Key Initiatives
Saksham Ghoshna
The ADAPT Dashboard provides the Department of Agriculture all historical information needed to plan, execute, and monitor implementation of government schemes. Through the Dashboard the government can track the progress and view relevant information on a particular scheme, season, soil variety or crop. Farmers can use the Dashboard to access data to assess seasonal variations, soil health, and inputs needed.
Decision Support System
The ADAPT Dashboard provides the Department of Agriculture all historical information needed to plan, execute, and monitor implementation of government schemes. Through the Dashboard the government can track the progress and view relevant information on a particular scheme, season, soil variety or crop. Farmers can use the Dashboard to access data to assess seasonal variations, soil health, and inputs needed.
Pest Surveillance App
To support farmers against pest attacks, the ADAPT team has worked with the Government of Odisha to develop a pest surveillance app. Using this app, farmers can raise pest-related queries in real time. To receive customized solutions from agricultural experts, they just click a picture of the pest and share it on the app.
Agriculture Internship Programme
In order to strengthen its extension workforce, the Government of Odisha launched a first-of-its-kind internship programme for 3rd and 4th year students from 3 agricultural universities. These student associates work as representatives of the Department of Agriculture to solve the information asymmetry that exists between the state and farmers. They work with block level officials and go on the ground to check awareness as well as adoption of government schemes, conduct field and impact assessments, collect data on pests, irrigation, seeds, etc, as well as farmers to create farmer profiles.