e G o v e r r n a n c e I I n i i t t i i a t t i i v e s o f f
K a r r n a t t a k a S t t a t t e D e p a r r t t m e n t t o f f
A g r r i i c u l l t t u r r e

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Reaching up to Village Level
Providing computer access to farmers through Raita
Samparka Kendras (RSKs)
To cover the entire farming community
Providing necessary agricultural related information to the farmers as and when requests comes from them

 Reaching the Farmers through e-Media
 Bridging the gap between the farmers and the
Agriculture Department
 Make the farmers more knowledgeable and efficient by providing the latest State-of-the-Art technologies

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Server at the Head Quarters
Pentium Client Machines at State, District, Taluk and RSK Level
Dot Matrix and Laser Jet Printers
Network components
RF-Link at the Head Office for E-mail and Internet facility
E-mail and Internet facility for field level offices
(Broad band and modem)

1. RAITAMITRA Website
2. Bhoo Phala (Soil Health Analysis)
3. Agrisnet

KSDA launched its official http://raitamitra.kar.nic.in
in the year 2000.
website
Objectives : To provide G2C , G2G and Intra-
Departmental services
Clientele : Farmers, Agricultural inputs dealers, General public, Government Departments, staff of KSDA
Architecture : Windows /SAN Web Server
Databases : SQL Server

1. e-RAITAMITRA Website-Contd .
Services :
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Tips to farmers on a daily basis.
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Information on Seeds stock and fertilizer stock status.
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Seasonal condition
Crop condition, cropped area
Agricultural statistics
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Improved agricultural practices

1. eRAITAMITRA Website-Contd.
Services :
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Krishi Pandith Prashasthi information
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Notifications of Recruitments to the Department
Right To Information (RTI) Act related information.
Government notifications
Department guidelines and Circulars
Content Updation Mechanism : At Head Office
Roll out Status : Completed

 Personnel Information System (PINS)
 Monthly Multilevel Review (MMR)
 Karnataka Development Programme (KDP)

Objectives :
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To improve Soil Health
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Improve accuracy of recommendations.
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Avoid human errors in recommendations.
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Saving time involved in record keeping .

Soil Health Software
Services :
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To enable timely distribution of Soil Health
Cards to farmers which will enable
 farmers to use adequate Chemical Fertilizers and organic fertilisers based on the soil analysis
Clientele : Farmers, agricultural scientists, policy makers, Government (subsidy schemes)
Architechture : Windows/Standalone application
Databases : MS Access

Soil Health Software
Data Updation Mechanism : Through Soil Health
Laboratories
Roll-out Status : Has been implemented in all the 23 Soil Health Laboratories
Future Plan : This application will be up-graded to web-enabled one.

Objectives :
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To provide hardware and Internet connectivity to the block level farmers
Improve and provide advisory and extension services to farmers using ICT tools
Development of Decision Support Systems and Databases
Development of Farmer Centric applications such as input availability and quality control of the same (seed, fertilizer, pesticide), Soil
Health Card System, cropping pattern, rain-fed farming and organic farming methods

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Improve dissemination of information on
Government Programmes and Services,
Agricultural resources and technology.
Improve information exchange within the
State Government, between State and Centre for better collaboration, planning and implementation of Government schemes.

Clientele :
 Farmers
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Agricultural scientists
Processing industries
Extension officials
Input service providers
Central and State Governments
Planners and Policy makers and other stake holders

Modules developed :
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Monthly Multilevel Review (MMR)
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Pest Incidence - Natural Calamity Incidence
Farm Mechanisation (Beneficiaries)
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Insecticide Quality Control
Fertiliser Quality Control
Seed Quality Control
Shop Masters (Inputs dealers)
RSK Profile
Monthly Reporting System of ADA and RSK

Architecture : Windows web server
Database : SQL Server 2005
Data Updation Mechanism : At Taluk level

Roll out Status:
 In 2008-09 Chikmagalur and Shimoga were selected for Pilot implementation which concluded successfully.
 In the current year it will be rolled out to the remaining districts.
 The Department will strive to develop farmer centric modules.

Future Plans – Citizen Centric Applications
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Development of Bhoo Chethana (Rainfed
Agricultural Mission for productivity
Enhancements)
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Development of Micro- irrigation module
Up-gradation of Raitamitra website
Comprehensive modules for quality control labs
Exclusive web-server in the Department

Problems faced in execution of e-Governance projects
 Time lag between identification, reporting and rectification of problems encountered during data entry at field level
 Lack of manpower at Taluk level for data entry in agrisnet
 Adds to existing work load