Textbook on Agriportals: A Pathway of Agricultural Development

by Sudhakar, B.

ISBN: 9789354613463
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2022
Price : Rs. 5895.00
Biblio : xii+154p., tbls., ind., 25 cm

Author Profile

Dr. B. Sudhakar is working as an Assistant Professor (Agricultural Extension), Department of Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu. He did M.Sc (Agri.) in Agricultural Extension from Annamalai University and completed his Ph.D in Agricultural Extension from TNAU, Coimbatore. He has qualified NET (National Eligibility Test) exam conducted by ICAR twice and attended ARS (Agricultural Research Scientist) interview. He has more than 17 years of experience in Teaching, Research and Extension activities. He has published 2 textbooks and 30 research papers in National and International Journals of repute. He has attended various National and International seminars and conferences and presented research and policy papers.

About The Book

This book provides detailed information on Agriportals. It includes definition of portals and agriportals and discussed different types of portals for communicating information to the masses, different between websites and portals, features of portals and agriculture information portals, characteristics of portals, twelfth five year plan initiative on agriportals, steps in developing the portals and cost for development of portals. It also covers the agriportals developed by Central Government for farmers, agricultural research and educational portals, portals of Central Government Schemes related to farmers development, horti-portals developed by Central Government, agriportals from foreign countries and agriportals from NGO's and private companies. It also explains the importance of portals, uses of agriportals, advantages of agriportals, uses of agriportals in farming. Disadvantages of agriportals, problems in effective use of agriportals and challenges in use of agriportls. This book will be useful to the researchers, scientists, policy makers, students, researcher, extension functionaries, both central and state government research stations and research centers of agricultural and allied subjects, universities and colleges, NGO's, private agencies and farmers.

Table of Contents

Preface v Abbreviations ix 1. Introduction 1 2. Definition of Portal 3 3. Different Types of Portals 5 4. Difference between Website and Webportal 13 5. Features of Portals 15 6. Agricultural Information Portals (AIP) 17 7. Characteristics of Agriportal 21 8. Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-2017) Initiative on Agriportals 23 9. Steps in Developing the Portals 25 10. Cost for Developing the Portals 29 11. Agriportals Developed by Central Government for Farmers 31 12. Agricultural Research and Educational Portals 73 13. Portals of Central Government Schemes Related to Farmers Development 83 14. Horti-portals Developed by Central Government 97 15. Agriportals from Foreign Countries 101 16. Agriportals from NGO’s and Private Companies 115 17. Importance of Portals 125 18. Uses of Portals 127 19. Advantages of Agriportals 131 20. Some of the Benefits of Agriportals 133 21. Uses of Agriportals in Farming 135 22. Disadvantages of Agriportals 139 23. Problems in Effective Use of Agriportals 141 24. Challenges in Use of Agriportals 143 25. Rectification in Using Agriportals for the Farmers 145 26. Portals Address in Agriculture 147 References 149 Index 151