August 5, 2015 Division of Design of Experiments ICAR-IASRI Information System on Designed Experiments ( website:

Integration of databases/information obtained from the research conducted under NARES based on designed experiments Objective

Background Agriculture Field Experiments Information System (AFEIS) is an initiative of ICAR - IASRI with its roots in erstwhile all India scheme namely National Index of Field Experiments (NIFE) initiated in the year NIFE was started at the recommendations of FAO experts with the objective of collecting and systematically maintaining, at a central place, the experimental data of agricultural field experiments conducted at various research centres of the country.

Background The information on experiments were published in the form of compendium volumes for each state of the country. Three series of volumes, separately for each state of the country, were published for the periods namely , and The publication was discontinued mainly due to the need of reducing the time lag in the conduct of the experiment and making its result available to the users. Centralized storage for accurate and consistent information to farmers, planners and researchers.

Background AFEIS was initiated to create and maintain a computerized information system that manages agricultural field experiments data efficiently. The operational aspect of AFEIS was to input data into the system, store, process, retrieve, provide statistical analysis and also maintain the system by updating and deleting obsolete and redundant data. The experimental data was collected from regional centers located at different Agricultural Universities/ State Departments of Agriculture and then forwarding the collected data to IASRI.

Background With the developments in the field of computers by way of introduction of high speed big memory computers and advanced computing technologies, AFEIS was made online to enter and edit the experimental information by the experimenters.

Other Projects IASRI is also involved in some of the AICRP projects AICRP on Farming System Research at IIFSR, Modipuram - On-Station research experiment - On-Farm research experiment AICRP on Long-Term Fertilizer Experiments at IISS, Bhopal Information System on Designed Experiments (ISDE)

1.Agricultural Field Experiments – experiments 2.On-Station research experiment (Response to Nutrients – Expt-1a) planned under IIFSR 3.On-Farm research experiment (Intensification/ Diversification of cropping sequence based on high value crops Expt-1) planned under IIFSR 4.Long-Term Fertilizer Experiments conducted under AICRP Experiments Included in ISDE

Features On-line Data Entry and Storage Data Processing Information Retrieval On-line Statistical Analysis

Information Details Objective(s) Treatment details Design adopted Cultural practices followed (seed rate, irrigation, basic manure applied etc) Crop conditions (attack of pest and other diseases, crop condition etc) Results – summary and/or Plot-wise observations

Retrieval Module User-Defined queries Selection of experiments of interest having specific characteristics / attributes. Pre-Defined queries Provides most commonly used reports.

Authentication Levels Guest Registered User Principal Investigator In-Charge Level – I (HOD) In-Charge Level – II (Dir/ADR) In-Charge Level – III (ADG/DDG/DG/DR) Administrator Super Administrator

Guest A guest is not required to register in the system Guest gets information on Objectives Type of experiment Experimental Station etc

Small form is to be filled to become a registered user Registered user can view the details of desired experiments but cannot add or edit the experimental information Registered User

Principal Investigators have all the facilities as are provided to Advanced registered users In addition they can: Enter their own experiments View their experiments Edit their experiments and Approve their experiments for general viewing They have to fill the Technical program in respect of experiments conducted by them and thereafter enter in the system Principal Investigator

View entire database View experiments conducted by Principal Investigators working under his supervision View and give remarks on progress of the experiments conducted by Principal Investigators working with him In-Charge Level – I (HOD)

View entire database View the progress of experiments conducted by Principal Investigators working with the In-Charge Level – I (HOD) under his jurisdiction In-Charge Level – II (Dir/ADR)

View entire database View the progress of experiments conducted by Principal Investigators working with the In-Charge Level – II (Dir/ADR) under his jurisdiction In-Charge Level – III (ADG/DDG/DG/DR)

Administrator View entire database Edit all experiments Approve all experiments

Super Administrator Overall in-charge of the system Can upgrade or downgrade the privileges of users Perform sensitive tasks for: data parameter correction (beyond the control of Principal Investigator) data deletion Other tasks

Home Page

Information for Guest

Distribution of Experiments

Search Experiment

Distribution of Experiments

View Experiment - Full

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AFEIS - Manual

AICRP-LTFE Purpose To monitor the changes in soil properties, yield responses and soil environment due to continuous application of plant nutrient inputs through fertilizers and organic sources To help in synthesizing the strategies and policies for rational use and management of fertilizers to improve soil quality and to minimize environment degradation Centres17+1 Treatments10

ISLTFE

Report Generation

Crop Information

AICRP on FSR: On-Station Experiments Expt. No. Title of the ExperimentDesign 1(a)Intensification and diversification of cropping sequence based on high value crops RCB design Replications-04 Treatment-08 2(a)Permanent plot experiment on integrated nutrient management in rice-wheat cropping sequence RCB design Replication-03 Treatmentt-12 2(b)Long-range effect of continuous cropping and manuring on soil fertility and yield stability 3 2  2 balanced confounded factorial experiments Replications-04 Blocks-03 per replication Treatment-19 with one control

On-Station Experiments

Details of Experiments

Data

Analysis - Output

On-Farm Experiments

Three different experiments have been planned at different NARP Zones: Experiment No. 1: Response of nutrients (N,P and K) on farmer’s field (from ) Experiment No. 2: Intensification/diversification of the existing cropping system (from ) Experiment No. 3: Agronomic management practices for sustainable system (from ) AICRP on FSR: On-Farm Experiments

Data Entry

Data Retrieval

Output

Analysis - Output

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