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Information Technology Application in Agriculture?
Why Information Technology Application in
Agriculture?
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Production in agriculture as well as consumption of agri-produce involves huge numbers. Even the trade channel players also add up to very-very large numbers. It has almost been impossible to manage the data without the use of Information Technology.
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For bulk of the food products, for very long, production and consumption remained local affairs. Only few products, either mass produced or specialty products were only distributed and consumed across long distances. But today with the opening of global economy, the distance between production and consumption areas is shrinking. This requires very-very efficient management of Agri-business Value Chain that can happen only by utilizing Information Technology.
. Most of the development in agriculture has always been in government domain, the private sector has not been allowed to play a major role, with the result, the IT development for agriculture has not been as fast as it has been for many other sectors of economy.
. Trade channel players dealing with any one or few components of value chain have neither been able to develop backward nor forward integration to convert them into large integrated operations. Lack of confidence and trust between the stakeholders has always come in the way of meaningful agri-business development initiatives. With the use of IT tools, transparent arrangements can be established.
. Information for long being recognized as an input to knowledge has acquired a new status of being a “RESOURCE” like land, capital, technology, etc. In a sunrise industry like organic food production, the availability of information and its access to stakeholders through IT tools will enhance the viability, success and growth of this new sector of agriculture.
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