1. EXPERT SYSTEM FOR AGRICULTURE & ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
Dr. N. Anandaraja, Ph.D.,

2. Human Resource of Extension
Short supply
of extension
agents
Lower level of
education of
Bottom level
extension agents
Human Resource
of Extension
Less number
of female
extension
agents
More area to
be covered by
agents
More number of
farmer per extension
worker
Poor
ratio of SMS
to agents

3. Need to Provide instant expert agro advisory services
Future is going to be Virtual Agricultural Practices
Farmers need again farm specific agro advisory

4. The answer of all these questions is:
Extension
worker
Television
The answer of all these questions is:
EXPERT
SYSTEM OF
EXTENSION
Who will help me
in appropriate
decision making?
Friend
News Paper
Neighbour
Magazine

5. What is Expert System ?
An “Expert System” is an intelligent computer programme that uses knowledge and inference procedures to solve problems that are difficult enough to require human expertise for their solution. (Daniel Hunt, 1986)

6. Expert Systems Implemented:
Cuptex: An Expert System for Cucumber Crop Production
Citex: An Expert System for Orange Production
Neper Wheat: An Expert System for Irrigated Wheat Management
Tomatex: An Expert System for Tomatoes
Limex: A Multimedia Expert System for Lime Production
MANAGE
IRRI
IASRI-ICAR

7. Expert System for Paddy Sugarcane Coconut
Banana under Precision system
Ragi
Animal Husbandry
Expert System for

8. The major activities will include
Identifying location specific knowledge needs of the farming community for content generation and digitization.
Development of expert system in respective languages on the crops and animal enterprises
iii. Testing of validity and reliability of the expert systems at different locations both on men and women farmers before finalizing on multilingual customized mode.

9. Methodology Contents collected from different sources
Organized farmers’ workshop / meetings / brainstorming FOR SCOUTING FARMERS’ QURIERS AND FAQs
Collected contents - Organized - Validated with help of concerned Scientists
Images and Video clippings documented in all critical stages of the crops

10. Hardware and Software VB Professional Edition MSQL Server Flash
IF and Then Rules
Purely Image / Visual Based

11. Expert System Components
Doctor - Artificial Intelligence
Decision Support System
Static Information