tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14185767340354945292024-03-13T07:58:30.426+05:30ICT4ARD..................................where IT meet agricultureict4ardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13583350583449270906noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-19595688284477840262009-03-19T13:11:00.001+05:302009-03-19T13:18:11.790+05:30Applications are invited from eligible candidates For MSc ICT ARD, DA-IICT* The Admissions to the program are done by means of a written Entrance test followed by an interview.<br /><br /> * The Entrance Test for the Admission to the Masters level PG programs will be conducted on the all India basis<br /><br /> o Entrance test for M.Sc. (ICT ARD) will be conducted at three (3) centers:<br /> o Gandhinagar,<br /> o Delhi<br /> o Hyderabad.<br /> * The result of the entrance test of M Sc (ICT -ARD) will be announced at this website by second week of June 2009.<br />For further queries visit <a href="http://ictard.daiict.ac.in">Click Here</a>binoy menonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02769617397326798523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-59308992315497620812008-11-29T21:59:00.003+05:302008-11-29T22:09:01.288+05:30ICT4RD - NIRD Project<span style="font-family:arial;">Dear friends , </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">NIRD also playing with the project of ICT4RD , Please go through link<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">http://www.ict4rd.net.in/categories.aspx?cat_id=1</span><br /></span>Yogiraj Shetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702562301750604777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-20603035867727527592008-11-19T18:55:00.003+05:302008-11-19T20:00:46.355+05:30ICTs in Low Income Countries<span style="font-weight:bold;">Telecommunication Services for Rural Areas</span><br />Whereas the urban centers of many countries of South quickly develop ther telecommunication infrastructure and improve their access to the Internet rapidly , Rural areas even lack the most basic telecommunication services . Thus a growing knowledge gap separates the information rich from the information poor and eventually fosters already existing trends of polarization on the sub national level .<br />One reason for winding of the information Gap lies in the higher demand and higher returns on investment in the major cities which are the first to be the infrastructural<br /> means. <br />Therefore, we argue that one main focus of a sustainable (telecommunication sector ) development should be the integration of the numerous rural towns and their hinterlands into a telecommunication strategy . Within this context, however, it is crucial to identify the impacts that may be induced by the utilization of telecommunication services on households, micro enterprise and institutions in rural areas .<br />The assessment of consumer surpluses indicate the high potential of the technologies to increase the households, and firms income . The mechanisms, however , though which these improvements of income and welfare operate are not yet clear but ought to be based on the time and space-bridging character of any form of telecommunication technology . <br />Adopting this rural households leads to the examination of the process of information gathering and the extends to which this process could be improved by the access to telecommunication . <br />This improvement could take place indirectly and directly . <br />As a direct effect , households in rural areas are likely to reduce transaction costs by substituting costly physical traveling on the hand and by saving times on the other hand . Further more, they might be able to expand their markets (factor markets or product markets ). This expansion would not be possible without access to telecommunication and is hence a complement to traditional information sources.<br /><br />As an indirect impact, institutions that provide the backbone of information supply in rural areas could enhance their efficiency through the use of telecommunication and consult their clients more effectively .<br />The future chellenge is to apply the outlined framwork on households micro-enterprise <br />in rural areas in different developing countries . The findings of such an assessment might finally be a constructive contribution to develop a methodological framework <br />that estimates the economic returns on investment on telecommunication facilities in rural areas . This might eventually lead to strategies to also contact those communities that will -in the short run -not generate as high returns areas.<br /><br /><br /> (<span style="font-weight:bold;">SOURCE: "BOOK": Role and Potential of IT Systems and Communication Networks for International Development )</span>komal sainihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202288592125670686noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-75912099475261208922008-11-19T17:52:00.003+05:302008-11-19T17:57:43.623+05:30Need of IT Agrarians in Commodity market:<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">Indian agribusiness sector is characterized by lack of adequate, reliable, timely information and analysis on various aspects of business such as latest price & trend at major national and international market, demand and supply pattern, scientific forecasting, crop & weather information and its impact on agribusiness sector.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">So During the last few years, several innovative applications have emerged around the world that promises to bridge the proverbial “Digital divide.” The e-choupal project in <st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region> is one such example of an information technology based platform that is used by farmers in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> to sell their agricultural produce, look up weather information, and obtain expert crop advice (Upton and Fuller 2004).</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">Other examples include online cooperatives of trades people in South America to directly sell products to end consumers (Anonymous 2000), trading Web sites for cattle ranchers in the <st1:country-region st="on">United States</st1:country-region> (Bearden 2004), and online coffee auctions in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">Brazil</st1:place></st1:country-region> (Scholer 2003). The common purpose of these initiatives is to link the rural communities to the Internet, provide timely price information and disseminate farming knowledge, allow producers to execute trades and transactions, eliminate intermediaries, reduce unscrupulous trading, and consequently transform the global agricultural supply chain that supports the livelihood of billions of people around the world. The impact of IT on the agricultural supply chain has largely been ignored in the information systems empirical literature.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">However, two factors make this an important and fruitful research area. First, while such initiatives have the potential to affect the lives of billions of people that live on the other side of the digital divide, their effectiveness is often unclear, and many are skeptical that the benefits actually reach the rural communities (Anonymous 2005). Second, several unanswered research questions arise in this context that are important for policy formulation, such as the nature and magnitude of the benefits from online platforms, who appropriates the benefits, types of products that are suitable, and other factors that affect the benefits obtained.</p>Kulkiran kulharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018689795820362903noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-33619862976289633202008-11-18T15:39:00.000+05:302008-11-18T15:41:08.749+05:30ICT as a tool to convert farmer to Agri-preneur<meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"><link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5C200813%7E2%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="country-region"></o:smarttagtype><o:smarttagtype namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"></o:smarttagtype><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:worddocument> <w:view>Normal</w:View> <w:zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:punctuationkerning/> <w:validateagainstschemas/> <w:saveifxmlinvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:ignoremixedcontent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:compatibility> <w:breakwrappedtables/> <w:snaptogridincell/> <w:wraptextwithpunct/> <w:useasianbreakrules/> <w:dontgrowautofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:browserlevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id="ieooui"></object> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--><style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} </style> <![endif]--> <p class="MsoNormal">Agriculture has been the backbone of Indian farmers’ economic status from time immemorial. Agriculture being highly skill oriented and technical intensive needed to be given high priority. Farmers in <st1:country-region st="on"><st1:place st="on">India</st1:place></st1:country-region> have always been keen in increasing production. This perception of just being producer has negatively affected by degrading the environment. Soil salination, residual effect of pesticides, degradation of land and ultimately resulting in saturation of production which are aftereffects of this malady.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Now the concept of sustainability and ecological farming is getting importance. This forward moment hast to get a backhand support such as capacity building of farmers. Thousands of crores of rupees have been put into various research just to increase the production of crop. The major key to stop this pathetic codition of farmer is to incorporate entrepreneurship qualities in him. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">A farmer should be empowered with the knowledge of crop with respect to production, marketing, quality parameter .the present globalization has also handicapped Indian farmers they have been thrown to global competition where in one end there are heavily subsidized farming and on the other end our poor farmers.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">These thus require these farmers to be empowered to this global competition. There is need to increase his social status and knowledge resource too.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">For this transaction of farmer there is a need to make him to make a real agri-preneur. He should have enough knowledge about market present and future, quality of his product which is to be needed to capture this market. If possible branding their products by forming cooperative structure, these lead <span style=""> </span>to price stabilization and thus leads to food security.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">All these can be achieved by a proper front end to back end data disseminations and vice-versa. This is where we all have to focus!!!!!!!!!!!! </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> binoy menonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02769617397326798523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-32478309019945917592008-11-18T01:00:00.004+05:302008-11-18T01:05:56.540+05:30MIND MAPPING<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ix3iGExXww/SSHHYEm_-KI/AAAAAAAAAEU/9wtU_AFfjrQ/s1600-h/Kulkiran.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 201px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__ix3iGExXww/SSHHYEm_-KI/AAAAAAAAAEU/9wtU_AFfjrQ/s320/Kulkiran.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269712255368296610" border="0" /></a>Example Of Mind MappingKulkiran kulharihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18018689795820362903noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-29895523966121406732008-11-17T21:11:00.000+05:302008-11-17T21:12:32.306+05:30DOWNLOAD SOFTWARE<div class="plain"> <p><span class="link-external"><a href="http://bosslinux.in/" target="_blank"><strong>http://bosslinux.in/</strong></a></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="link-external"><a target="_blank" href="http://ildc.gov.in/">http://ildc.gov.in/</a></span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="link-external"><a href="http://www.cdacbangalore.in/matrubhasha/" target="_blank">Local Language Tools</a></span></p> </div>binoy menonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02769617397326798523noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-13350897548147631772008-11-16T23:21:00.004+05:302008-11-16T23:27:46.127+05:30New Horizon - Communitization of India<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;">Communitization of Nagaland, shows very good example .It shows the actual example of the decentralization & deputation of powers as well as responsibilities. We can say here, it is the actual democracy. If the village community has authority & responsibility to check control Govt. Institution works .So the commutations & the requirement of the stake-holders will be fulfilled by with respect to institution in proper manner. And this communitization strategy will be needy today’s <st1:place st="on"><st1:country-region st="on">India</st1:country-region></st1:place> for rural infrastructure development.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;"> If we think Education, health & electricity of rural <st1:place st="on">India</st1:place> , it will be helpful for enhancing the rural infrastructure. Here whatever problems faced by the local village stakeholders are not reaching up to that right person having the full authority. e. g Actual condition of cheating in education system with respect to Block Education officer or Block (Panchayat) Sabhapati. It may be the misunderstanding & communication gap between stakeholder & responsible person. And here the stockholder has not aware to ask question even though They have limitation to ask.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: 150%;">So communitization of <st1:place st="on">India</st1:place> will helpful for development of rural infrastructure, & overall rural development.</p>Yogiraj Shetehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14702562301750604777noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-45837601083763608292008-11-15T21:56:00.009+05:302008-11-15T22:09:02.387+05:30My suggestions to solve the problem of farmer’s suicide<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PmoTVbZw92k/SRAPIRrIOUI/AAAAAAAAADY/MUTN3DqDSHM/s1600-h/getimage.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PmoTVbZw92k/SRAPIRrIOUI/AAAAAAAAADY/MUTN3DqDSHM/s320/getimage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264724599253776706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">1. There should be strict rule to curb the private money lenders.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">2. There should be reliable source of seed, fertilizers and other agricultural</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">inputs, so that farmers have need not to depend on sales man.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">3 . There should be more provisioning of subsidy, particularly on cash crops,</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">so that the farmers of India can also stand firmly in the global market like</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">the farmers of other developed countries.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">4 . Setting up of more and more irrigation system, particularly in rain fed</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">areas like Vidarbha.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">5 . Improvement in marketing facilities.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">6 . More relevant agricultural research should be done to develop cotton</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">varieties which are high yielding as well as resistant to drought and also</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">less susceptible to pest and diseases.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">7 . Government is launching more and more new schemes for the betterment</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">of farmers, no doubt it is important but in the absence of adequate</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">implementing mechanisms the schemes fail to reach to the local people.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">So, implementing mechanism should be strengthened.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">8 . Already there are a large number of suggestions given by the experts of</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">this field that can solve the problem of farmer’s suicide and indebtedness.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">But the need is to ensure that many of these measures should be</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">implemented with greater efficiency. That is government should be more</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">responsive to help the farmers at field level.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">9 . In most of the cases it is found that farmers were unaware of various</span></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >kinds of helps offered by the government of India. Of course there are</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >government officials at the panchayat level like VLW, but they are not</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >effective enough. This is not because of administrative dis functioning</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >rather today the world is changing too rapidly and it is very difficult for a</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >VLW to know the current changes in the Agricultural Technologies and</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >convey it to the farmers. So, I would like to suggest here that more and</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >more IT applications should be done in the field of Agriculture to make the</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >government officials and farmers aware about the world’s changing</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >scenario of Agriculture and agricultural technologies.</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >Traditional knowledge is good for traditional societies. But</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >when circumstances under which farming has to be conducted are changing</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >rapidly, the traditional channel of knowledge should be replaced with modern</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >channel of knowledge.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">10. Thus the gap between knowledge and practice created needs to be</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">filled in a responsible manner.</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">And after all I would like to suggest that the local leaders and national level</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">politicians should take more responsibility like Mr. Kishor Tivari, to make the</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">farmers feel that some one is standing behind them for their support.</span></span>Rajeev Ranjanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00753255206858476257noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-2495158575207969192008-11-15T19:38:00.001+05:302008-11-15T19:38:51.583+05:30ICT4d news* New blog<br />New blog for rural women and ICT, please view:<br /><a href="http://www.ict4wd.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">www.ICT4WD.blogspot.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.uj.ac.za/" target="_blank">www.uj.ac.za</a><br /><br />* New Portal<br />The Southern African NGO Network (SANGONeT) announces the launch of NGO Pulse, the new South African NGO Portal.<br />To view the new portal, refer to <a href="http://www.ngopulse.org/" target="_blank">http://www.ngopulse.org</a>.<br /><br />* Global Text Project<br />The Global Text Project publishes free electronic textbooks in all academic disciplines for university students in developing economies.<br /><a href="http://www.globaltext.org/" target="_blank">www.globaltext.org</a><br /><br />* Introduction to programming<br /><a href="http://www.kongregate.com/games/Coolio_Niato/light-bot" target="_blank">http://www.kongregate.com/<wbr>games/Coolio_Niato/light-bot</a><br /><a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/" target="_blank">http://scratch.mit.edu/</a>binoy menonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02769617397326798523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-27225560700456449322008-11-14T13:42:00.002+05:302008-11-14T14:14:11.037+05:30Some Problems In Front of Indian Economy<span style="font-weight:bold;">These my Thought about the present condition of Employments in India: </span><br />Through this i want to say that,simply effect of Global Economic Crisis on Indian Economy. By Globlization many MNCs (Multi National Companies) have been introduced in India also & many thousands of Indian employees are working in these MNCs. Now the Global Crisis (mainly Economic Crisis of America ) is affecting the Indians, so many MNCs Cutting Their Jobs From India for example in IT British Telecoms Cutting 10,000 from India and so on . Many thousands Indian will unemployed and also day by day increasing Skilled people all these shows the present condition in Employment's is not good or we can say poor .komal sainihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202288592125670686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-40069996106753256282008-11-02T21:57:00.005+05:302008-11-05T22:04:53.281+05:30"The second green revolution"In the year 2025 we are likely to be sharing our planet Earth with some eight billion other people. They all hope to have enough to eat. <br /> <br />Safeguarding food for a growing world population<br /><br />Securing the world's food supply is one of the greatest challenges of our time. And the agricultural sector faces major challenges here, as global food reserves have already fallen to the lowest level in thirty years. But increasing the amount of land used to produce food is scarcely an option. Demand is rising for food, animal feed and plants to produce biofuels. The effects of climate change are another complicating factor. Other important issues are the sharp rise in prices of key agricultural raw materials and the appearance of conflicts over distribution in emerging and developing countries. All these factors mean that international research and development policies will have to focus more closely on agriculture. This is the only way of securing food supplies in the future.<br /><br /> <br />Challenges of the new agriculture: increase farm yields throughout the world.<br />Investment in technology, innovation and farm infrastructure will have to be stepped up to this end: "We need intensive research into agriculture so that we can meet the challenges of food production and also make the best possible use of our arable resources. What we need is nothing less than a second green revolution", commented Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Friedrich Ber-schauer, Chairman of the Board of Bayer CropScience AG.<br /><br />A leading force for innovation in the agricultural sector, Bayer CropScience is taking on the challenges of the new agriculture and is developing new crop protection, plant breeding and plant biotechnology solutions to help increase farm yields throughout the world.<br /><br /><br />Researchers of Bayer CropScience discuss the results of tests against pest insects on plants. <br /> <br />Meeting global needs<br /><br />Targeted integrated management of all aspects of modern agriculture - irrigation, fertiliser use, crop protection and innovative seed technologies - is the only way of achieving a significant boost in global yields. Bayer CropScience, which has the largest research section in the industry, will therefore continue to focus its innovation efforts on novel crop protection products with new mechanisms of action. It will as a result be able to help farmers all over the world control insects, weeds and micro-organisms.<br /><br />Bayer CropScience is also working to develop new generations of crops such as rapeseed, cotton, rice and maize that are more stress-tolerant and produce higher yields. The role of biotechnology will also become more important, as it helps to make crop plants more resistant to stress caused by climatic and environmental conditions. <br /><br /><br />(source:<a href="http://www.bayercropscience.com/BCSWeb/CropProtection.nsf/id/EN_Topic_The_Second_Green_Revolution?open=&adword=world-food-supply">http://www.bayercropscience.com</a>)ARD lasts forever...http://www.blogger.com/profile/01199482836538075053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-81980337072022968902008-10-30T15:38:00.001+05:302008-10-30T15:56:16.536+05:30Transgenic agriculture is new and raises special safety concerns2 Transgenic agriculture is new and raises special safety concerns2The production of transgenic varieties - which features most prominently in genetic engineering agriculture - is a new departure from conventional techniques including selective breeding, mutagenesis (induction of gene mutations by chemical or physical means such as X-rays), cell fusion and tissue culture. It raises safety concerns different in kind from those of conventional techniques, and which are inherent to the processes used in creating transgenic organisms.<br /><br />Typically, genes of one or more donor-species are isolated, and spliced into artificially constructed infectious agents, which act as <i>vectors</i> to carry the genes into the cells of recipient species.Once inside a cell, the vector carrying the genes will insert into the cell's genome. A transgenic organism is regenerated from each<i> transformed</i> cell (or egg, in the case of animals) which has taken up the foreign genes. And from that organism, a transgenic variety can be bred. In this way, genes can be transferred between distant species which would never interbreed in nature.<br /><br />The artificial vectors are typically made by joining together parts of the genomes of natural viruses that cause diseases and other genetic parasites, <i>plasmids</i> (pieces of usually circular DNA found in bacteria and yeasts, replicating independently of the chromosome(s)) and <i>transposons</i> (mobile genetic elements, or 'jumping genes' found in all species), which carry and spread genes for antibiotic and drug resistances, as well as genes associated with diseases। Most, if not all of the disease-causing genes will have been removed from the artificial vectors, but antibiotic resistance genes are often left in as 'selectable markers', so those cells which have taken up the foreign genes can be selected with antibiotics। While natural viruses and other genetic parasites are limited by species barriers to varying degrees, the artificial vectors made by genetic engineers are especially designed to cross specie barriers and to overcome mechanisms in the cell that destroy or inactivate foreign DNA.<br /><br />http://www.i-sis.org.uk/meacher99.phpsNishi Jhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15377305281375517726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-43451613699346817482008-10-21T21:56:00.000+05:302008-10-21T21:57:27.326+05:30Genetically modified health aspect of biotechnologyDNA Tattoos:<br />Dear friends, all of we knew about the tattoos. We consider it only for the fashion purposes, but<br />friends according to Genetic Vaccine Therapy it is prove that tattoos are more than fashion<br />statement and which has a medicinal potential.<br />At the German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany, Martine<br />Muller and his coworker performed several experiments on mice and they shown that tattooing is<br />the more effective way of delivering DNA vaccine than any intramuscular injection.<br />Scientist contentiously perform several experiment on the mice, first they<br />infected the mice with intramuscular injection and then deliver DNA vaccine by tattooing.<br />Finally, they observed that DNA vaccination through tattooing produced more immune response<br />as compared to the intramuscular injection. For the production of DNA vaccine, they use coat<br />protein from the human papiloma virus as a model DNA vaccine antigen.<br />Martine Muller and coworker had shown that three doses of DNA vaccine given by the<br />tattooing produce sixteen times more antibody level than intramuscular injection.<br />ADVANTAGES:<br />v DNA vaccine given by tattooing covers a bigger area on the skin than intramuscular<br />injection, so that DNA vaccine can enter more cells.<br />v Ultimately, these effects may give stronger immune response arising from introducing a<br />DNA vaccine in to the body by tattooing.Sachin J.Barbudhehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18123987202617364436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-87788253129467036992008-10-17T14:23:00.003+05:302008-10-17T14:29:40.381+05:30a guide to SPSSplease refer the below link it is really worthy ...<br /><a href="http://data.fas.harvard.edu/projects/SPSS_Tutorial/spsstut.shtml"target="_blank">http://data.fas.harvard.edu/projects/SPSS_Tutorial/spsstut.shtml</a>ict4ardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13583350583449270906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-19222181623652525832008-10-16T22:50:00.000+05:302008-10-16T22:55:09.490+05:30"Communitisation लोगों के बीच एक रिश्ता विश्राम करने के लिए एक दृष्टि, एक, समतावादी समावेशी और लोकतांत्रिक दृष्टि के साथ संरचना और संस्था गवर्निंग" है. यह सामाजिक पूंजी के बीच एक अद्वितीय भागीदारी है एक प्रदान की कानूनी सीमा के साथ अमीर स्थानीय समुदायों और सरकार के संसाधन पूल. यह अंत-उपयोगकर्ता को अधिकार है दूसरे शब्दों में.<br /><br />भारत समृद्ध संस्कृति और संसाधनों के विशाल तालाब है. Communitisation की अवधारणा ग्रामीण गांवों के लिए उपयुक्त हो जाएगा. यह मुख्य रूप से स्थानीय समुदाय की क्षमता निर्माण को शामिल करने के लिए होगा. यह सोच में भी परिवर्तन को बढ़ावा मिलेगा और उन्हें समाज में उनकी भूमिका और जिम्मेदारी को पूरा करने के लिए सक्षम करें. दूसरे एक सरकारी कामकाज में किया है पर भरोसा rejenuate करने के लिए किया है. सार्वजनिक संसाधनों और गांव समिति के लिए धन की सुपुर्दगी का स्थानांतरण. इन समितियों है कि वे शिक्षा की तरह का सामना कर रहे हैं एक समुदाय के रूप में, सफाई, सड़क सुविधाओं आदि के इन सभी प्रयासों सरकार पर्यवेक्षी और व्यवस्था की निगरानी के साथ मजबूत बनाने के लिए किया है नोक समस्याओं से निपटने के लिए है . कोई काम नहीं का नारा, नहीं सार्वजनिक कार्यकर्ता के समर्पण की भावना को मजबूत करेगा भुगतान करता है.<br /><br />Communitisation सामाजिक राजधानी के गांवों के उपलब्ध को मजबूत करेगा. के बाद से इस अभ्यास के कौशल और ज्ञान का विकास होगा. अंततः, जिसमें एक व्यक्ति को अपने समुदाय और सामाजिक वातावरण में खेलने के लिए है भूमिका, की समझ में जिसके परिणामस्वरूप. यह भी सहिष्णुता और विश्वास आह्वान करना होगा. वे समुचित interactio के साथ समुदाय में एक परिवर्तन एजेंट के रूप में कार्य कर सकते हbinoy menonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02769617397326798523noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-49525979011687848192008-10-15T12:20:00.002+05:302008-10-15T12:30:17.684+05:30NEW ERA OF AGRICULTURE<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">THE NEW ERA OF AGRICULTURE MEANS THAT THE USE OF ICT -IN AGRICULTURE. IT CAN BRING THE NEW REVOLUTION IN PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL CROPS SO WE CAN SAY THE <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">"</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">NEW ERA OF AGRICULTURE"</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">BUT WE HAVE TO USE THESE NEW TECHNOLOGY IN BROAD FORM MEANS IN WIDE FORM IN ALL OVER THE WORLD AS WELL AS ALL OVER INDIA.</span> </span>komal sainihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04202288592125670686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-11212345585639713212008-10-15T12:00:00.001+05:302008-10-17T14:28:15.463+05:30Abstract of biotechnology in agriculture sciencesIn the dawn of 21 century, the biotech field brings the revolution and<br />transformation of technology for development of humanity. A long chain polymer used as a<br />polymerosomes. A polymer has used for creation of artificial cells. DNA vaccination given by<br />the tattooing producing higher immune response compared to conventional intramuscular<br />injection. Moreover, DNA vaccine given by the tattooing is use to cure and to prevent lethal<br />disorder. The Recombinant DNA technology made advantage in the field of agriculture by<br />developing transgenic plants and animals. Now a day biotechnology works in unbelievable<br />manner that is, in the space breeding technology for increasing the crop production for the<br />sufficiency and sustainability of food.Sachin J.Barbudhehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18123987202617364436noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-75764467756279969872008-10-14T15:40:00.001+05:302008-10-14T15:40:43.289+05:30some agricultural websites<table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td><br /></td> <td><a href="http://dare.gov.in/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Department of Agricultural Research & Education (DARE)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.naasindia.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">National Academy of Agriculture Science</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.plantauthority.in/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers' Rights Authority, India</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.nbaindia.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">National Biodiversity Authority, India</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.fao.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.apaari.org/new/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutes (APAARI)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.cgiar.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.isnar.cgiar.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.irri.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.icrisat.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Internation Crop Research Institute for The Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.ciat.cgiar.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Centro International de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Center for International Foresry Research (CIFOR)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.cimmyt.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">International Maize & Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.cipotato.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">International Potato Center (CIP)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.bioversityinternational.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"> Bioversity International </span></a><br /><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">previously International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI)</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.icarda.cgiar.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.worldfishcenter.org/v2/index.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management (ICLARM)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.worldagroforestrycentre.org/af1/index.php" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">International Center for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.ifpri.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">International Water Management Institute (IWMI)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.iita.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><a href="http://www.ilri.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)</span></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><a href="http://bananas.bioversityinternational.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">Banana & Plantain Section of Bioversity International</span></a><br /> <span style="font-family:Tahoma;">previously International Network for Improvement of Banana & Plantain (INIBAP)</span></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td><span style="font-family:Tahoma;"><a href="http://www.warda.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma;">West Africa Rice Development Association (WARDA)</span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table>ict4ardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13583350583449270906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1418576734035494529.post-66177757970416574392008-10-07T14:57:00.000+05:302008-10-07T21:26:21.034+05:30ict4ard<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">Indian economy is a traditional agrarian economy were once half of the GDP used to be from agriculture and allied sectors .The latest situation is changing dramatically. According to Economic Census (2005), 85 per cent of the households are operating on 2 ha of farm land or less than that. Recent National Assessment<span style=""> </span>Survey of farmers ,NSSO(2005), observe that the average monthly per capita expenditure (MPCE) of a farm house hold is just Rupees 503 with 27 per cent of farmers not liking farming while 40 per cent felt that if given option they prefer other carrier. It also says only 29 per cent of farmer only understood what is minimum price while only 40 per cent of farmers household accessed information of modern technology.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; line-height: 150%;">This malady of discontent highlights the potential application of ICT in agriculture as a tool and technique as world has become highly informational. The contours of Indian agriculture has to change and the nation system should also activate through its quinquennial planning and increasing private partnership .The paper put lights on various initiative and the field of darkness were ICT has to be lighted.</p>ict4ardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13583350583449270906noreply@blogger.com0