Agro Information System: Identification and Parameterization of Needs of Farmers, Planners and Research Workers

This book presents a study of Agricultural Information system with the view to identify the problems of design and implementation. Agriculture is the oldest and most important vocation of the world. Integrated electronic databases or any designed integrated on-line information systems for use of farmers, agricultural planners, administrators and agricultural marketing people are not available in this country at this point of time. Agricultural sector has its own requirement of "Information system" like industry or defence. Planning and implementing an agricultural information system even for any defined geographic region would require basic information of various components like hardware and software requirements, need of the user and policies of the implementing agencies, government agricultural departments etc. The analysis and information presented in this book should be useful to network based online information system designers, planners and administrators taking care of farm activities alike.