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e-Learning
More than 60 percent of our population is dependent on agriculture and allied activities. Ecologically sound agriculture is knowledge intensive. Farm women and men need dynamic information relating to meteorological, management and marketing factors as related to crops and animal husbandry, fisheries, agro-forestry and agro-processing. The new approach to improving productivity and employment generation is information and knowledge intensive. Apart from information related to farming, rural women and men urgently need access to healthcare information. Increased health expenditure is an important cause of farmers’ indebtedness, one of the causes of suicides. Information on the health status of livestock and poultry, on-farm and off farm livelihoods and market-led entrepreneurship opportunities for the poor and the marginalised in rural India need attention. There is also need for promoting functional literacy among the adult illiterate and making learning joyful for the young through interactive pedagogic methodologies. All this can be effectively done through a network of Rural Knowledge Centers (RKCs) across the country that focus on skill building at the local level and information empowerment with the help of contemporary Information and Communication Technology (ICT) with the use of APTS tools.
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