This is a comprehension book dealing with the fundamentals and applied aspects of Information Technology (IT), relevant to Agricultural scenario especially applicable to India. The first part deals with the fundamentals of IT. Beginning with computer itself and then detailing about the software, network and internet, which should not only be useful to the beginners who are totally unaware about the computer environment, but also should help the advance users in making the concepts more clear. The second part covers the applied aspects of IT for agriculture in terms of Education, Research, Extension and production. In addition, chapters on the book making it almost complete as far as the need for the Knowledge on Agricultural IT is concerned. The book is intended to fulfill the requirements of not only the students, teachers, scientists and extension workers concerned with agriculture, but also has content to satisfy the Knowledge desire of policy makers and other concerned officials, who believe in capabilities of IT in tapping the real agriculture potential and ultimately in national development.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Narendrasinh B. Chauhan
Dr. Narendrasinh B. Chauhan is a professor and Head in charge, Department of Extension Education, B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand Agricultural University, Anand. He holds and M.Sc. and Ph.D. (Agri) in Extension Education. He has working experience of many years in teaching, Social research, training, students’ developmental activities an extension. He has authored A Textbook of Agricultural Extension. Edited many books and published several popular articles, research papers and presented papers in many national and international seminars. He is chief Editor of AAU Newsletter, published by Anand Agricultural University, Anand. He has been working as Editor of College Magazine; B.A. College of Agriculture, Anand since 1997. He is a regular agricultural magazines. He is being involved in many researcher projects either master and doctoral researchers. He is also a member of editorial Board of Gujarat Journal of Extension Education. He has own one of the best teachers award of the investigation, documentation and augmentation of grassroots innovations by SRISTI (Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions)- IIM, Ahmedabad
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