The Agriculture Mission Mode Project is one of the 27 Mission Mode Projects (MMPs) of the
National e-Governance Plan
The National e-Governance Plan (NeGP) is an initiative of the Government of India to make all government services available to the citizens of India via electronic media. NeGP was formulated by the Department of Electronics and Information Techno ...
of the
Government of India. It is being run under the direction of the Department of Agriculture and Cooperation within the
Ministry of Agriculture.
Requirement
In 2005, several experts recommended
e-governance
Electronic governance or e-governance is the application of information technology for delivering government services, exchange of information, communication transactions, integration of various stand-alone systems between government to citiz ...
to develop
agriculture and provide services to livestock owners, farmers, and
NGOs. The services suggested included timely information during disasters to minimize loss of life and material. The information provided can also help make decisions with data about the market.
The Department of Agriculture and Cooperation (DAC) had several e-governance initiatives in the field of agriculture.
[ States have also implemented such projects.
The Agriculture MMP aims to replicate the agricultural e-governance projects being carried in different states at a national level and provide the services through multiple delivery channels such as the centralized agricultural portal, Kisan Centres, touch screens, and mobiles.
This project stresses on using IT in all stages of the agricultural crop cycle including the crop selection stage, the pre-cultivation stage, the crop management stage, the pre-harvest stage, the harvesting stage and the post-harvest stage.]pests
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, government schemes, and weather.
Work in States
It is proposed to complete the project over a period of 32 months after the approval of the project. Initially, the project is to be rolled out in the 1505 blocks of 187 districts in the seven states of Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra
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, Madhya Pradesh.[
In Himachal Pradesh, the state-level AGRISNET website www.hpagrisnet.gov.in, has been rolled out under this project which can be also accessed through 2,664 Lok Mitra Kendras set up at the panchayat-level. The services being offered include best practices, market information, expert advisory for diseases and forms.
In Madhya Pradesh, a state-level empowerment committee has been constituted with Agriculture Production Commissioner, Madhya Pradesh as the chairperson to implement NeGP-A.
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References
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Further reading
Country report on plant protection India
International Plant Protection Convention
E-government in India
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare