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MSSRF’s research to be featured in Springer India’s special issue on ICT and Agriculture

14/11/2018

Chennai, November 14, 2018: M S Swaminathan Research Foundation coordinated with the journal ‘CSI Transactions on ICT’, published by Springer India, to bring out a special issue on Information Communication and Technology (ICT) and Agriculture. The emphasis of the proposed special issue of the journal is on publishing articles on the applicability and impact of diverse technologies among the farming and fishing community.

CSI Transactions on ICT, being a peer-reviewed journal, aims at providing the most credible and reliable source of information on contemporary developments in modern ICTs. It welcomes research articles on ICT applications in different development sectors including agriculture.

This special issue is set to carry nine papers that capture the participatory research, development experience and scientific interventions made by MSSRF along with its associated partners in the area of integrating ICTs and Agriculture.

Special Issue: ICT and Agriculture

Sl. No.	Title of the article	Name of the authors
1	ICT and agriculture	Madhura Swaminathan and M.S. Swaminathan
2	Role of hub and spoke model for ICTs in agriculture	Nancy J. Anabel, Priyanka Mohan and R. Rajkumar
3	Quality farmer training videos to support South–South learning	Paul Van Mele, Florent Okry, Jonas Wanvoeke, Nafissath Fousseni Barres, Phil Malone, Jo Rodgers, Evana Rahman and Ahmad Salahuddin
4	Fisher Friend Mobile Application: a decision support system for small scale fishers in India	Nancy J. Anabel, S. Velvizhi and D. Suvitha
5	Mobile based learning for sustainable livelihoods: gender and pedagogy in the Life Long Learning for Farmers programme in India	P. Thamizoli, K. Balasubramanian, James Onyango, K. Kamaraj and R. Rengalakshmi
6	Role of Plant Clinics in addressing pest and disease management	R. Rajkumar and Nancy J. Anabel
7	The online culture of agriculture: exploring social media readiness of agricultural professionals	Bhattacharjee Suchiradipta and Saravanan Raj
8	Learning through social media: a Promethean gift?	Alexis Carr, P. Thamizoli, R. Rengalakshmi and K. Balasubramanian
9	Application of the internet of things (IoT) for smart farming: a case study on groundnut and castor pest and disease forewarning	Santosh Sam Koshy, Venkata Srikanth Sunnam, Prateek Rajgarhia, Kathiresan Chinnusamy, Durga Prasad Ravulapalli and Sarada Chunduri

MSSRF’s editorial team: Dr. Madhura Swaminathan, Chairperson, Ms. Priyanka Mohan, Consultant, IEC programme, Dr. R Rengalakshmi, Director, Ecotechnology, and Ms. Nancy J Anabel, former Director, IEC, played an important role in contributing and facilitating publishing of the research articles. Technical support was given by Mr. Dayanandam, Secretary, Biotechnology, for uploading and coordinating for the online submission.