Government of Kerala-Kerala - KISSAN

The Karshaka Information Systems Services and Networking (KISSAN-Kerala)

project was developed, implemented, and managed by the Indian Institute of

Information Technology and Management- Kerala (IIITM-K) based upon the

recommendations of the State High-Level committee on IT and BT in Agriculture.

It is an integrated and multi-model agricultural information system for Kerala.

The project has several features that put the potential  and power of ICT

to effective use in agriculture related knowledge empowerment and extension

activities.

The main aim of this project is to empower the farmer with news and

information regarding government schemes, assistance from other related

agencies, research findings of practical relevance, etc. This would enable them

to take advantage of the various development programs initiated by various

agencies in the farming sector in an integrated manner. The web applications are

developed using MVC architecture. The frontend applications were developed using

JSP, Java Servlets and Beans in the middle tier, and Oracle/My SQL as the

backend. The server platforms are on Linux and the development environment is on

Windows.

	Project Specs Business problem: There was no single window access to relevant content in local language. IT solution: Brought out agricultural information in the form of a portal Impact: This project is an enabler in generating massive agricultural economic growth. IT Implementation partner: IIITM-K
Dr KR Srivathsan, Director, IIITM-K