An Information System for Dissemination of Technology - Sumit

Information System for Dissemination of Ready to Adopt Agricultural Technologies
ABSTRACT
Information System for Dissemination of Ready to Adopt Agricultural Technologies (ISDAT) is a web based user-friendly, information system for ready to adopt agricultural technologies of ICAR. It is developed as comprehensive information system for ready to adopt agricultural technologies. The information, which is available in the form of books, journals, popular magazines, etc., is beyond the reach of their actual users can be easily accessible through internet. In the present world of information technologies where every other service is available over internet the same channel could be very much effective for the dissemination of such technology. Therefore in this electronic era the ISDAT may help progressive farmers, industrialists, researchers, students and extension workers for rapid dissemination of knowledge and benefit humankind. ISDAT is a web application developed using Java technology stack. Three-layered architecture of this system comprises Client Side Interface Layer implemented in HTML and JavaScript, Server Side Application Layer implemented in Java Server Pages and the third layer is database layer implemented in Microsoft SQL Server 2000. ISDAT can be easily configured as a network-based system with a web server at IASRI so that information remains available on-line. This information system can be browse through internet without any login credentials while to for any data related changes user have to login into the system. Keywords: Information System, ICAR Technologies, Extension, Java, SQL Server, Web-Server, Internet.

1. INTRODUCTION The information needs of agricultural research data are growing day-by-day and there is need to develop information systems for expanding the knowledge base, and preserving it for meeting the research demands in agricultural science. Agricultural research in India is undertaken at various agricultural research institutes

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