Information from agricultural experts through an interactive website promises to serve as potent manure for farmers for a rich harvest. Farmers across rural India can now dig up relevant demand-driven farming knowledge via aAqua.org, an initiative of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay and its partners.
From the website, Prasad Kaledhonkar got to know about the white patterns emerging on tomato plant leaves in Tamil Nadu. A farmer’s daughter, Niyatee Nilesh of Thane, received advice on buying agricultural land, while Shirish from Maharashtra learnt about using waste water from the kitchen to irrigate gardens.
The website provides crop recommendations through a crop-keyboard browser. It also contains a section called "crop doctor" that explains different crop diseases through photographs.
The section "Bhav puchiye" (Ask the price) has practical use, as it displays market rates of different agricultural products from across India. "aAqua stands for almost all questions answered," says Krithi Ramamrutham, IIT-Bombay’s head at the Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology. (IANS)
From the website, Prasad Kaledhonkar got to know about the white patterns emerging on tomato plant leaves in Tamil Nadu. A farmer’s daughter, Niyatee Nilesh of Thane, received advice on buying agricultural land, while Shirish from Maharashtra learnt about using waste water from the kitchen to irrigate gardens.
The website provides crop recommendations through a crop-keyboard browser. It also contains a section called "crop doctor" that explains different crop diseases through photographs.
The section "Bhav puchiye" (Ask the price) has practical use, as it displays market rates of different agricultural products from across India. "aAqua stands for almost all questions answered," says Krithi Ramamrutham, IIT-Bombay’s head at the Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology. (IANS)