CABI India plans to build digital repository on agriculture
Thursday, 25 November 2010, 06:44 IST
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New Delhi: Amid poor reach of farm technology from lab to land, CABI India, not-for-profit organisation working on agriculture and environment issues, plans to build a digital repository on agriculture which can be easily accessed to solve farmers' problems. "At present, many innovations of agri-scientists remain unused in the farm lands because the knowledge is incomprehensible by poor and illiterate farmers. To bridge this gap, we are envisaging a project to develop a unified digital repository, which can be used for extension work," CABI India Country Director R K Khetarpal told PTI. The proposed project 'Direct to Farm' will create a repository on agricultural issues repackaged in a simplified form for direct use to farmers in South Asia, he said. Those involved in agriculture -- farmers, extension workers, NGOs and the government -- will benefit from the knowledge bank, he added.
Source: PTI
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