Agriculture
- Agricultural Technologies Can Increase Global Crop Yields By 67pc
Pakistan, which has an agrarian economy, is not equipped to adapt to climate change because of its low technological and resource base. It has suffered a loss of billions because of the floods in recent years. A new strategy is required to mitigate and...
- Us Launches New Mobile Project For Farmers, Fishermen In Kpk
The United States, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), launched a new pilot project to introduce mobile enabled advisory and financial services for peach and potato farmers and fishermen in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. As a result...
- Rice Farmers Advised To Adopt Sri Tech For Higher Yield
Noticing the falling yield of rice in Pakistan the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) representative has urged the Pakistani rice farmers to adopt the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) prepared by the World Bank Institute (WBI) and widely practiced...
- Agricultural Sector Promotes Biotechnology
Wednesday, July-10-2013 National Food Security and Research Federal Minister Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan, discussed the need to promote biotechnology at the launch ceremony of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)...
- Agriculture: 1 Million Farmers To Get Tips By Phone
Farmers would have to provide their CNIC numbers, mobile numbers and details related to their agriculture land and crop for registration, says official. IMAGE: CREATIVE COMMON -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FAISALABAD:...
Agriculture
Agriculture through SMS
July 18, 2013
Agriculture is the backbone of Pakistan. Half of the population?s direct source of income is agriculture. Agriculture is facing a lot of problems nowadays, which is resulting in increase in poverty ratio every year. We have first investigated the complete lifecycle of farming and have tried to find solutions to the problem faced by the farmer throughout the lifecycle. 
The communication gap between farmers and agricultural information providers is the actual problem. Taking maximum advantages of technology we therefore need to develop a platform where farmers and agricultural information providers can communicate with much more ease as compared to typical communication methods.
The most convenient system can be of proper utilisation of the medium of mobile phone through SMS. The system has the functionality of automated query response feature which is very useful for the farmers. It is so encouraging to know that the Punjab Directorate of Agricultural Information has also launched this programme.
Most of the agriculture based countries especially in South Asia region are promoting and effectively utilising SMS Agriculture Information Services to keep their farmers updated and properly advised. This service is also working effectively in other countries like Kenya, South Africa, Thailand and India.
In order to make the system effective a translation module should also be included, making it easier to translate the common terminologies into local language in day to day farming. It is therefore believed that the success of implementation and management of this system will ultimately bring a viable change not only in farming applications but also it will help in maximising the yields of our crops.
Source: Pakistan Today - Agricultural Technologies Can Increase Global Crop Yields By 67pc
Pakistan, which has an agrarian economy, is not equipped to adapt to climate change because of its low technological and resource base. It has suffered a loss of billions because of the floods in recent years. A new strategy is required to mitigate and...
- Us Launches New Mobile Project For Farmers, Fishermen In Kpk
The United States, through the US Agency for International Development (USAID), launched a new pilot project to introduce mobile enabled advisory and financial services for peach and potato farmers and fishermen in Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. As a result...
- Rice Farmers Advised To Adopt Sri Tech For Higher Yield
Noticing the falling yield of rice in Pakistan the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) representative has urged the Pakistani rice farmers to adopt the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) prepared by the World Bank Institute (WBI) and widely practiced...
- Agricultural Sector Promotes Biotechnology
Wednesday, July-10-2013 National Food Security and Research Federal Minister Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan, discussed the need to promote biotechnology at the launch ceremony of the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications (ISAAA)...
- Agriculture: 1 Million Farmers To Get Tips By Phone
Farmers would have to provide their CNIC numbers, mobile numbers and details related to their agriculture land and crop for registration, says official. IMAGE: CREATIVE COMMON -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------FAISALABAD:...