<p class="title">ICAR-Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur in Dakshina Kannada, has developed a ‘Cashew India’ App for cashew farmers and other stakeholders of cashew in India.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Available in 11 languages, the app can be downloaded from Google Play Store. With the goal of being ‘farmer-friendly’, ‘comprehensive’, ‘easy to use’ and ‘countrywide info’, ‘Cashew India’ app is conceptualised with unique features.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The app gives comprehensive information on cashew grafts, nursery, cultivation, plant protection, post-harvest processing, market information, e-market, various stakeholders such as farmers, researchers, developmental agencies and processors at one place.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Further, using the app, farmer/user can upload and store his own cashew images and videos in ‘My cashew’, a sub-section under ‘cultivation’ section. It is also possible to record the expenditure, observations and data of the cashew farm.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Further, it is possible to order for grafts online in ‘planting material’ section from the research stations in a state. The user can give one’s buy/sell requirements in ‘market info’ section and they can contact experts through ‘Ask expert’ section, said Dr Mohana G S Senior Scientist of ICAR-Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Stating that the app is available in 11 languages—Hindi, English, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Oria, Bengali and Garo, he said real-time chatting is possible in ‘Chat Room’ with the users who are using the app at a given point of time and e-speak button provided throughout the app enables the app to read the text for users in different sections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The concept, design and development of the app are carried out by Dr Mohana G S Senior Scientist and his team at the ICAR-Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The technical information for the app is provided by the scientists of ICAR-Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur and scientists from centres of All India Coordinated Research Project on cashew in the country.</p>
<p class="title">ICAR-Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur in Dakshina Kannada, has developed a ‘Cashew India’ App for cashew farmers and other stakeholders of cashew in India.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Available in 11 languages, the app can be downloaded from Google Play Store. With the goal of being ‘farmer-friendly’, ‘comprehensive’, ‘easy to use’ and ‘countrywide info’, ‘Cashew India’ app is conceptualised with unique features.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The app gives comprehensive information on cashew grafts, nursery, cultivation, plant protection, post-harvest processing, market information, e-market, various stakeholders such as farmers, researchers, developmental agencies and processors at one place.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Further, using the app, farmer/user can upload and store his own cashew images and videos in ‘My cashew’, a sub-section under ‘cultivation’ section. It is also possible to record the expenditure, observations and data of the cashew farm.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Further, it is possible to order for grafts online in ‘planting material’ section from the research stations in a state. The user can give one’s buy/sell requirements in ‘market info’ section and they can contact experts through ‘Ask expert’ section, said Dr Mohana G S Senior Scientist of ICAR-Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Stating that the app is available in 11 languages—Hindi, English, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Oria, Bengali and Garo, he said real-time chatting is possible in ‘Chat Room’ with the users who are using the app at a given point of time and e-speak button provided throughout the app enables the app to read the text for users in different sections.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The concept, design and development of the app are carried out by Dr Mohana G S Senior Scientist and his team at the ICAR-Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The technical information for the app is provided by the scientists of ICAR-Directorate of Cashew Research, Puttur and scientists from centres of All India Coordinated Research Project on cashew in the country.</p>
