Canning S Shabong

Canning S Shabong

Organization Department of Agriculture, Meghalaya (India)
Organization type Government/Bilateral Organization
Country India

B.Sc(Agri); MBA(Marketing) Agriculture Development Officer(Info &IT) Directorate of Agriculture, Meghalaya. He Started his career in sales and marketing of computer hardware, training and services with Anderson Computers Pvt. Ltd. Shillong in 1990 and thereafter joined the Department of Agriculture, Meghalaya in 1993. Subsequently was deputed on foreign service to Meghalaya State Agricultural Marketing Board, Shillong for a period of 9 years. Was instrumental in stabilising the first Regulated Market in the State and was team member in the development of an online market information portal in collaboration with NIC, Meghalaya. Current job assignment is Project Lead, Meghalaya AGRISNET, an ICT project funded by the Ministry of Agriculture for providing improved services to the farming community. He is also the Project Co-ordinator for Meghalaya Intelligent Advisory System for Farmers, (IASF) in collaboration with CDAC, Mumbai. Has extensive knowledge in the domain of National e-Governance Program (NeGP), having underwent an intensive 5 weeks Chief Information Officer training conducted by the National Institute of Smart Governance (NISG), Hyderabad. Also visited Australia for a one week exposure on ICT applications conducted by the Department of Human Services, ACT, at Canbera. Current job profile - Team Leader Meghalaya AGRISNET Project, Project Co-Ordinator IASF Meghalaya, IT Systems Administrator, Webmaster, Agriculture Information specialist, Member Departmental PEMT, Agriculture Marketing Specialist.

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Impacts of ICTs in Agriculture: Farmers and Mobile Phones in Morocco

Submitted by Canning S Shabong on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 10:58
Hi, Some States in India are implementing AGRISNET projects, which envisages using ICT for providing improved services to the farming community. In the course of implementing such projects, it is important to take into consideration the delivery channels which will provide easy access to such information. In Meghalaya, the Department of Agriculture is implementing this project through a pilot in Ri-Bhoi District. In the course of the project implementation, it is evident that mobile devise is emerging as a very viable platform for collection of data like market rates, commodity wholesale prices, market arrivals etc from the field as well as in delivery of processed information to the stakeholders. Today, mobile device has emerged as a truly mobile platform for information collection and delivery. Mobile device can also serve as a tool for empowering farmers and facilitating group marketing in rural areas. The Department of Agriculture, Meghalaya is also using ICT for delivering daily/weekly market price information through a web portal for the farming community and other marketing functionaries. Our partners in the field also download these prices and paste them on notice board in the villages for farmers to see and use it for market related decision making. You can visit our website at htp://www.megamb.gov.in Canning S Shabong, B.Sc(Agri), PGDMM Information Officer(Agri & IT) Directorate of Agriculture Meghalaya

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