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Book SynopsisThe 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 ContentsPart - I. Fundamentals and Applications: 01. Introduction 02. Theoretical Orientation 03. Research Methodology 04. Results, Discussions and Conclusions Part - II. Techniques and Implementations: 05. Proven Conventional Extension Techniques and Approaches for Transfer of Technologies by K. Chandrakandan and N. Anandaraja 06. Modern Communication Tools in Transfer of Technology by N. Anandaraja, G. Sujhi, M. Ramasubramanian and G. Gayathri 07. Technology Foresight and Rural Development by R. Chidambaram 08. Interactive Voice Response IVR Services 09. Video Conferencing in Technology Transfer 10. Cyber Extension Approaches in India. An Overview by V. P. Sharma 11. Expert System Applications in Agriculture by Ahmed Rafea 12. A Study on Various Expert Systems in Agriculture by G.N.R. Prasad and A. Vinaya Babu 13. Precision Farming in Indian Context. Role of Remote Sensing by 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 by P. Krishna Reddy 16. Mobile Map Technology by Aymen A.Solyman 17. Development and Dissemination of Remote Sensing and GIS Technologies at SAC by R.P. Dubey 18. Application of GIS on Small Farm and Dairy Management . Sarasa Green, Durgapur West-Bengal by 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 by S. Janakiram 21. Information Communication Technology for Women. Experience of Women Managed Internet by Kiosks at Melur, Tamil Nadu by K. Narender and N. Anandaraja 22. Future Perspectives of Farm Extension Services for Indian Farmers. A Holistic Approach by K. Chandrakandan and N. Anandaraja
