There is a growing need to reduce the use of poisonous chemicals in the food production. We need a system to monitor and manage such chemical usage. Due to globalization, the supplier and the consumer can be across the countries or continents. Hence global crop quality standards must consider; local regulations, grower's knowledge/skills and also agro input ecosystem. We need to carefully study the entire supply-chain, various stakeholders and find the points of exchange of the products or services. Digital technology can help to map and manage this diversity, across different time zones, culture, language and practices. mKRISHI® provides a digital platform to identify the farm, record, the laborer skills, manage pesticide inventory and including consumption date, time, dosage, etc. Each plot was identified by plot code and Global Gap Number (GGN). Hence, it's easy to trace back the produce (grape box) to the plot as well as get the agro inputs used to produce it. Using a QR code and a mobile app, it's easy for the consumer to get the desired information at their fingertips. Such end to end supply chain digitization not only improves the traceability but also creates a digital mapping framework from farm to fork.
Climate change is now more visible in the form of frequent changes in the weather patterns leading to severe drought or floods. It endangers the food security, especially shrinking of cultivable land and increasing population. Agricultural Research Institutes are working on new cropping patterns, new heat and flood tolerant varieties and cultivation practices. However in the absence of sound knowledge extension system the results of such massive and costly research do not reach its end users, in this case farmers, on time. This research paper talks about the, National Agricultural Innovation Project (NAIP) pilot conducted to develop strategies to enhance Adaptive Capacity to Climate Change in vulnerable regions in India. As part of this research, extensive field demonstrations and data analysis were done to demonstrate how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can play a crucial role in establishing a two way connect between the Research Lab and the end users of research. While Agricultural research can focus on identification of current and future risks to livelihoods due to climatic variability and development or identification of regional climate specific crop varieties and crop practices, the IT and ICT can work jointly to use the outcome of such research to spread awareness and promote the use of such varieties and practices in adaptation by farmers and other stakeholders through an ICT platform.
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