Development of Expert System for Agriculture

&
Animal Husbandry

Review Meeting: 16.06.2010

 PARTNERS

DIRECTORATE OF RESEARCH ON WOMEN IN

AGRICULTURE, Bhuvaneshwar

TAMIL NADU AGRICULTURE UNIVERSITY,

Coimbatore

ZONAL PROJECT DIRECTORATE, Zone VIII,

BANGALORE

TAMIL NADU VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES

UNIVERSITY, Chennai
Objectives
i. Identifying location specific knowledge
needs of the farming community for content
generation and digitization.

ii. Development of expert system in

respective languages on the crops and animal
enterprises .

iii. Testing of validity and reliability of the

expert systems at different locations both on men
and women farmers before finalizing on
multilingual customized mode.
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v Data generation and content digitization for paddy, ragi,
sugarcane, coconut and precision farming technology for
banana.
v Expert System development for the above crops.

v Content development of expert system in multilingual

namely Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam with the assistance of
resource centres.

v Expert System shell development for Animal Husbandry

Components

v Testing validity and reliability of the expert system.

Coconut
•Planting Season and Climate related to Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka dist.
•Coconut Varieties for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka dist.
•Nursery Management related to mother palm selection and nursery preparation.
•Cultivation practices of coconut for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.
•Irrigation Management for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.
•Nutrient Management for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.
•Fertilizer calculator and Cost of fertilizer (Tamil Nadu) was prepared.
•Crop Protection Practices of coconut was prepared (Pest management, Disease
management, Physiological disorder and Special problems management).
•Harvesting technologies were prepared.
•Coconut processing details was collected (related to coconut products)
•Listed out Farm implements for coconut
•Marketing committee (Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka), Coconut growers
association Coconut nurseries in States, Schemes on coconut, Further links,
•Statistic details were prepared.
•Prepared cost of cultivation for one acre of coconut garden.
•Prepared Frequently asked questions were prepared.
•Issue based queries preparation are in process.
Coconut Growers Meet was organized at KVK, Kannur

FAQs have also been listed

Photos documentation completed

Video Documentation is in progress

Validation is also in progress

 Paddy
vSoil and Climate related to Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka dist.
vSeason and varieties for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka dist.
vNursery preparation practices for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka
vMain field preparation practices of rice for Tamil Nadu,
Kerala and Karnataka.
vIrrigation Management for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.
vWeed management for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.
vNutrient Management for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.
vCrop Protection Practices (Pest management, Disease management,
Physiological disorder).
vHarvesting and post harvesting technologies
vManagement of storage pest
vSystem of rice cultivation - Cultivation practices
vPaddy Cultivation for different agro eco system
vPrepared Frequently asked questions were prepared for rice pest
and SRI cultivation practices.
vPhoto documentation is also in progress
vVideo documentation is progress
vPaddy growers meet to be organized
 Sugarcane
vSugarcane seasons for Tamilnadu, Kerala and Karnataka also zone wise planting season in
Tamilnadu were collected
vVarieties of sugarcane in Tamilnadu, Kerala and Karnataka
vLand preparation and sett treatment for main field planting
vNursery management in sugarcane
vDifferent Planting methods were collected
vFertilizer requirement, Nutrient management and nutrient deficiency
were prepared
vWater management like drip, surface and sub-surface irrigation
vFertigation in sugarcane
vWeed management
vIntercultural operations which are done in sugarcane
vmplements used in sugarcane cultivation
vCrop protection practices and management
vHarvesting and processing technology of sugarcane
vValue added by products in sugarcane
vSugarcane marketing and cost of cultivation for sugarcane in one acre
vRatoon crop management
vSugar factories and Sugarcane institutes in three states.
vAbove 200 FAQ’s in sugarcane were prepared
vArea, production and productivity of sugarcane in 2000-2009 for Tamilnadu, Kerala and
Karnataka were collected.
vContents Validation is in progress
 Ragi

vPlanting Season, Soil types and Climate related to Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka
vRagi Varieties for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka dist.

vMain Field (Soil, Preparation of Land and Planting, Spacing, Planting, Water
management, Drought management, Weeding and Intercultural operations, Intercropping,
Cultivation practices of Ragi for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.

vIrrigation Management for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.

vFertilizer calculator and Cost of fertilizer (Tamil Nadu) was prepared.

vCrop Protection Practices of Ragi was prepared

(Pest management and Disease management,).
vHarvesting technologies were prepared.

vRagi processing details was collected (related to

Ragi products)
vListed out Farm implements for Ragi
vPrepared Frequently asked questions were prepared.

vIssue based queries preparation are in process.

vPhoto and Video Documentation is in progress

vRagi growers meet will be organized at Mysore

vContents Validation is in progress

Banana under Precision Farming
vPlanting Season and Climate related to Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka dist.
vBanana Varieties for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka dist.
vSelection of sucker for planting, Density of planting, planting method, sucker treatment,
system of planting (garden land, padugai land, hill banana, wet land), propagation material
(tissue banana (procedures involved in producing tissue cultured Banana), sword sucker).
vCultivation practices and calendar of operations of banana field for Tamil Nadu, Kerala and
Karnataka.
vIntercultural operations (weeding, gap filling, bunch spraying, bunch covering, propping, ,
Earthing up, removal of unwanted plants).
vRatoon crop and management were prepared.
vIntegrated nutrient management was prepared.
vContent for Tissue culture banana.
vPhysiological disorders and managements were prepared.
vIrrigation and Nutrient Management for Tamil Nadu,
Kerala and Karnataka.
vDrip irrigation and fertigation schedule for banana
(variety wise) cultivation.
vFertilizer calculator and Cost of fertilizer (Tamil Nadu) was prepared.
vCrop Protection Practices of banana was prepared (Pest management,
Disease management, Physiological disorder management).
vHarvesting technologies were prepared.
vStorage, ripening of fruits, ripening stages of fruits and banana quality
standards were prepared.
vBanana processing details was collected.
vMarketing committee, Banana growers association in States, Further
links, Statistic details were prepared.
vPrepared cost of cultivation for one hectare of Tissue culture banana
cultivation.
vPrepared Frequently asked questions were prepared.
vIssue based queries preparation are in process.
vContents Validation is in progress
Expert System Shell
Image based Expert System (better than farmers own
native language). Most of the Expert System was rule
based. In this Expert System, high resolution images
along with IF-THEN rules and facts were used. All
are real time examples, so the farmers can interpret and
they can interact accordingly. The front end is
VB.NET and the back end is SQL SERVER. As it is
query based, most of the data (symptoms, pictures,
video clippings, control measures, etc.) comes from the
database.

DEMO
BUDGET DETAILS 2009-10

Research
Non Recurring
Travelling contingency & TOTAL
Particulars items
allowance other allotment
00 (6.60 + 5.00)
contingencies
Allotment
09-10
250000 2900000 1160000 4310000

Expenditure
during 85919 2161103 836830 3083852
2009-2010

Balance 164081 738897 323170 1226148