The Usage of Mobile Apps in Agriculture
Journal Title: International Journal of Agricultural Science and Research (IJASR) - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 4
Abstract
In India farmers have poor market infrastructure, inadequate marketing experience, and agricultural inputs. These farmers need to access information about new technologies before they can consider adopting them and thus look up to research and extension agents as sources of new technologies. Access to appropriate information and knowledge is an overriding factor for successful agricultural production and thus rural development. However, the traditional approach of providing agricultural information through extension services is overstretched and under-resourced. Accurate and timely market information, particularly of perishable items, can significantly reduce transaction and travel costs. Nowadays, the mobile apps have generated an opportunity for the farmers especially to get the information about marketing and weather. This important technology, they directly keep in touch with market personals and offer their produce with reasonable prices. The use of mobile apps also keep them aware for weather forecast for agriculture input application like fertilizer and pesticides which might be affected by unforeseen seen disasters as communicated by meteorological department. Based on above facts a study on the usage of mobile apps in agriculture was conducted. Two blocks namely Thogaimalai and Kulithalai were selected randomly in Karur District. The researcher found that farmers got more awareness about mobile apps. Through mobile apps they were getting agricultural and allied information on time. Many apps are being utilized for different kind of functionality regarding the farming activities like cropping information, pesticides, fertilizer, seed, selling of crop, irrigation information, estimation of crop production, weather information and information regarding the best practices of farming.
Authors and Affiliations
P. Tamil Selvi, Dr. P. Balasubramaniam
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