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Science and Technology, Indian Space Research Organization, and Andhra Pradesh Council of Science and Technology provided financial support to the conference. We thank Prof. Rajeev Sangal, Director, IIIT Hyderabad, for hosting the conference.

The members of the organizing committee of AIPA 2012 have worked extremely hard to make this conference a success. We especially thank K.V. Seetha, K. Vijay Sekhar and Tripura Priya for their hardwork. Ravi Kiran and Gowtham Sreenivas have developed and maintained the website. Maj Gen (Red.) Dr R.K. Bagga, AVSM, local arrangements chair, has provided the crucial advice which has helped in planning and executing the conference related tasks in a timely manner. S.L.N. Shastry, Mr Ramana, K. Sreenivas, Bhaskar Prasad, Guru Prasad and Jaya Prakash have helped in making the required infrastructure and system arrangements. We thank the staff at IT for Agriculture and Rural Development Research Center at IIIT Hyderabad for all the help and support. We thank Mr K.C.M. Shastry and P. Veda, IIIT Hyderabad, for providing support to manage finances.

We thank honorary chairs for obliging and bringing greater visibility and credibility to the conference. The members of the advisory committee provided the crucial support. The members of technical committee helped in reviewing the papers.

Finally, we thank all the authors who worked hard to write quality research papers and met the stringent deadlines.

Allied Publishers have done a great job in producing the conference proceedings. We thank them for their efforts.

P. Krishna Reddy, IIIT Hyderabad, India V.C. Patil, Precision Agriculture Research Chair, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia A.R. Alagawadi, UAS, Dharwad, India Leisa Armstrong, Edith Cowan University, Australia B. Bhaskar Reddy, IIIT Hyderabad, India D.P. Biradar, UAS, Dharwad, India August 1, 2012

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CONTENTS

Sponsors ................................................................................................................................................................. vAbout the Organizers .............................................................................................................................................. viiOrganization ........................................................................................................................................................... ixPreface .................................................................................................................................................................... xi

ORAL PAPERS

Section 1: ICT for Agricultural Research, Education and Extension

1. Role of ICT in the Climate Resilience of Farmers: A Pilot Study in Belgaum ...............................................District of Karnataka

H. Venkatesh, R.B. Rajput, V.U.M. Rao, J.R. Hiremath and S. Shashikumar

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2. Micro-Level Drought Preparedness with ICT Tools and Information Services: .............................................Experiences From ICRISAT

G. Sreedhar, G. Dileep Kumar, P. Vijaya Raju, N.T. Yaduraju and R. Nagarajan

7

3. Agricultural Knowledge Management Using an e-Platform ...........................................................................Shashi Dahiya, S.N. Islam and Anshu Bharadwaj

13

4. AgridakshA Tool for Developing Online Expert System ............................................................................Sudeep Marwaha

17

5. Impact Analysis and Experience of eSagu Implementation for Cotton Crop ..................................................B. Venkateshwar Rao, A. Sudarshan Reddy and P. Krishna Reddy

24

6. ICTs for Agricultural Extension: A Study in Bagalkot District of Karnataka State, India...............................B.S. Yenagi, K.B. Yadahalli, R. Gurumurthy and L. Krishna Naik

30

7. KVK-Net and vKVK: Novel Approaches for Information Communication and ............................................Knowledge Sharing in Agriculture

L.B. Hugar, A. Prabhuraj, Nandini and Poornima

36

8. Assessment of Nutrients Status in Cotton Growing Area of Haveri District in Northern Transitional ...........Zone of Karnataka and Response of Cotton to Applied Nutrients at Different Yield Targets

N.R. Mamaledesai, P.L. Patil, C.P. Chandrashekar, M.P. Potdar, S.A. Astaputre, S.R. Desai and Hanumantha Swamy

42

9. Village-Level eSagu: A Scalable and Location-Specific Agro-Advisory System ..........................................P. Krishna Reddy, B. Bhaskar Reddy and M. Kumaraswamy

47

10. Viewpoint of the Farmers towards ICT in Agriculture at Village Level .........................................................Nikulsinh M. Chauhan

53

11. Factors Influencing the Use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) .....................................Tools by the Rural Farmers in Ratnagiri District of Maharashtra, India

L.J. Armstrong and N. Gandhi

58

12. ICT Based Agro-Informatics for Precision and Climate Resilient Agriculture ...............................................R.N. Sheokand and Surender Singh

64

13. A Framework of Crop Specific Virtual Labs to Impart Applied Agricultural Knowledge .............................B. Bhaskar Reddy, P. Krishna Reddy and M. Kumaraswamy

69

14. Mobile Phone: A Way to Connect Farmers to Market ....................................................................................Rashmi Shrivastava and V.K. Verma

75

15. Application of Remote Sensing and GIS for Identification and Assessment of ..............................................Crop Growth in Wazirabad Command Area by Calculation of Irrigation Losses and Demand to Improve the Farming

Ramesh Naidu, M.V.S.S. Giridhar and Sanghamitra Ghosh

79

16. ETL Techniques and Challenges in Agriculture Intelligence ..........................................................................Tejas Ghadiyali, Kalpesh Lad and Bankim Patel

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Section 2: ICT for Natural Resource, Livestock, and Agricultural Supply Chain Management

17. Agro-Informatics in the Service of Rural Development ..................................................................................P.P. Nageswara Rao

92

18. Disseminating Land Resource Information in Electronic Form ......................................................................S. Srinivas, K.M. Nair, Rajendra Hegde, L.G.K. Naidu and Dipak Sarkar

95

19. NDVI Based Assessment of Regional Level Abiotic Stress ...........................................................................D.V.K. Nageswara Rao, L.G.K. Naidu, S. Srinivas, K.P.R. Vittal and P.S. Minhas

99

20. Soil Resource Appraisal towards Land Use Planning Using Satellite Remote Sensing ..................................and GISA Case Study in Medak Nala Watershed in Northern Karnataka, India

U.K. Shanwad, V.C. Patil, H. Honne Gowda and K. Ashoka Reddy

104

21. Effect of Feeding Maize Silage Supplemented with Concentrate and Legume ..............................................Hay on Nutrient Utilisation in Nellore Ram Lambs

M. Venkateswarlu, Y. Ramana Reddy, D. Nagalakshmi, D. Srinivasa Rao, M. Mahender and A. Rajasekhar Reddy

113

22. Scope of Precision Tools in Livestock Management ......................................................................................K. Sarjan Reddy

117

23. Demand Forecasting for FertilizersA Tactical Planning Framework for Industrial Use .............................Viswanath Kumar Ganesan and Sumit Raut

123

24. Leverage Agro-Investments by Integrated ICT Technology and Chain Partner Cooperation .........................D.I. Walter and H. Mayer

130

Section 3: Precision Crop Production and Protection 25. Investigations on Tractor Mounted N-Sensor for Wheat Crop in India ..........................................................

Ankit Sharma, Manjeet Singh and J. Jasper 137

26. Precision Nutrient Management of Cassava at Field Scale by a Modeling Approach ....................................G. Byju, A.C. Hridya, C.S. Suchitra and Sabitha Soman

142

27. Enhancing the Productivity and Economic Returns of Field Crops with Balanced ........................................Nutrient Application through Site Specific Nutrient Management Approach

D.P. Biradar, Y.R. Aladakatti and M.A. Basavanneppa

146

28. Precision Nutrient Management in Cotton: A Case Study from Karnataka ....................................................U.K. Shanwad, M.B. Patil, N.L. Rajesh, H. Veeresh, G.M. Hiremath, A. Amaregouda, P.S. Kanannavar, V.C. Patil and Raj Khosla

152

29. Use of Euclidian Six Point Geometry (Seed of Life) for Seed Orientation, ................................................Precision Sowing and Usable Transplants Recovery in Cucumber

Rakesh C. Mathad, S.N. Vasudevan, S.B. Patil, A.R. Kurubar and N.M. Shakuntala

158

30. Simple Yield Prediction Models to Estimate Wheat Production .....................................................................S.S. Patil, V.C. Patil, B.N. Patil and P.L. Patil

162

31. Mechanized Sowing of Major Rainfed Crops Using Precision Planter Cum ..................................................Herbicide Applicator: A Case Study

G.R. Korwar, I. Srinivas, G. Pratibha, R.V. Adake, Atul Dange and M. Udaykumar

167

32. Precision Nitrogen Management for Improving Rice Yield in Lateritic Soils ................................................M. Ghosh, D.K. Swain, Madan K. Jha and V.K. Tewari

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33. Hyper-Spectral Data for the Detection of Rice Bacterial Leaf Blight (BLB) Disease ....................................Bhupinder Singh, Manjeet Singh, Gagandeep Singh, Kamaljeet Suri, P.P.S. Pannu and S.K. Bal

177

34. Laser Sensor Based Tractor Mounted Herbicide Applicator ...........................................................................K.N. Agrawal, Karan Singh, P.S. Tiwari and M.P. Chandra

183

35. Precision Crop ProtectionCrop Health is an Essential Element of Sustainable ...........................................Agriculture in A.P.

V. Nagi Reddy, T. Ratna Sudhakar and T. Ramesh Babu

186

36. Automation of Micro-Jet Irrigation Systems and Production of Nagpur Mandarin ........................................P.S. Shirgure and G.S. Panchariya

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Section 4: Geospatial Technologies in Precision Agriculture 37. GeoSense: An Information, Communication and Dissemination System .......................................................

for Decision Support in Precision Farming J. Adinarayana, D. Sudharsan, A.K. Tripathy, S. Sawant, S.N. Merchant, U.B. Desai, S. Devasekhar, K. Karandikar, S. Ninomiya, M. Hirafuji and T. Kiura

194

38. Assessment of Climate Change Effect on Water Harvesting Structures .........................................................in Rainfed Regions: Geospatial Data Mining Approach

S.A. Nallan and L.J. Armstrong

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39. Geospatial Technologies in Characterization of Land Use Systems and Analysis of .....................................their Spatio-Temporal Dynamics in Hot Sub-Humid Ecosystem of Central India

G.P. Obi Reddy and Dipak Sarkar

205

40. Diversity Analysis of Agriculturally Important Microorganisms in the Central Western Ghats .....................A.R. Alagawadi, C.K. Doddagoudar, M.G. Mudenoor and P.U. Krishnaraj

212

41. Geo-Informatics in Precision Agriculture: Statistical Aspect ..........................................................................Anshu Bharadwaj and Shashi Dahiya

219

42. Precision Agriculture Model for Small Farms: A Case Study of Rajankollur Village in Yadgir ....................District of Karnataka, India

V.C. Patil, K.A. Al-Gaadi and M. Rangaswamy

226

43. Identification of Soil Fertility Constraints by Geographic Information System (GIS) Technique and ............Response of Crops to Identified Nutrient Constraints inNorthern Transitional Zone of Karnataka

P.L. Patil, H.B.P. Pulakeshi and G.S. Dasog

232

44. Identifying Stress Prone Villages Using Time Series Satellite Imagery: A Case Study on Odisha Murali Krishna Gumma, Andrew Nelson and Samarendu Mohanty

237

45. Spatial Variability of Soil Properties in Basaltic Terrain for Precision Agriculture Using .............................Geospatial Techniques: A Case Study in Savli Village of Wardha District of Maharashtra

Yogita D. Gore, M.S.S. Nagaraju, Rajeev Srivastava and R.A. Nasre

244

46. Geo-Spatial Tools to Identify and Estimate the Teak Plantation Productivity ................................................A.G. Koppad and A.R. Alagawadi

250

Section 5: Sensor Technologies, Wireless Sensor Networks

and Internet of Things in Precision Agriculture 47. Application of Sensor Networks for Monitoring Wheat Plants under .............................................................

Permanent Raised Bed Cultivation in Vertisols C.D. Singh, R.C. Singh and K.P. Singh

253

48. Mobile Cognitive Wireless Sensor Networks: Precision Agriculture .............................................................M. Sujeethnanda and Rama Murthy Garimella

257

49. Fuzzy Logic Based Irrigation Control System Using Wireless Sensor ...........................................................Network for Precision Agriculture

Prakashgoud Patil, Umakant Kulkarni, B.L. Desai, V.I. Benagi and V.B. Naragund

262

50. Wireless Sensor Network for the Management of Bacterial Blight of Pomegranate ......................................Prakashgoud Patil, Umakant Kulkarni, B.L. Desai, V.I. Benagi and V.B. Naragund

270

51. Soil Property Monitoring Using 6LoWPAN-Enabled Wireless Sensor Networks ..........................................A. Paventhan, Sai Krishna Allu, Sameer Barve, V. Gayathri and N. Mohan Ram

277

52. Comparison of Real Time Sprinkler Irrigation Scheduling Based on Soil Moisture ......................................Sensor, Sprinkler Irrigation and Flood Irrigation of Wheat in Vertisols

R.C. Singh, C.D. Singh, K.P. Singh and Ramadhar Singh

283

53. Cloud Computing Based Image Processing Applications for Agro Informatics .............................................Using Self Learning System Approach

Santosh Bothe, R.M. Jadhao and Subhagi Shinde

288

54. Internet of Things (IOT) and Cloud Computing for Agriculture: An Overview .............................................V.C. Patil, K.A. Al-Gaadi, D.P. Biradar and M. Rangaswamy

292

55. A Roadmap from Internet of Things to Intelligent Agriculture and WoT .......................................................Li Li, N. Sigrimis, A. Anastasiou, M. Wang and V.C. Patil

297

56. User Acceptance of Cloud Based Online EvaluationA Case Study at NAARM .........................................V.V. Sumanth Kumar, G.R.K. Murthy, P.D. Sreekanth and Md Zubair Ahmad

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POSTER PAPERS

Section 6: ICT for Agricultural Research, Education and Extension 1. Farmers Perception about the Interactive Multimedia Module on Integrated Pest Management in Cotton .......

P.B. Pradeep Kumar and K. Dhanasree 309

2. ICT Mediated Aquaculture ExtensionNeed for Replication ........................................................................H.K. De, G.S. Saha, A.S. Mahapatra, S. Pal and T.S. Satpati

311

3. ICT for Transfer of Technology in Livestock Management ............................................................................B.S. Sheokand, Neeraj Pawar and Sube Singh

313

4. Information Need and Problems Associated with the Use of Information and Communication .....................Technology (ICT) Among the Progressive and Non-Progressive Farmers of Punjab

Vister Joshi and R.K. Dhaliwal

316

5. Mobile Advisory for Farmers ..........................................................................................................................Ashish Kumar Bajpai and Rajendra Pratap Singh

318

6. Web Service Based System for Frontline Demonstration of Technology in Maize ........................................Preeti Marwaha, Hema Banati and V.K. Yadav

320

7. ICT and Agricultural Extension for Transfer of Technology ..........................................................................Sube Singh, Joginder S. Malik and B.S. Sheokand

323

8. Demonstration of a Speech Based Interface for Accessing Price Information of ...........................................Agricultural Commodities over Mobile Phones

Gautam Varma Mantena, S. Rajendran, Suryakanth V. Gangashetty, B. Yegnanarayana, Kishore Prahallad, Karthik Venkat Sridaran, B. Rambabu and P. Vishala

326

Section 7: ICT for Natural Resource and Agricultural Supply Chain Management 9. Farmers Perception on ICT Based Weather Forecast Outreach in Dharwad District of Karnataka ...............

H. Venkatesh, Savita B. Nashi, Vijayendra B. Nargund and Hema C. Rao 327

10. Temporal Variability of Levelling Indices as Influenced by Different Land Levelling Methods ...................P.S. Kanannavar, N.L. Rajesh, B. Anuraja, Y. Ravindra and R.S. Chilur

330

11. Precision Levelling: Its Impact on Slope Variation in Vertisols of Karnataka ................................................C. Rudragouda, Y. Ravindra, P.S. Kanannavar, B.R. Vasantagouda and Manojkumar

332

12. Astute Farming for Western Vidarbha and Some Part of Marathwada ...........................................................S.A. Bothe, R.M. Jadhao and S.M. Jadhao

335

13. Kerala Model for Agro Machinery Operation Services ...................................................................................U. Jaikumaran and Shyla Joseph

337

Section 8: Precision Crop Production and Protection 14. Polymer Film Coating for Precision Seeding in Sunflower ............................................................................

N.M. Shakuntala, S.N. Vasudevan, I. Shankergoud and Rakesh Mathad 339

15. Precision Irrigation and Fertigation to Enhance the Productivity and Economic Returns ..............................of BT Cotton in Vertisols

Y.R. Aladakatti, S.S. Hallikeri, R.A. Nandagavi, D. Shivamurthy and Malik Rehan

341

16. Precision Foliar Application of Zinc to Improve the Growth and Yield of Gladiolus ....................................G. Venkata Subba Reddy and M.B. Nageshwar Rao

344

17. Impact of ICT on the Yield of Sugarcane in Northern Karnataka ...................................................................B.S. Yenagi, K.B. Yadahalli, R.B. Belli and L. Krishna Naik

346

18. Site Specific Nutrient Management Strategies in Tribal Dominant Rainfed Regions .....................................of Andhra Pradesh: On-farm Experiences

Ch. Srinivasarao, B. Venkateswarlu, Sreenath Dixit, Sumanta Kundu and Sharanbhopal Reddy

349

19. Mobile Based Automated Agro-Advisory Services (MAAAS) on Pests and Diseases to Farmers ................G. Bhaskar

351

20. Auto-Drip Irrigation Scheduling with E-6 Hybrid Station Controller and Production of Nagpur Mandarin ......P.S. Shirgure and G.S. Panchariya

353

Author Index ......................................................................................................................................................... 355