Friday, July 25, 2008

 Market Driven Agricultural Initiative through IT enabled Agri Business Centres in Kerala State
 NISG/UNDP ICTD Project 2005-06 implemented by Kerala State IT Mission

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Project Overview
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Services envisaged  
Technical Infrastructure 
Sustenance  
Akshaya e Centre Entrepreneurs  
 
 
SERVICES ENVISAGED
 
Project Services envisaged shall include Information/Transaction/Payment platforms like:

1) Who is Buying? Name, Address, location Contact, Tel , Turnover/Stocking yard area
Crops dealt , Supply chain below (relationship), Partners (Relationship), Agriculture Produce Collection points : Inspection point, pick up point

2) Who is Selling? Name, Address, Contact, Tel , Acreage / nos cultivated/harvest by month/qtr , Crops dealt , Preferred Delivery point

3) Market prices Updated Price by product/ by market

4) Buy & Sell Transaction Platform Sell/buy offer - Transaction
Item/ Type / Qty / Quality (photo upload) / Delivery point -> Seller/Buyer
Buyer gets Panchayat/block/ district level aggregation

Buyer’s bids giving Price & Validity date/ Seek inspection date&venue/Pick up date&venue
Seller refer market prices & confirms/replies buyers advice
Close transaction offline, keep open until close
Expire by date as set date

5) Requests for Soil testing / Visit Scheduling of mobile units
FarmersId, Sample No.,Date,Plot Id
Sample Report –collection point/Date, Link
Vehicle#,Date Location Id Date Time From time To Officer-in-charge

6) Requests for seeds/plantlets
FarmersId, Request Id.,Date,Plot Id, SoilTestReportId,Crop,Seed choice/Platnlet choice,Qty,Required by date, collection point, advances paid.
Distribution - activity

7) Request for clarification of technical doubts/ experts help
FarmerId, Plot ID, Crop id, Issue-Category, Issue Title, Issue discriotion-format

8) Applications to various schemes:Credits, subsidies
Farmer ID, Required docs,OfficeID,Application -format
OfficeID,Officer,Workflow

9) Information dissemination
News server

10) Contents bank
Best practices, Crop, Category, Archived Helpdesk Queries

11) IT enabled Citizen Interface for access to Government Schemes

12) Value Added Services
 Handholding , Good Agricultural Practices: preparation, planting, maintenance, harvest, post harvest ,Extension officer visit., Q&A , Expert guidance , Clinic facility., Harvest time care
 Plant protection Mechanisms, Pesticides, Application guidelines w.r.t. age of plant/nature of attack, Pesticide Sellers
 Fertilizers, Application guidelines w.r.t. age of plant/nature of deficiency & requirement regarding certification (JAS, EUREPGAP), Fertilizer Sellers , Options I have for organic manure .
 Agricultural equipment ,Own or lease?, Collective ownership & scheduling, Who is leasing?
 Schedule plucking/harvest, Which warehouse & When? Self assessment of my quality of produce, Grading centres & certification, Documentation I need to maintain/submit while selling, Prices, Buyers, Decision support whether to hold goods or to sell now.
 Sales contract, Venue/time/date of delivery, Logistics support, Payment
 Loan, Insurance, Other support, Advance contract with buyers, Credit for goods purchased , services availed Grants, Subsidies.
 First steps... What should I do in farming area? (Info tips)
 Agri Labour Bank, Vocational training for agricultural labour : equipments/methodologies/pruning
 List of Farmers agreeable for Contractual obligation, Draft Contracts, Contract Management


 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 


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