USEFUL WEBSITES OF AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION

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USEFUL WEBSITES OF AGRICULTURAL INFORMATION
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http//farmer.gov.in
"Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian
Economy"- said Mahatma Gandhi six decades ago.
Even today, the situation is still the same, with
almost the entire economy being sustained by
agriculture, which is the mainstay of the
villages. Not only the economy, but also every
one of us looks up to agriculture for our
sustenance too. Indian farmers are second to
none in production and productivity inspite of
the fact that millions are marginal and small
farmers. The farmers took up the challenge to
make India self sufficient in food grains and
agriculture products. They adopted improved
agriculture technology as efficiently as farmers
in developed countries without much financial
subsidies unlike their counterparts in developed
nations.
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General Insurance Companies empanelled under Crop
Insurance Schemes
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Nationalised Banks / Public-sector
banks/Private-sector banks
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http//agmarknet.nic.in/

• The Directorate of Marketing and Inspection
  (DMI) headed by the Agricultural Marketing
  Advisor, Department of Agriculture Co-operation
  (DAC) implements agricultural marketing policies
  and programmes of the Government of India. It
  undertakes
• Market Research and Surveys
•  Market Development
•  Training of personnel in agricultural
  marketing in the country
•  Promotion of Cold Storages
• Marketing extension, consumer education etc.
• Agricultural Marketing Reforms
• DMI Statistics 2008-2009
• DMI Statistics 2009-2010
• DMI Statistics 2010-2011
• DMI Statistics 2011-2012
• NUMBER OF WHOLE SALE, RURAL PRIMARY REGULATED
  MARKETS IN INDIA
• Confidential Reports

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http//agroecommerce.com/

• Agroecommerce Network Pvt Ltd. (ANPL) is
  established to promote "Total Quality
  Agriculture" in the farming sector and to convert
  farmer as an industrialist, a right with which he
  has been denied with due to traditional thinking
  in the sector. Also it has been established with
  the other objective of meeting the requirements
  of distribution of agricultural products by
  providing right realization to the
  producers/sellers of agroproducts and making the
  same available to consumers/buyers at the right
  price. To achieve this, ANPL creates the physical
  network of farmers through setting up of Krishi
  Pragati Kendra's at 5 village level and also
  backward, forward and services integration with
  the Kendra's.

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http//www.nabard.org/english/home.aspx

• MissionPromote sustainable and equitable
  agriculture and rural prosperity through
  effective credit support, related services,
  institution development and other innovative
  initiatives.
• In pursuing this mission, NABARD focuses its
  activities on
• Credit functions, involving preparation of
  potential-linked credit plans annually for all
  districts of the country for identification of
  credit potential, monitoring the flow of ground
  level rural credit, issuing policy and
  operational guidelines to rural financing
  institutions and providing credit facilities to
  eligible institutions under various programmes.
• Development functions, concerning reinforcement
  of the credit functions and making credit more
  productive.
• Supervisory functions, ensuring the proper
  functioning of cooperative banks and regional
  rural banks.

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Government sponsored schemes
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http//rkmp.co.in/

• The RKMP has several global firsts in terms of
  comprehensiveness and utility. Built on web 2.0
  standards, this portal caters to location
  specific information needs of many stakeholders
  through IP based customization on 24X7
  bases.  Another striking feature of this portal
  is providing content in local language.
•   The Extension and Farmers domains provide
  production know how, package of practices, FAQs
  etc., in English and local languages.  In
  research domain, various services are provided
  such as AICRIP Intranet, archives of AICRIP data
  (27000 datasets!), communities of practice (CoP),
  bio-informatics suite, approach papers, India
  Rice Research Repository (i3R), status papers on
  rice for different states etc.

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http//agropedia.iitk.ac.in/

• agropedia is a vision which seeks to address
  lacunae in Indian agriculture knowledge and
  application, specifically the lack of content,
  organized information, and extension services
  which are serious challenges. It has developed
  delivery mechanisms such as vKVK and KVK-Net, whic
  h are a means to connect extension scientists and
  farmers, based on its web platform which hosts
  information on agriculture and rural livelihood. 
  The web platform,agropedia, is unique in the
  agricultural domain as it is semantically
  organized and enabled so as to assist one in
  getting exactly what information or service she
  or he is looking for. Along with content in the
  library section, certified by the Indian Council
  of Agricultural Research (gyan dhara), it also
  allows space for interaction, knowledge
  co-creation (jana gyan) and social networking
  (chat, blog, forum) making the site dynamic and
  learning participative.
• agropedia has developed in two phases- Phase I
  concentrating on content development and
  development of the web platform and Phase II on
  the delivery platform for extension services.

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http//apagrisnet.gov.in/
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http//imd.gov.in/

• To take meteorological observations and to
  provide current and forecast meteorological
  information for optimum operation of
  weather-sensitive activities like agriculture,
  irrigation, shipping, aviation, offshore oil
  explorations, etc.
• To warn against severe weather phenomena like
  tropical cyclones, norwesters, duststorms, heavy
  rains and snow, cold and heat waves, etc., which
  cause destruction of life and property.
• To provide meteorological statistics required for
  agriculture, water resource management,
  industries, oil exploration and other
  nation-building activities.
• To conduct and promote research in meteorology
  and allied disciplines.
• To detect and locate earthquakes and to evaluate
  seismicity in different parts of the country for
  development projects.

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http//villageorganics.in/

• We live in fast-paced 21st century with all
  comforts and conveniences there is an increasing
  concern about health, peace and environment.
  There is a longing for a sense of community,
  connecting with nature and experiencing
  traditional village ambience.
• Community Supported Organic farming (CSF) model
  is gaining popularity world over where members
  own a portion of land and enjoy healthy organic
  food, a sense of belonging and a connection with
  ecofriendly nature. We at Village Organics
  adapted principles of CSA and added other
  aspects. The sandalwood cultivation for long term
  financial benefit, eco-village, health yoga
  center and a sense of community.
• Village Organics is a group composed of
  passionate people with diverse, world class
  education expertise in Sustainable Organic
  Agriculture, Sandalwood cultivation, Traditional
  Knowledge systems, health and eco-village design,
  etc. We can join together to create a better
  world today and for the future generations.

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http//ikisan.com/

• Ikisan is an agricultural portal, a one-stop
  information resource for Indian farmer. Ikisan
  provides online, detailed content on crops, crop
  management techniques, fertilisers pesticides
  and a host of other agriculture related material.
  Latest updates on related markets, products and
  weather forecasts are also available.
• Generic information enriches you with common
  topics on agriculture like Soils, Seeds,
  Nutrients, Rural Credit, Insurance, Sprayers,
  Machinery etc.
• Crop Specific Information deals with localised
  cropwise details.

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http//www.agriwatch.com/

• About Agriwatch
• Agriwatch.com is brought to you by Indian
  Agribusiness Systems Pvt. Ltd. (IASL), a company
  started by a group of young technocrats and trade
  professionals who have had a long association
  (cumulatively more than 150 years) with the
  Indian Agribusiness Sector.
• The agribusiness sector is characterized by multi
  layered channels on the Agricultural Input and
  Output side, poor quality of information and
  analysis about Demand, Supply, Prices, Market
  Trends for various agri-commodities. The
  promoters of this organization, coming from an
  Agricultural background felt the need to address
  these anomalies in this sector and therefore have
  come together to create a professional team and
  an organization to deliver value to the
  participants at all the levels in this sector.

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http//commodityindia.com/

• Foretell Business Solutions Private Limited,
  owns www.CommodityIndia.com, India's most
  authentic information and research base on
  commodities. Foretell, incorporated in 1996, is a
  Bangalore-based agri-business and commodity
  research firm. Foretell stands for authenticity,
  independent and unbiased research and is
  committed to making client's business more
  profitable through its relevant products and
  services.Foretell serves its clients through
  information and data services, trade /
  procurement advisory and specific consulting.
  Foretell also organizes several path-breaking
  seminars and conferences for the benefit of
  commodity participants.Professionally competent
  and committed human resources from diverse
  background such as Agricultural Economics,
  Finance, Marketing and Business Management enable
  us to serve our clients in an exemplary manner.

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http//agriculturetoday.in/

• Agriculture Today is India's premier
  agriculture magazine which provides the updates
  of news and analysis on topical issues of
  national and international importance in
  agriculture. The magazine also analyses sectoral
  issues involving biotechnology, farm
  mechanization, crop protection, horticulture,
  animal husbandry, food processing, agribusiness,
  research and extention, high-tech agriculture
  etc. Agriculture Today is content rich and
  information driven magazine with its unique style
  of presentation.

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http//apeda.gov.in/apedawebsite/index.asp
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http//fert.nic.in/

• Department of Fertilizers comes under the ambit
  of Ministry of Chemicals Fertilizers which is
  headed by a Cabinet Minister who is assisted by
  one Minister of State. The main objective of
  Department of Fertilizers is to ensure adequate
  and timely availability of fertilizers at
  affordable prices for maximizing agricultural
  production in the country. The main activities of
  this Department in relation to the fertilizer
  industry are overall sectoral planning and
  development and regulation of the industry, as
  well as monitoring of production pricing and
  distribution of the output. This Department also
  administers 9 Public Sector Undertaking and one
  Multi-State Co-operative Society. For details of
  the PSUs, see fertilizers PSUs.

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