An Attempt towards Structuring Agricultural Information using WhatsApp as Query redressal Social Media Platform

摘要

ICT has been initiated and implemented e?ectively by thepublic private partnership, government, researchers and variousInstitutions. Availability of wireless service, Internet and mobilecommunication have forced ICT to fnd foothold in daily routineof the Indian farmers. ICT has huge impact in agriculturaldevelopment but still in natal stage. Many farmers are not availingthe actual potential of ICT due to poverty, social constraint,illiteracy, language barriers and unwillingness to adopt newtechnology. Many Indian farmers have reported positive changein income, quality of produce and timely access to the marketinformation by using latest mobile application. WhatsApp is themost popular and easy to use Mobile Instant Messaging serviceamongst the Indian farmer. It supports sharing of localizedinformation and utilizing these services as query redressalpublic platform. Tis paper is an attempt to gather meaningfulagricultural data for analysis and fltering of relevant need basedinformation assessment. Te main focus of the present work is todevelop an automatic information handling and redressal of theneed based agricultural information system using WhatsApp associal media platform.