This describes about cyber extension in Agriculture

1. P.VANNIARAJAN,M.Sc(Ag)
JOINT DIRECTOR OF AGRICULTURE
(Retired)

2. Using the power of online networks, computer communications
and digital interactive multimedia to facilitate dissemination of
agricultural technology

3. WEBSITES
Youtubes
Apps
Expersystems
E books
E mail

4. WEBSITES
 www.indiancommodities.com
 http://agricoop.nic.in/
http://www.apeda.com
 http://fert.nic.in
.http://www.nationalfertilizers.com/
 http://www.fertindia.com/
 http://www.indg.in/agriculture/-

5. WEBSITES
 www.tnagrisnet.tn.gov.in
 www.agriportal.tnau.ac.in
 IFFCO agriportal
 dacnet
 agmarketnet
 imd.gov.in
 tawn.tnau.ac.in

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User Manual
on
Mobile based Expert System for Paddy
Version 1.0
Developed
by
e-Extension Centre,
Tamilnadu Agricultural University(TNAU), Coimbatore in Collaboration with
Centre for Development of Advanced Computing(C-DAC), Hyderabad

7. Splash Screen Home Page
3. Decision Support System
To start the Decision Support System follow the steps given below:
1. Click on Decision Support System button in Home page.
2. On clicking Decision Support System button, list of subtopics related to Paddy Decision Support
System will be displayed.
3. Click on list to read related content.
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Decision Support System First Screen
4. Crop Doctor
To start the Crop Doctor follow the steps given below:
1. Click on Crop Doctor button in Home page2. On clicking Crop Doctor button, it displays list of two options.
3. Paddy Symptoms with Secondary Symptoms and Paddy Symptoms without Secondary
Symptoms.
4. On click on Paddy Symptoms with Secondary Symptoms it displays list of primary symptoms.

9. APPS
 The use of Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) to support the transmission of
localized information and services working towards
making farming socially, economically and
environmentally sustainable, while contributing to the
delivery of nutritious and economical food for all –
this comprises Digital Agriculture. This has also led to
the rise and development of mobile apps which are
helping existing government schemes, and other
agriculture-based information to reach farmers in
rural India. This digital change is acting as a game-
changer for Indian agricultural conditions.

10. –
 Kisan Suvidha
 Launched by the PM Narendra Modi in 2016 to work
towards empowerment of farmers and development of
villages, the app design is neat and offers a user-friendly
interface. It provides information on current weather and
also the forecast for the next five days, market prices of
commodities/crops in the nearest town, knowledge on
fertilizers, seeds, machinery etc. The option to to use the
app in different languages makes it more widely accessible.
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11.  Pusa Krishi
 This app was launched in 2016 by the Union Agriculture
Minister and aims to help farmers to get information about
technologies developed by Indian Agriculture Research
Institute (IARI), which will help in increasing returns to
farmers.
 The app also provides farmers with information related to
new varieties of crops developed by Indian Council of
Agriculture Research (ICAR), resource conserving
cultivation practices as well as farm machinery and its
implementation will help in increasing returns to farmers.


12.  Whatsapp
 It may come off as a surprise to many, but one of the
most widely used app for texting is bridging gaps
between farmers.
 Departments of Agriculture of a few states have used
this public platform to make groups called Progressive
Farmers’ which connects sons of the soil through their
android devices.
 It initially started with groups of top officials with
android phones and was later introduced to
agricultural communities.

13.  Crop Insurance
 The app helps farmers to calculate insurance premium for
notified crops and provides information cut-off dates and
company contacts for their crop and location.
 It can also be used to get details of normal sum insured,
extended sum insured, premium details and subsidy
information of any notified crop in any notified area.
 It is further linked to its web portal which caters to all
stakeholders including farmers, states, insurance
companies and banks.