VASAT engrains a triple-helix approach in all its activities. Source of Agricultural Information, Innovative ICT4D delivery mechanisms and ODL methodology act as the three strands. Click here or download a PDF to know more

Featured RLO

Plowing

a farmer prepares his field for paddy crop in Adakkal Mandal
Photo : Vijayraj 

Kharif field preparation
  • Good Agricultural Practices
  • Integrated nutrient and pest management practices

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Ontology for Agriculture

AGROVOC 

 

FAO's AGROVOC is being upgraded to an Ontology. Revision and refinement of almost 579,166 terms in 19 languages.The main objective of this revision is the conversion of agrovoc from a traditional term-based system into a semantically structured system,called the 'Agricultural ontology service/concept server' (AOS/CS) - Click here to read how ICRISAT is playing an important role in this  endeavor. 

Experience products built using AGROVOC as the substrate

VASAT in Action

VASAT work featured on India's national television

ICRISAT uses a blend of ICT4D approaches to bring about the last mile connectivity. Videoconferencing, teleconferencing and face-to-face approaches are used to connect the rural families to agricultural researchers for agri-related advisories. Teaming up with ISRO and AMS (Adarsha Mahila Samaikhaya), this efforts has been successfully implemented in Adakkal mandal in Andhra Pradesh state in South central India. <Read More>

Challenges from the field

Featured Project

VASAT is involved in developing Micro-level drought vulnerability prediction maps and local long range forecast for rainfall of Adakkal Mandal from last three years. Read More

Click on the scenario to view the drought vulnerability maps for year 2010

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Click to see the Long range prediction for Adakkal Mandal maps for year 2010

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Recent VASAT Publications

  • Disaster Preparedness using IT Tools: Case Studies on the use of ICT and GIS Derived tools for Micro-Level Drought Preparedness. Download   (PDF 2.65MB)

  • Content Reusability in eLearning - ICRISAT’s experiments with LMS. Download   (PDF 55KB)

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Videoconferencing

There is a need for a more effective agricultural extension system. With the role of extension undergoing a profound change, ICT-based techologies are helping build better and more effective extension channels. The use of two-way videoconferencing is bringing encouraging results in this paradigm.

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Experiments

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GIS-based dynamic applications

 

Information layered using GIS