DrumNet project to make Kenyan farmers ICT enabled

The farmers in Africa are languishing with poor quality agri-products that have been rejected in the markets. Pride Africa with support of IDRC

Welfare oriented computeriatsion project for Tanzanian villages

A pioneering project on computerisation in certain select villages of Tanzania is under consideration by the Tanzania Commission for Science and Technology (Costech).

ICT in Indian Agriculture

[This article was published in the February 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]

The latest Situation Assessment Survey of Farmers, 2005 of NSSO (http://mospi.nic.in/mospi_nsso_rept_pubn.htm) observes that the average monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) of a farm house hold is just Rs 503 in 2003 across regions, classes and income groups with 27 per cent of farmers not liking farming while 40 per cent felt that given the option they prefer other career, due to poor incomes.

Rural India to become e-Sufficient through Info kiosks

The ambitious plan to set up 1,00,000 CSCs, connecting 6,00,000 villages across India, is slated to be operational by 2007 and aims to bridge the digital divide in the country.