MANAGING AGRI-KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION IN RURAL INDIA

From the lab to the field &

The user managed return loop

Prof. Jayanta Chatterjee, IME Dept., IIT Kanpur

Prof. T.V. Prabhakar, CSE Dept., IIT Kanpur

Prof. Jayanta Chatterjee, IME Dept., IIT Kanpur

Prof. T.V. Prabhakar, CSE Dept., IIT Kanpur

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Poor literacy rate – low use of textual information

Absence of info in vernacular languages and multiplicity of languages.

It is costly to create-maintain and update digital content in this domain

CHALLENGES ON THE SOFTSIDE CHALLENGES ON THE SOFTSIDE

Deliverables from the DEAL project: Deliverables from the DEAL project:

1. Ecology like self managed growth model of the digital knowledge base.

2. An ontology & metadata system that supports the knowledge archiving & retrieval reuse in Indian Agriculture and rural livelihood domain.

3. Web based services for digital content aggregation and delivery to agriculture and rural livelihood related portals.

4. Search tools for automated assistance to Digital Content Management in Hindi and other local languages for the backend operation of  Kissan Response and Village Knowledge Centers.

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National Krishi resources

Radio

Sharamik Bharti

Mobile

DEALInternational Agriculture resources

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Institutes

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Standardised Information Collection & Dissemination

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