ICT and agriculture in India

ICT and agriculture in India

Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have contributed in one way or the other to many transformations in contemporary society. The contexts and the impacts of such transformations are particularly significant for developing societies like India. The relevance of new computing technologi...

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Auteurs principaux: Dhandapani, Balasubramanian, Lie, Rico, Grard, Pierre
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TIC
agriculture
société
savoir
interdisciplinarité
ICT
society
knowledge
interdisciplinarity
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:netcom_779 https://doi.org/10.4000/netcom.779 urn:doi:10.4000/netcom.779 en https://journals.openedition.org/netcom/779 2014-01-14T01:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/ij3w https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ ICT and agriculture in India Netcom Netcom Association info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2431-210X info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0987-6014 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/netcom Dhandapani, Balasubramanian Lie, Rico Grard, Pierre TIC agriculture société savoir interdisciplinarité ICT agriculture society knowledge interdisciplinarity Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have contributed in one way or the other to many transformations in contemporary society. The contexts and the impacts of such transformations are particularly significant for developing societies like India. The relevance of new computing technologies and their effective implementation in developing countries is widely debated, both at policy and community level. Needless to say, FOSS (Free Open Source Software) has encouraged the participation of civil society, creating potential for developing specific information technology tools. In this context, the OSCAR-project (Open Source Simple Computer for Agriculture in Rural Areas) is an initiative from European and South Asian Institutions to assist decision making in agriculture. OSCAR developed a weed identification system for the major weed species in rice-wheat cropping systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGPs) covering Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh. An integral part of the OSCAR-project is its applicability to three categories of potential users: farmers, extension officers, and, scientists and students in agricultural sciences. OSCAR was evaluated through extensive interactions with farmer groups, extension personnel, IT specialists, NGO and UN staff, government officials, scientific researchers and PhD students in various disciplines and MSc students from various programs in all the four IGP countries. The experience from OSCAR is helpful in understanding the larger contexts and the impact of ICT interventions in an interdisciplinary framework. Les technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC) ont contribué d’une manière ou d’une autre à de nombreuses transformations de la société contemporaine. Les contextes et les impacts de ces transformations sont particulièrement significatifs pour des sociétés en développement comme l’Inde. La pertinence des nouvelles technologies informatiques et leur application effective dans les pays en voie de développement est largement débattue tant au niveau politique que communautaire. Inutile de dire que les logiciels libres (Free Open Source Software) ont encouragé la participation de la société civile, créant des potentiels pour développer des outils de communication spécifiques. Dans ce contexte, le projet OSCAR (Open Source Simple Computer for Agriculture in Rural Areas) est une initiative d’institutions européennes et asiatiques pour aider à la prise de décision en matière agricole. OSCAR permet une identification de la majorité des espèces de mauvaises herbes présentes dans les plantations de riz et de blé cultivés dans la plaine indo-gangétique (IGP) couvrant le Pakistan, l’Inde, le Népal et le Bangladesh. Une partie intégrante du projet OSCAR est son applicabilité aux 3 catégories d’utilisateurs potentiels : les agriculteurs, les ingénieurs agronomes et les scientifiques et étudiants en sciences agricoles. OSCAR a été évalué à travers des interactions intensives entre groupes d’agriculteurs, de techniciens agricoles, de spécialistes des technologies, de personnels d’ONG et de l’ONU, de responsables gouvernementaux, de chercheurs et de doctorants de différentes disciplines et d’étudiants en masters de divers programmes sur les 4 pays indo-gangétiques. L’expérience d’OSCAR est utile pour comprendre des contextes plus larges et l’impact des TIC dans un cadre interdisciplinaire.
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topic TIC
agriculture
société
savoir
interdisciplinarité
ICT
agriculture
society
knowledge
interdisciplinarity
spellingShingle TIC
agriculture
société
savoir
interdisciplinarité
ICT
agriculture
society
knowledge
interdisciplinarity
Dhandapani, Balasubramanian
Lie, Rico
Grard, Pierre
ICT and agriculture in India
description Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have contributed in one way or the other to many transformations in contemporary society. The contexts and the impacts of such transformations are particularly significant for developing societies like India. The relevance of new computing technologies and their effective implementation in developing countries is widely debated, both at policy and community level. Needless to say, FOSS (Free Open Source Software) has encouraged the participation of civil society, creating potential for developing specific information technology tools. In this context, the OSCAR-project (Open Source Simple Computer for Agriculture in Rural Areas) is an initiative from European and South Asian Institutions to assist decision making in agriculture. OSCAR developed a weed identification system for the major weed species in rice-wheat cropping systems of the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGPs) covering Pakistan, India, Nepal and Bangladesh. An integral part of the OSCAR-project is its applicability to three categories of potential users: farmers, extension officers, and, scientists and students in agricultural sciences. OSCAR was evaluated through extensive interactions with farmer groups, extension personnel, IT specialists, NGO and UN staff, government officials, scientific researchers and PhD students in various disciplines and MSc students from various programs in all the four IGP countries. The experience from OSCAR is helpful in understanding the larger contexts and the impact of ICT interventions in an interdisciplinary framework.
author Dhandapani, Balasubramanian
Lie, Rico
Grard, Pierre
author_facet Dhandapani, Balasubramanian
Lie, Rico
Grard, Pierre
author_sort Dhandapani, Balasubramanian
title ICT and agriculture in India
title_short ICT and agriculture in India
title_full ICT and agriculture in India
title_fullStr ICT and agriculture in India
title_full_unstemmed ICT and agriculture in India
title_sort ict and agriculture in india
publisher Netcom
publishDate 2014
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