The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has launched a portal to disseminate farm-related information to improve agricultural productivity and farm income for small and marginal ryots. Launched in partnership with the e-Extension Centre of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), the ICICI Knowledge Park (IKP) Centre for Advancement in Agricultural Practice (ICAAP), the portal (www.advanceagripractice.in) currently provides data on rice, pulses (black gram and green gram), sugarcane, banana, and coconut in the delta region of Tamil Nadu (Thanjavur and Tiruvarur districts). It will in due course be scaled up to include data on major commodities such as wheat, cotton, groundnut, tapioca, turmeric, mango, and maize, fodder crops and animal husbandry topics such as cattle, buffalo, goat, sheep, and poultry farming as well as tribal agriculture. "We're aware of the challenges of information dissemination in a lingually diverse country like India. So we will be making available content in regional languages as we move along," said Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere, director of IFPRI's Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office. In Tamil by year-end The Tamil content is expected to be ready by the year-end. The IFPRI will also explore various dissemination platforms that are farmer-friendly such as text messages, street plays and bulletins on radio and television. The data available on the portal includes region specific information such as soil fertility status ...
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