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KM system for Hi-tech Agriculture

Farmer Advisory and KM system for Hi-tech Agriculture

Introduction

Farmer Advisory and KM system for Hi-Tech Agriculture is a virtual platform, which will facilitate all the Hi-Tech farmers in the state to interact with the scientists. This online portal will provide an opportunity for the farmers who have engaged in Hi-Tech farming/Poly house cultivation or open Precision Agriculture, who can interact with the scientists and seek the expert advice through online. This system will provide various stakeholders to share their knowledge and seek expert guidance on Hi-tech farming. The registered farmers and entrepreneurs can post their questions through online system and seek expert advice. They can post the questions either in English or Malayalam. Once the question is posted into the system, the expert will provide answers and this answers will be delivered to the farmers via their mobile phone as SMS or email or they can seek the answers though this portal. This service is free for all the hi-tech farmers.

The project is initiated by Department of Agriculture Kerala and this Online System has been conceptualized, designed, developed and implemented by Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management- Kerala (IIITM-K). The project has been developed by using the state of the art open source web and database technology tools and systems. The access to the system is through secured authentication process. The system can be accessed via www.keralahitechagri.in

ObjectivesThe primary objectives of this project is to conceptualize a virtual knowledge sharing platform to share the knowledge and advisories between all farmers and entrepreneurs who are engaged in hi-tech farming or Poly house cultivation or open precision farming and the User training Guide, Prepared by IIITM-K. Copyright – IIITM-K 2015 1


scientists. This online system will provide an opportunity for all the farmers to interact with the expert scientists and seek online advisory services.

Features of the systemFarmer Advisory and KM system for Hi-tech Agriculture will provide an opportunity for all the farmers who are engaged in Hi-Tech farming they can register with the system. The farmers can post questions in to the system either in English or in Malayalam. Experts provide necessary answers against each questions through the portal. Farmers will get the answers through their Mobile SMS and e-mail. Thus, providing a virtual advisory system this will bring as an effective knowledge management system for Agriculture.

The major features of the system includesA. Online Registration facility for Farmers and Experts B. Farmers can post their questions in English and malayalam. C. Experts can answer the posted questions in English and Malayalam.D. Answered queries will get to the farmers through mail and sms

servicesE. Success stories of Hi-Tech Farming.F. GIS Mapping of playhouses across the state

Various Functionalities of the systemThe system has the following functionalities1. Registration2. Post Query3. Answer Quires4. User Management5. Web Mapping6. SMS and email functionalities through the system.7. Bilingual Query management system.

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To Access the system

Step 1: Please type www.keralahitechagri.in

In your browser. Please use your login ID and password to log on to the system. New Farmers and experts can be registered through the system .

Fig.1. Home Page (www.keralahitechagri.in )

Fig.1 illustrates the home page of Farmer Advisory and KM system for Hi-tech Agriculture. This being a comprehensive website has links containing the details of the Farmer Advisory and KM system for Hi-tech Agriculture, its Objectives, Features, Roles and responsibilities and interactive Users Help. Through the interactive user’s help, the user can get a glimpse of how the various modules work its flow and other features etc.



Since the access to the system is through highly secure and authenticated environment, the user has to register and needs a login and password to access the system. The authentication has been done based on the roles and privileges of each user. Through the login page, the user gets authenticated and gets access to the user dashboard.

Fig.2. Farmer Registration

Fig.2. shows the Farmer Registration link for the farmers. By clicking on the link farmer can register their details in to the system.



Fig.2.1 Farmer Registration

Fig.2.1. depicts the farmer registration page. Here farmers can register their details in to the system. After the successful registration farmers will get an email consist of login name and password when the administrator approves user. Then user can login in to the system using their login name and pass word.

Fig.3. Expert Registration

Fig.3. shows the Expert Registration link for the Experts. By clicking on the link Experts can register their details in to the system.User training Guide, Prepared by IIITM-K. Copyright – IIITM-K 2015 5


Fig.3.1 Expert Registration

Fig.3.1. depicts the Expert registration page. Here experts can register their details in to the system after the successful registrations Experts will get an email consist of login name and password when the administrator approves user. Then user can login in to the system using their login name and pass word.

Fig.4 Login Page

Fig 4 shows the link to login page for the farmer advisory and knowledge management system.User training Guide, Prepared by IIITM-K. Copyright – IIITM-K 2015 6


Fig.4.1 Login Page

Fig.4.1. depicts the Login page. Here farmers and experts can login in to the system using their login name and password. The authentication has been done based on the roles and privileges of each user. Through the login page, the user gets authenticated and gets access to the user dashboard. Fig 5 User Dash Board (Expert)

Fig 5 depicts the Dashboard of an expert. Dashboard contains necessary link for the expert functionalities.User training Guide, Prepared by IIITM-K. Copyright – IIITM-K 2015 7


Fig .6 Answer To New Quires (English)

Fig 6 shows the link to answer the quires posted by the farmers in English.

Fig .6.1 Answer Quires (English)

Fig.6.1 displays the details of quires to be answered for the expert. By

clicking on the image( ) below the “Answer” expert can answer the quires.User training Guide, Prepared by IIITM-K. Copyright – IIITM-K 2015 8


Fig .6.2 Delete Quires (English)

Fig.6.2 Shows how to delete a posted query. By clicking on the image( ) below the “Delete” expert can delete the quires.

Fig .6.3 Answer Quires (English)

Fig.6.3 Illustrates the answering page of an expert. On this page expert can write the answers of the particular quires along with mentioning category,subcaterory and key words.User training Guide, Prepared by IIITM-K. Copyright – IIITM-K 2015 9


Fig .7 View Answered Quires (English)

Fig 7 shows the link to view details of the answered quires in English.

Fig .7.1 View Answered Quires (English)

Fig.7.1 displays the details of answered quires. By clicking on the image(

) below the “View” expert can view the details of answered quires.



Fig .7.2 View Answered Quires (English)

Fig.7.2 shows details about answered quires.

Fig .8 Answer To New Quires (Malayalam)

Fig 8 shows the link to answer the quires posted by the farmers in Malayalam.



Fig .8.1 Answer Quires (Malayalam)

Fig.8.1 displays the details of quires answered for the expert. By clicking

on the image( ) below the “Answer” expert can answer the quires.

Fig .8.2 Delete Quires (Malayalam)

Fig.8.2 Shows how to delete a posted query. By clicking on the image () below the “Delete” expert can delete the quires.



Fig .8.3 Answer Quires (Malayalam)

Fig.8.3 Illustrates the answering page of an expert. On this page expert can write the answers of the particular quires along with mentioning category, subcaterory and key words.

Fig .9 View Answered Quires (Malayalam)



Fig 9 shows the link to view details of the answered quires in Malayalam.

Fig .9.1 View Answered Quires (Malayalam)

Fig.9.1 displays the details of answered quires. By clicking on the image(

) below the “View” expert can view the details of answered quires.

Fig .9.2 View Answered Quires (Malayalam)



Fig.9.2 shows details about answered quires.

Fig 10 User Dash Board (Farmer)

Fig 10 depicts the Dashboard of a Farmer. Dashboard contains necessary link for the Farmer functionalities.

Fig.11 Ask Our expert



Fig 11shows the link to Post a question for the farmers.

Fig.11.1 Ask Our expert

Fig.11.1 Illustrates the query posting page of a farmer. From this page farmer can choose their language for posting a questing. As per the chosen language farmers can post their own questions.

Fig.12 View AnswersFarmers can view their answers in 3 different ways1.Through email.Farmers will get their answer along with the questions as an email.User training Guide, Prepared by IIITM-K. Copyright – IIITM-K 2015 16


2.Through SMSFarmers will get their answer along with the questions as SMS3.Through PortalFarmers can see all the posted questions along with the answers in the system

Fig 11 shows the link to view answers of posted questions.

Fig.12.1 View Answers

Fig.12.1. Illustrates the list of answers which were posted by the farmer.

By clicking on the image( ) below the “Answer” farmers can view the answers.

Fig.12.2 View Answers



Fig.12.1. Illustrates the details of answer about the particular query.

Any queries related this Hi-tech Agriculture Project, Please contact

The Additional Director of AgricultureVegetable CellDirectorate of AgricultureVikas BhavanTrivandrumPhone : 0471- 2308430

Any web site related problems or Queries, please contact

The project Coordinator-Agri InformaticsIIITM-KIIITM-K BuildingTechnopark CampusTrivandrum.Ph: 0471-2784139


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