1. INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI - 110012 Development of Website for National Seed Project PI: Dr. R.K Choudhury (PC, AICRP, NSP) PI: Dr. R.K Choudhury (PC, AICRP, NSP) Co-PI: Mrs. Shashi Dahiya (Scientist, Computer Applications, IASRI) Computer Applications, IASRI)

2. INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI - 110012Introduction National Seed Project (NSP) is an AICRP under ICAR with 22 centers on Seed Technology Research along with 35 centers on Breeder Seed Production at various SAUs/ICAR institutes. NSP faces the problem of spreading the information on its produce and the technology developed. So, a project entitled “Development of Website for National Seed Project ” has been initiated, whose outcome is an online information system (NSPnet).

3. INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI - 110012 Major Concerns of NSPnet Dissemination of the information on breeder seed production, seed technology research and the seed availability at various centers. To provide detailed information on each and every important aspect of NSP. To help the planners and seed industry personnel regarding their information needs for management purposes.

4. INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI - 110012 Objectives To design and develop a database required for information storage. To design and develop a user interface for online data entry and updating. To design and develop reports and queries for information management of National Seed Project.

5. INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI - 110012 Methodology used Three tier Client-Server Architecture was used. Used MS-Access at the back end. ASP, HTML and VBScript were used for User Interface designing and interacting with the database.

6. INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI - 110012 Features of NSPNET Online Data Management: Online forms are provided to the authorized users at center level for online data entry, updation and deletion. Online Report Generation: Various Reports can be generated by authorized users for retrieving inf’n on Breeder Seed Prod’n, Seed Technology Research and Latest Seed stock inf’n at various centers. Static Information Retrieval: This information can be accessed by any visitor to the site.

7. INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI - 110012 Home Page of NSPnet

8. INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI - 110012 Data Entry/ Updation form

9. INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI - 110012 Data Entry/ Updation form

10. INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI - 110012 A Breeder Seed Production Report

11. INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI - 110012 A Seed Technology Research Report

12. INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI - 110012 An Action taken Report

13. INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI - 110012 Seed Stock Availability Report

14. INDIAN AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NEW DELHI - 110012 Conclusion NSPnet provides all relevant information about seed produce, seed technology developed and seed availability to farmers, extension workers and management personnel. With the centralized database it facilitates a more efficient storage of data than was previously possible. With the web based property the information dissemination has become easier and broader..