2. ICT interventions through AGRISNET AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION COMMISSIONER & SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT. TAMIL NADU

3. GENESIS...  “TNAGRISNET” portal was launched on 29 th July,2010.  Modules on Seed, Fertilizer, Soil, Schemes etc., were deployed during Phase I  Govt. of India have approved a sum of Rs.801.40 lakhs  State, District and Block centres supported with systems and network  Bagged the “Golden Award” for e-governance initiative for 2011

4. Farmer oriented services  To provide value added services many new initiatives were taken since June’ 2011  Comprehensive Base line Data management of 82 lakh farmers  Documenting “Soil Health Status” of all farmers over a period of 3 years  Providing bouquet of “Crop Plan” options to farmers (Both online & offline)  Input assessment and delivery  Beneficiary tracking for transparent governance  Online machinery rental booking system by IVR

5. Base line data  Personal Details  Bank Details  Group Details  Land Details  Farm machineries  Farm animals  Allied enterprises  Plantation crops  Fodder crops  Irrigation Details

6. Physical format

7. Portal entry

8. Mobile mode

9. IVRS mode

10. Soil sampling

11. Lab process

12. Result entry

13. Crop Plan Development  FACTORS  MICRO ZONE  SOIL TYPE  IRRIGATION SOURCE  RAINFALL PATTERN CROP MATRIX

14. CROP PLAN DEVELOPMENT - ONLINE

15. Input requirement

16. Consolidated Crop Plan

17. Beneficiary tracking  Online registration of benefits  Prioritization by the departments  Monitoring the distribution process  Assessing the impact  Providing transparency in governance

18. Farmer enrollment

19. ONLINE FARM MACHINERY BOOKING SYSTEM

20. Mobile No. Yes / No. Farmer’s code no. 9444005219 564334 Yes Required on No. of hours 25 th March 6 hours NameRaman DistrictKancheepuram BlockAchirapakkam VillageAchirapakkam Type of Machinery required Tractor

21. Touch Screen Kiosks-Services offered  Crop Plan  Technologies  Input availability  Market trend  Allied enterprises  Contact/ Feed back

22. Kiosk process - Model

23. Touch Screen Kiosk – Virtual Extension

24. Input Inventory Management – e-billing Information about input availability is vital today Static information will not serve the purpose Hence a server based inventory management is need of the hour As an ICT initiative 8 District Agricultural Extension Centres will be provided with customised Input Management application for uploading receipt/sale information

25. Integrating private outlets  Planned to integrate 11,000 Fertilizer/PP outlets  Planned to integrate 8,500 seed outlets

26. Input information retrieval by farmers  A short code as well as an IVRS mode will be provided for retrieving the input availability both in public and private outlets

27. Sensitizing farmers about ICT  During “Uzhavar Peruvizha” the ICT interventions will be shown to the farmers  Farmer Friends will be roped in information dissemination and Technology Demonstration

28. Budget requirement for new initiatives Sl. No. Particulars Unit cost (Rs.) No. of units Total cost (in L.Rs.) 1.Provision of 10” Tablet PCs to Village level extension workers along with connectivity for 3 years 20,0001482296.400 2.Connectivity charges for Tablet PCs and Touch Screen Kiosks for 3 years 7,20096269.264 3.Integration of services into single platform250.00 4.Value added services like voice alerts and Input Inventory Management etc., L.S-1552.000 5.Operational cost like training, field trips, consumables etc., L.S-100.000 TOTAL2267.664