PERCEPTION OF AGRICULTURE STAFF IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ICT IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN J&K STATE (INDIA)

In order to transform rural community into information driven, modern and competitive society, the role of Information Communication Technology (ICT) cannot be ruled out. The people working in the agriculture sector are least equipped with proper tools to deal with rapidly changing agricultural production scenario and international competitive environment. Also, the existing Transfer of Technology mechanisms and extension programs, mostly run by the government departments, eg: Community Information centers (CIC) by National Informatics Centre (NIC) in Jammu and Kashmir state of India are slow and in many cases ineffective as bridges between the research community and the farmers. This is partly due to inadequate use of new means of information dissemination under these programs. The existing "technology divide" can be addressed effectively through extensive use of ICT, especially when the present extension system is no longer relevant and able to meet the increasing demands of our farming community and rural people. So in this scenario the views of stakeholders in the policy making of use of ICT in agriculture and rural development is taken into account. One of the foremost stakeholder is agriculture university which has a liability of disseminating information amongst rural farmers. So we have taken the perception of the agriculture staff also, while formulating guiding principles for the action plan and recommendations in J&K ICT for Agriculture and Rural Development. . For this study, a Stratified sampling has been done for the in-depth analysis to find out the relation of ICT with agriculture and rural development on a five point likert scale. Few of the conclusions that came out were that there is correlation between funding of ICT by the government and uptake of ICT by the farmers and rural people, secondly there is correlation between Literacy of rural people and improved uptake of ICT in the agriculture, thirdly Agriculture Universities needs to play an important role in familiarizing farmers with the use of ICT, so that they become self dependant

Micropropagation of fruit crops: a review

In vitro culture has the greatest commercial value in the extremely quick creation of clonal plants compared to conventional techniques of propagation. It has also proven to be of tremendous practical utility as assistance to the development and maintenance of disease-free planting material, germplasm conservation, and supplements to the regular methods of plant progress, such as plant genetic engineering. The discovery and implementation of current tissue culture techniques are thought to be paving the way for a second green revolution. Here, the standardization of techniques for the in vitro clonal propagation of fruit crops is highlighted. In addition, we summarize the effects of several surface sterilizing agents, plant growth regulators (PGRs), and anti-phenolic chemicals on culture establishment, shoot proliferation, in vitro rooting, hardening and economics of in vitro generation of true-to-type plants

Traditional use of medicinal plants among the tribal communities of Chhota Bhangal, Western Himalaya

The importance of medicinal plants in traditional healthcare practices, providing clues to new areas of research and in biodiversity conservation is now well recognized. However, information on the uses for plants for medicine is lacking from many interior areas of Himalaya. Keeping this in view the present study was initiated in a tribal dominated hinterland of western Himalaya. The study aimed to look into the diversity of plant resources that are used by local people for curing various ailments. Questionnaire surveys, participatory observations and field visits were planned to illicit information on the uses of various plants. It was found that 35 plant species are commonly used by local people for curing various diseases. In most of the cases (45%) under ground part of the plant was used. New medicinal uses of Ranunculus hirtellus and Anemone rupicola are reported from this area. Similarly, preparation of "sik" a traditional recipe served as a nutritious diet to pregnant women is also not documented elsewhere. Implication of developmental activities and changing socio-economic conditions on the traditional knowledge are also discussed

An Approach to Mobile Telecom Churn Handling in India

ABSTRACT With a subscriber base of more than 650 million, [4