ICT interventions through AGRISNET AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION COMMISSIONER & SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT. TAMIL NADU

GENESIS...  “TNAGRISNET” portal was launched on 29 th July,2010.  Modules on Seed, Fertilizer, Soil, Schemes etc., were deployed during Phase I  Govt. of India have approved a sum of Rs lakhs  State, District and Block centres supported with systems and network  Bagged the “Golden Award” for e-governance initiative for 2011

Farmer oriented services  To provide value added services many new initiatives were taken since June’ 2011  Comprehensive Base line Data management of 82 lakh farmers  Documenting “Soil Health Status” of all farmers over a period of 3 years  Providing bouquet of “Crop Plan” options to farmers (Both online & offline)  Input assessment and delivery  Beneficiary tracking for transparent governance  Online machinery rental booking system by IVR

Base line data  Personal Details  Bank Details  Group Details  Land Details  Farm machineries  Farm animals  Allied enterprises  Plantation crops  Fodder crops  Irrigation Details

Physical format

Portal entry

Mobile mode

IVRS mode

Soil sampling

Lab process

Result entry

Crop Plan Development  FACTORS  MICRO ZONE  SOIL TYPE  IRRIGATION SOURCE  RAINFALL PATTERN CROP MATRIX

CROP PLAN DEVELOPMENT - ONLINE

Input requirement

Consolidated Crop Plan

Beneficiary tracking  Online registration of benefits  Prioritization by the departments  Monitoring the distribution process  Assessing the impact  Providing transparency in governance

Farmer enrollment

ONLINE FARM MACHINERY BOOKING SYSTEM

Mobile No. Yes / No. Farmer’s code no Yes Required on No. of hours 25 th March 6 hours NameRaman DistrictKancheepuram BlockAchirapakkam VillageAchirapakkam Type of Machinery required Tractor

Touch Screen Kiosks-Services offered  Crop Plan  Technologies  Input availability  Market trend  Allied enterprises  Contact/ Feed back

Kiosk process - Model

Touch Screen Kiosk – Virtual Extension

Input Inventory Management – e-billing Information about input availability is vital today Static information will not serve the purpose Hence a server based inventory management is need of the hour As an ICT initiative 8 District Agricultural Extension Centres will be provided with customised Input Management application for uploading receipt/sale information

Integrating private outlets  Planned to integrate 11,000 Fertilizer/PP outlets  Planned to integrate 8,500 seed outlets

Input information retrieval by farmers  A short code as well as an IVRS mode will be provided for retrieving the input availability both in public and private outlets

Sensitizing farmers about ICT  During “Uzhavar Peruvizha” the ICT interventions will be shown to the farmers  Farmer Friends will be roped in information dissemination and Technology Demonstration

Budget requirement for new initiatives Sl. No. Particulars Unit cost (Rs.) No. of units Total cost (in L.Rs.) 1.Provision of 10” Tablet PCs to Village level extension workers along with connectivity for 3 years 20, Connectivity charges for Tablet PCs and Touch Screen Kiosks for 3 years 7, Integration of services into single platform Value added services like voice alerts and Input Inventory Management etc., L.S Operational cost like training, field trips, consumables etc., L.S TOTAL