ICAR-IIOR sunflower: an android mobile app for knowledge dissemination: ICAR-IIOR sunflower: an android mobile app for knowledge dissemination

P MADHURI; H P MEENA; M SUJATHA; S N SUDHAKARA BABU; R D PRASAD

doi:10.56739/cas4ng83

Authors

P MADHURI ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad-500030
H P MEENA ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad-500030
M SUJATHA ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad-500030
S N SUDHAKARA BABU ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad-500030
R D PRASAD ICAR-Indian Institute of Oilseeds Research, Hyderabad-500030

https://doi.org/10.56739/cas4ng83

Keywords:

Android, ICT, Mobile App, Package of practices, Sunflower

Abstract

India has become the fastest growing mobile market in recent years. In India, there are enormous opportunities for utilizing the smart phones as a part of agribusiness improvement. Usage of smart phones is exponentially increasing in rural areas hence, providing information to large number of farmers. In this context ICAR-IIOR-SUNFLOWER, mobile app was developed by ICAR-IIOR to provide entire package of practices required for sunflower cultivation. The App supports English language and available on Google play store. Features include offline and online mode and offer valuable information to the extension workers, farmers, sunflower researchers and other stakeholders.

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ICAR-IIOR sunflower: an android mobile app for knowledge dissemination