This PPT will help you to know how modern ICT Tools play a vital role in empowering the women livestock farmers. This PPT will also help you to have a idea about various Modern ICT Tools.

1. MORDEN ICT TOOLS: EMPOWERMENT
FOR WOMEN LIVESTOCK FARMERS
Presented by:
Dr.Ranjanmayee Sabar
ID NO: MVM14038(VAE)
MVSc IIyr
Madras Veterinary College
TANUVAS

2. What is ICTs ?
Information and Communication Technology
Diverse set of technological tools and resources to
create
store
generate value
and manage information

3. ICT TOOLS
 Radio
 Television
 Mobile

4. Kiosk
 Touch screen monitor and installed learning
modules on livestock farming made up of
Text
Pictures
graphics
audio files

5.  RAGACOVAS touch screen based
Information Kiosk
 Dairy Information system Kiosk (DISK)
developed by Amul, Anand

6.  Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
Capture data on individual livestock
Community-based radio

7. Kissan Call Centre
Village Knowledge Centers

8. Lifelines India- Soochna Se Samadhan ( Solutions
Through Information

9. Digital Green
https://www.digitalgreen.org

10.  Computer
 Landline Phone

11. Videoconferencing
A live connection between people in
separate
locations for the purpose of communication,
usually involving audio and often text as
well as
video.

12. Information systems
 .Information System or Web-based
Information System uses Internet web
technologies to deliver information and
services
 Poultry expert system from College of veterinary
sciences, Hyderabad
 Information System on Organic Livestock
Farming (ISOLF):
 Dairy Rationing System for the Tropics
(DRASTIC)

13. Akashganga (meaning ‘The Milky Way’)
http://www.akashganga.in/

14. Interactive Electronic Educational (ICT)
Tools
 used to access information and to
communicate with others and to educate
them.
 Information inform of
 text
Image
Graphics
 audio
video
animations

15.  Animal Health information system (AHIS) for Western
Maharashtra (English): Interactive CD
 Health Information System (HIS) for Dairy owners (Marathi) :
Interactive CD (Already commercialized to Nimitya
Enterprises Pune)
 Livestock and Poultry Disease InformationSystem (
LPDIS)(English)
 Pashudhan Avum Kukkut Rog Suchna Pranali( LPDIS)
(Hindi) (Interactive CD)

16.  Knowledge base information retrieval system for buffalo
reproduction (Expert System) and (Information System)
(English Interactive CD)
 Multimedia Training module on IFS (MTMIFS) (Tamil
language) (VCD format )
 Multimedia Training module on IFS (MTMIFS) (English
language)(VCD format )
 Pig feed Formulator (PFF in English and Hindi) Ration
formulation software

17.  Pashu Swasthya Avum Pashu Palan Prashnottri
(Interactive CD)
 Scientific Swine management Video (Hindi and
English)(An interactive VCD) Buffalo Reproduction
Information System (BRIS) (Hindi and English
language)

18. Personal Digital Assistants (PDA)

19. Various Online Portals
 TATA Kisan Sansar
 I-Kisan Limited
 AGMARKNET
 aAQUA

20. https://aaqua.persistent.co.in/aaqua/forum/in
dex

21. http://agmarknet.dac.gov.in/

22. USE OF ICT BY WOMEN
 Use of mobile to get information regarding the animal
health
 Listen to news.
 In touch with family and friends.
 Entertainment
 To fax document
 Data processing

23.  For e –commerce/trade
 Contact business support agencies
 Internet and related services
 Collecting information regarding market prices
 Technology input in animal husbandry

24.  Women own lesser resource and less farm income
 Education
 Lack of electricity
 Language barrier
 Less expenditure on communications facilities

25. ICT APPORACHES IN WORLWIDE
 mPower’s Livestock Management System (LMS)
 The Livestock Market Information System (LMIS)
 SMART
 Women of Uganda Network(WOUGNET )
 Market Extension and Mobile Phones
 FEPPASI (Burkina Faso)
 KenCall Kenya Farmer Helpline

26. WOMEN FRIENDLY ICT APPROACHES IN
INDIA
 Self Employed Women association (SEWA)
 Community radio
 Budhikote cable radio network
 Gyandoot
 Agrowon
 Kongu FM radio

27. FACTORS AFFECTING ACCESS AND USE
OF ICT TOOLS AMONG FARM WOMEN
1. Farmers think they might lose their traditional
methods.
 2. Lack of confidence
 3. Complexity
 4. Lack of adequate awareness
 5. Some ICT tools doesn’t meet the need of the farmer

28.  Cultural attitude
 Cyber café environment
 Multi tasking behavior of women
 own less communication tools.
 Farm size

29. HOW TO INCREASE THE ACCESS
AND USE OF ICT TOOLS AMONG
WOMEN FARMERS
?

30.  Traditional media
 Rural radio
 Community-based radio
 Audio-visual media
 Rural telecentres
 Interactive Multimedia Compact Discs (IMCD)

31.  interesting and entertaining programmes
 simple and affordable tools
 Women friendly communication tools

32. References
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