Agricultural Engineering Today
Open Access
  • Year: 2006
  • Volume: 30
  • Issue: 3and4

Information Technology in Agriculture Present Scenario and Challenges

  • Author:
  • Ranjeet Singh, S. Mangaraj
  • Total Page Count: 9
  • Page Number: 67 to 75

Agro Processing Division, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Nabibagh, Bhopal 462038 (M.P.).

* Corresponding author, E-mail: sukdev@ciae.mp.nic.in.

Abstract

Use of Information Technology (IT) in agriculture has come a long way in meeting the day-to-day and long term requirement of the farming community. It has also been helpful to those serving the farming community. This paper provides an overview of the status, trends, gaps and challenges in application of IT in agricultural sector. Topics coved also include e-choupal, e-govemance and e-cooperation.

Keywords

Information Technology Agriculture, IT Applications, IT Rural Sector