Dimapur, June 7 (EMN): The Agriculture department of Nagaland is gradually meeting with the age of digital technology. A program launching a drive for
development of mobile applications, or apps, of the National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGPA) was held in the APC Conference hall on June 7.
YM Yolow, parliamentary secretary for Agriculture was the chief guest of the event, a press release from the department of Agriculture stated on Wednesday. During the formal programme, the chief guest declared the project for development of mobile applications “open.” He said that five mobile apps meant for agriculture and allied departments that were identified and recommended by the committee have been ‘officially awarded’ to the department of Information technology & Communication from the day the memorandum of understanding was signed i.e., May 16.
Parliamentary Secretary Yolow said that the ‘recent advancement’ of technology had brought people closer. However, he said that it had both ‘merit’ and ‘demerit.’ He called upon the Agriculture and allied departments to take advantage of the mobile apps that would now be developed.
The keynote address at the event was delivered by KD Vizo, Commissioner and Secretary. In his address, Vizo said that the Nagaland was basically an agriculture-based economy and an agriculture-based society. Through the NeGPA, the Government of India is exploring all possibilities to promote agriculture products by using state-of-art technology, he said. He said that any application through the mobile phone will have enormous impact ‘as the mobile penetration in the state is fairly good.’
The official said also that the department of Agriculture had chosen a right platform to promote agriculture-related activities. He mentioned that
Based on the memorandum of understanding that was signed between the department of Agriculture and Information Technology & Communication, he said, ‘they will be developing five mobile applications and the work has already been started.’
