AGRICULTURE
HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS? • First of all farmer can subscribe to the service by registration through SMS. After registration farmer can query seed information for a specific crop. When system receives the request, first of all system checks the crop for which farmer is requesting the seed information for. After the evaluation of request, system checks the database and retrieves specific seed information about the crops. SMS is generated from the retrieved information and reply is sent to the farmer.
PHYSICAL AND HUMAN FARM INPUTS
MAIN GOALS: 1) increasing quantity, 2) improving quality, 3) reducing costs, 4) diversifying crops
FUNCTIONS: Weather forecast Pest attack warnings Market rates update Schedule of water availability in the canals Personalization of information for the individual farmers • Addition of agricultural experts in the system • Mobile application for simple mobile phones • Query response through voice mail • • •
Main page of site
SEED SELLER
ADMINISTRATOR HAS THE FOLLOWING FUNCTIONALITIES AT THE WEB PORTAL • 1. SMS sending Module • 2. Automated broadcasting • 3. Automated web crawling • 4. User Management • 5. User statistics • 6. Subscription requests moderation • 8. SMS history • 9. News updates
ADMIN PANEL
• Seed Sellers • Agricultural Advisories • Farmers • Administrator USERS OF THIS WEB PORTAL
• To create such ICT project in agriculture sector we would like to cooperate with The Ministry of Industry New Technologies of the Republic of Kazakhstan The Ministry of Agriculture for being investors. Also as we connect web portal with mobile phones, we hope services of cellular communications like Activ, Tele 2, Beeline, Kcell, etc. will be stakeholders.
CONCLUSION • The system with proposed extension can be a mile stone in changing the life style of farmers and may lead to increased agricultural productivity in Kazakhstan. Real value of the system is that a large number of farmers facing similar problems can acquire the latest and pertinent information regarding the problem they are facing and its solution. This system can also help the agriculture product sellers to change their marketing strategies. Agriculture product sellers spend millions in printing the literature for advertisement of the products. With use of this system they can market their product efficiently and cost effectively. Use of Information Technology (IT) in agricultural information flow is completely a new field in Kazakhstan and it can play a significant role in achieving excellence in agriculture productivity.