Publication Type : Conference Proceedings
Publisher : 2006 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, IEEE
Source : 2006 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, IEEE, Berkeley, CA, USA, p.34-38 (2006)
Url : https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/4085510
Accession Number : 9309103
Keywords : agriculture, Caching, Database synchronization, Databases, Digital Library, Farmer Outreach, Human computer interaction, Internet and Communication Technologies for Development, knowledge management, Low-bandwidth Application, Multilingual Information Retrieval, Offline Access, Price Information
Campus : Amritapuri
School : Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Computing
Department : Computer Science
Year : 2006
Abstract : aAQUA is an online multilingual, multimedia agricultural portal for disseminating information from and to the grassroots of the Indian agricultural community. aAQUA simultaneously addresses two major challenges in farmer outreach programs - geographic reach and customized delivery. It answers farmers queries based on the location, season, crop and other information provided by farmers. aAQUA makes use of novel database systems and information retrieval techniques like intelligent caching, offline access with intermittent synchronization, semantic-based search, etc. Agricultural content repositories (digital library), Agri-price information (Bhav Puchiye), farmer schemes and various operations support databases (aAQUA-QoS) have also emerged from the experience of aAQUA deployments. aAQUA's large scale deployment provides avenues for researchers to contribute in the areas of knowledge management, cross-lingual information retrieval, and providing accessible content for rural populations. Apart from agriculture, aAQUA can be configured and customized for expert advice over mobile networks and the Internet in education, Healthcare and other domains of interest to a developing population. This paper will showcase the utility of various component databases built into aAQUA to enhance the QoS delivered to rural populations
Cite this Research Publication : K. Ramamritham, Bahuman, A., Subhasri Duttagupta, Bahuman, C., and Balasundaram, S., “Innovative ICT Tools for Information Provision in Agricultural Extension (December 2005)”, 2006 International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development. IEEE, Berkeley, CA, USA, pp. 34-38, 2006.