Indian Agriculture and Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

This book talks about how inspite of all the developments and advancements that our country has gone through in all these years, our farmers are still victimised by their lack of access to right information at the right time. In order to have healthy crops and production every year, they need to have regular and well-timed details about weather and climatic conditions, know the right time to sow and reap, know how to maintain healthy crops and hybrid and improved seeds for agriculture that give better yield and know information regarding market demands and rates. This where Informations and Communications Technology can come to their aid.

Indian Agriculture And Information And Communications Technology (ICT) comprises of 11 papers which have been written by experts in the field. These papers help in getting a deep understanding on how ICT can efficiently solve majority of the problems faced by Indian farmers. There are various challenges faced by Indian farmers, particularly the unaware and small-scale farmers, in making use of ICT and getting access to it. This book also discusses how Indian farmers can be made aware of ICT, reach out to the services providing ICT and make use of its advantages to their benefit even if they are in the most-interior and distant parts of the country.