Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publisher
Australian Society of Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture
Faculty
Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science
School
School of Computer and Security Science / eAgriculture Research Group
RAS ID
18448
Abstract
Government, private agencies and the general public are often interested in the decisions made by the Indian farmers as they have large influences beyond the farm boundary. Over many years, the process of adoption of new technologies and policies in the Indian agricultural sector has received considerable academic attention highlighting the role of many social, financial and other influences on their decision making. The Indian government and other development agencies promote income generating projects as a way of encouraging growth through increased agricultural production and the protection of the natural resource base. The impact of new technology to economic growth can only be realized when the use of these new technologies is widely diffused. In this paper the overview of agricultural mobile technologies and applications have been discussed and the challenges faced by the farmers to utilize them effectively. The advantages to farmers, traders and producers by introducing mobile applications and services in agriculture to improve decision making will also be examined. Two existing agricultural mobile application eMandi and Mandi Trades for trading of commodities will be described and evaluated.
Access Rights
free_to_read
Comments
Shah, P., Gandhi, N., & Armstrong, L. (2014). Mobile Applications for Indian Agriculture Sector: A case study. Proceedings of Asian Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture. (pp. 424 - 434). Perth, W.A. Australian Society of Information and Communication Technologies in Agriculture. Available here