Key Highlights:
* About Farmers portal
* Features of portal
* Benefits of portal
As we knew the modern era is full of information technology
and internet is used in all the fields .in agriculture field also the
information technology is being used .Many apps and websites/portals were developed
to help the farmers in getting the information required .So in this blog I will
explain the Farmers portal developed by the ministry of agriculture and farmers
welfare, government of India.
Farmers portal:
This is a free portal developed by the ministry for in order
to provide all the information relating to agriculture, horticulture, animal
husbandry and other information. From this portal can get required information through
the SMS, email, and audio/videos in their local language at
district/block/village levels .The details about different inputs, markets,
advisory, weather information. Overall the portal will provide all in one
information from sowing to the marketing this will avoid the farmers for visiting/searching for the different
unrelated websites. The information on the portal is fully authenticated and
government provided.
Features of the portal:
As said earlier this portal is a multipurpose one, so you will
find the following features under this portal like
*Agriculture & Horticultural corner: Information from
sowing to marketing of the crops
*Animal Husbandry corner: Veterinary centers to the
extension activities
* Map view
* Weather information
*Programmes & Schemes
*Major crops and their information
*Other imp links: mobile apps, PMFBY, m-kisan, RKVY projects
etc.
1 Agriculture & Horticultural corner:
In this section you
will get the following information
Inputs: you will get all the details about the seeds dealers
and varieties of different crops ,the fertilizers and their dealers. Pesticides
of machines and the dealers along with
IPM practices under different crops, you will get the details about the dealers/manufactures,
farmer guide and video clips about the working .
Crop management: In this sections we get information about
the extension activities like demonstrations, farmer friend, farm school, package
of practices , agromet advisory in English and in local language and you will
get farmer friendly materials in booklets and flyers best practical videos,
handbooks and agriculture innovation.
Post-Harvest: in this you will get the details about the
storage /warehouse details in your areas, and you will knew about the MSP and
market prices for different crops.
Risk management: in this you will get the details about drought
management the details about the records of previous droughts occurred in different
areas. The soil fertility maps of different states. Contingency plans for the different
areas. App is developed for the calculation for the crop losses due to hail storms.
NADAMS: The farmers can get the details about the National Agriculture
Drought Assessment and monitoring system. It will helps in better understanding
about the crop insurance scheme.
PMFBY: you can also get all the details about the PM Fasal
bima yojana the eligibility criteria and other details.
Exports: you can get
the details about the Agri-export zones in different areas along with the commodities
Soil health card: You can find the soil testing laboratory In
your areas and you can also download the soil health cards.
2. Animal Husbandry Corner:
You can find the details about the veterinary centers and
diagnosis laboratories nearby your areas. The details about the livestock
census. Farmers can also find the details about the disease and their symptoms.
The extension activities like advisories, bio security guidelines and the
publicity materials about different aspects.
3. Map view: through this one can see the total irrigated
and non-irrigated areas of any state and you can also find the total agricultural
land and the details.
4. Weather: under
this section farmers can get the details of weather and the alerts regarding extreme
weather conditions.
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All of these details farmers can access up to the block or
village levels. Which helps in getting the more accurate information. So the above
mentioned section were important sections .Apart from these information farmers
can also access the following information through this portal. Like
* The details about the different programmes and schemes launched
by the government related to the agriculture and allied sectors Ex. PMFBY,
PMKSMY etc.
* The full details about the main crops of an area.
* In the portal itself you will get the option for google
search which make you in searching the things easily.
* The portal connects you to the important sites like mobile
apps developed for different purpose in the agriculture field and their details
and importance.
* You can access to the monthly e- bulletin released by the department
of agriculture and allied departments. Where can know about the current things
going on in the agriculture field.
* The details about the extension reforms under taken in different
fields.
* The site connects you to the websites of m-kisan , RKVY projects
and their details of them.
*The sites also connect you to the department of agriculture
of different states.
As we discuss the portal is very helpful to the farmers. This
portal at present is available in 6 languages including English so they should
add the other language in future. So in local languages farmers can understand
in better way. Some pages were still not working .So the concerned authority
should make some efforts to keep the portal up to date .Overall we can say that
the portal is very helpful one, farmers must take out the benefits out of it. The
educated farmers can adopt the new information technologies and can teach
others too about them. With the usage of IT and its application we can make the
agriculture as smart agriculture .
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