Jacques Panchard|Seshagiri Rao|T. V. Prabhakar|H. S. Jamadagni|Jean?Pierre Hubaux
COMMON-Sense Net: Improved Water Management for Resource-Poor Farmers via Sensor Networks
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne|Indian Institute of Science Bangalore|Indian Institute of Science Bangalore|École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
describe ongoing design implementation sensor network agricultural management targeted resourcepoor farmers india focus semiarid regions led us concentrate waterrelated issues throughout 2004 carried survey information needs population living cluster villages study area results highlighted potential environmentrelated information improvement farming strategies face highly variable conditions particular risk management strategies choice crop varieties sowing harvest periods prevention pests diseases efficient use irrigation water etc leads us advocate original use information communication technologies ict believe demanddriven approach design appropriate ict tools targeted resourcepoor relatively new order go beyond pure technocratic approach adopted iterative participatory methodology