e-Agriculture News
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
e-Agriculture News
[This article was published in the March 2008 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
e-Agriculture News
The National Agriculture Policy lays emphasis on the use of Information Technology for achieving a more rapid development of Agriculture in India. In pursuance thereof, the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation(DAC) has taken up an initiative to prepare National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGP-A) with a view to promote focused and integrated implementation of
e-Governance activities in Agriculture. N K Das, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture speaks to egov magazine about the various ICT programmes being implemented under the aegis of the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation.
“To facilitate the users/citizens in the rural areas, steps are being taken to immediately start escorting services through CSCs for delivery of various services being given by district administration or line departments from the district headquarters, so that the villagers could avoid the harassment of traveling to district headquarters several times for services like getting an income certificate, caste certificate, domicile certificate and so forth”, informs V S Kundu, Managing Director, Haryana State Electronics Development Corporation Ltd., and Special Secretary, IT, Government of Haryana, to egov magazine.
Now, Filipino farmers are easily accessing Internet for the growth of their agriculture. Farmers are freely using the Department of Agriculture’s Open Academy for Philippine Agriculture.
[This article was published in the September 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Currently there are many interventions to promote new communication technologies in Sri Lanka.
[This article was published in the August 2007 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Kisan Call Center has been launched by
Department of Agriculture and
Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture,
Government of India, to provide an easy
access point to the farmers, all over the
country, and in their local languages.
The Madhya Pradesh State government has decided to establish Common Service Centers (Computer Gumti) under its e-Governance Plan.
The capital of Manipur, India, Imphal would be connected with the district headquarters upto sub-divisional/ block headquarters for running e-Governance applications by various departments of state government.
Soon, farmers in the Mindanao region of Southern Philippines will start selling their goods through digital marketplaces. Government is is enabling farmers to adopt digital technology and take benefits of e-Commerce.