TELESUPPORT-INDIA

‘Two-way communication between rural communities in India and Knowledge Centres and Expert Networks in India and Europe’

The project will develop and test a model for two-way communication between rural communities in selected regions of India and European and Indian knowledge centres and networks to find solutions to local problems in agriculture and natural resources management.

The project will create a European-Indian framework for cooperation linked to associated international networks

Direct beneficiaries are participating women and farmer groups in local communities who will have enhanced access to information, while Indian NGOs will benefit from improved information services for their extension programmes.

Thematic focus

 Location

Soil fertility  

Gayeshpur  is located in the region of 22o 58’ N longitude and 88o 31’ E latitude and at 9.75 m   above mean sea level. This locality is situated in humid sub tropical region of Eastern India in  Nadia district, state of west Bengal where the summer is hot and winter is short and mild. Generally May is the hottest month and January is the coolest one. In general, South West monsoon breaks in the first week of June and ceases during 3rd week of October. Gayeshpur receives an annual rainfall of 1600mm out of which 1300 mm and 300 mm occur during rainy  and winter season, respectively.

Livestock  

Post-harvest  

IPM

        Project activities

  • Developing an Institutional framework for sustained interaction

  • Specifying info needs and building Good Practice (GP) a module on the InfoBridge platform

  • Training in web-based info sharing

  • Documenting good practices (GPs)

  • Video documentation of selected GPs

  • Upgrading local info-centres for web access

  • Testing problem-solving using GPs and via expert-interaction

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