About eVelanmai

An attempt was done to evolve an effective ICT based technology transfer model called 'e-Velanmai' (Velanmai means 'agriculture' in Tamil language i.e., electronic agriculture) for the dissemination of agricultural information from a multidisciplinary team of the agricultural scientists of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) directly to the needed farmers on pilot basis in the selected command areas (Palar, Aliyar and Varahanadhi sub basin) of Tamil Nadu. The proposed model is aimed to provide timely and appropriate, technical advice to the needed farmers on need basis, thus overcoming the inadequacies experienced in the earlier technology transfer models and achieve agricultural development in the region. This action research project was initiated by the Centre for Agricultural and Rural Development Studies (CARDS) of Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore during July 2007 and it is being implemented with the support of the World bank aided TN-IAM WARM project sponsored by the Government of Tarnil Nadu.) Read more