KRISHI KOSELI- ICT based Agriculture Information System - Final Year Project Report (CSC-404) 

Abstract

Agriculture occupies a substantial proportion of our country Nepal, and consequently
plays an important role in maintaining natural resources and cultural landscapes, a
precondition for other human activities in rural areas. Unsustainable farming practices
and land use, including mismanaged intensification and land abandonment, have an
adverse impact on natural resources. Having recognized the environmental challenges
of agricultural land use, in 2007 the European Parliament requested the European
Commission to carry out a pilot project on ‘Sustainable Agriculture and Soil
Conservation through simplified cultivation techniques’ (SoCo). The project originated
from close cooperation between the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural
Development (DG AGRI) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC). The JRC’s Institute for
Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS) coordinated the study and implemented it in
collaboration with the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)
More than two-third ofNepal’s population depends on agriculture for their employment
and livelihood. Agriculture contributes more than on third to its GDP. Farmers in Nepal
are facing problems such as inadequate information about agriculture, lack if
marketplace and market price, difficulties in finding global market and advisory
services. This project gives all the general information of the vegetables, types of
diseases that gets in vegetables, fertilizers recommended for those vegetables. The
solution is mobile based and built over the top of Android development kit. The
application is fast and secure. Various examples around the globe show that the farmers
in the field can be accessed using mobile technology.