Agropedia - Online Agricultural Information Resource
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Agropedia, an online repository of agricultural information in India, is now available for agricultural extension workers and students. Described as an audiovisual encyclopedia, the site has a virtual library of information, blogs, and question and answer fora. Initially, nine crops are featured - rice, wheat, chickpea, pigeon pea, vegetable pea, lychee, sugarcane, groundnut, and sorghum.
The site is sponsored by the National Agricultural Innovation Project of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.
Visit the site at http://agropedia.iitk.ac.in/.
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