr. A. Vinaya Babu 13. Precision Farming in Indian Context: Role of Remote Sensing S. S. Ray, S. Panigrahy and J. S. Parihar 14. Information Technology and Decision: Support Systems in AGL 15. A Framework of Information Technology Based Agriculture Information Dissemination System to Improve Crop Productivity P. Krishna Reddy 16. Mobile Map Technology Aymen A.Solyman 17. Development and Dissemination of Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies at SAC R.P. Dubey 18. Application of GIS on Small Farm and Dairy Management : Sarasa Green, Durgapur West-Bengal Anit Ghose, Jayeeta Dey and Prasenjit Dwary 19. Selected Success Stories on Agricultural Information System 20. Rural Information and Knowledge System: A Case Study From Russia S. Janakiram 21. Information Communication Technology for Women: Experience of Women Managed Internet Kiosks at Melur, Tamil Nadu K. Narender and N. Anandaraja 22. Future Perspectives of Farm Extension Services for Indian Farmers: A Holistic Approach K. Chandrakandan and N. Anandaraja About the editors"