Framework to leverage cloud for the modernization of the Indian agriculture system

Abstract

In India, Information and Communication technology (ICT) is being used vastly as a tool in almost every sector like education, health, media, etc. But if we talk about Indian agriculture, ICT is still to be exploited for its benefits. Many initiatives have been taken by Government of India to promote and introduce ICT in agricultural field. On comparing to its counter developing countries like China, Japan, etc. where advanced ICT technologies like IOT are being implemented in agriculture sector, we find that for India still there is a long road ahead to travel. This paper proposes a cloud deployment model "Agri-assistant", which provides agriculture related information assistance to Indian farmers living in rural areas, facing financial and connectivity constraints. The model leverages the existing Government services and mobile service to provide a solution to existing scenario with minimum burden on farmer's pocket.

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