EVENT
The Third National Conference on Agro-Informatics and Precision Agriculture 2012 (AIPA 2012), Indian Society of Agricultural Information Technology, August 1-3, 2012, Hyderabad
Event Date
July 31, 2012 - August 2, 2012
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Organiser: Indian Society of Agricultural Information Technology (INSAIT)

Venue:  International Institute of Information Technology,
              Gachibowli,
             Hyderabad,

INSAIT

The INSAIT professional society was launched at Dharwad, India in the year 2000. So far INSAIT has organized two national conferences and one International Conference, since its inception in the year 2000. The first national conference on Agro-Informatics was organized in June 2001, at the University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS), Dharwad and the second national conference on Agro-Informatics and Precision Farming was organized in December 2009 at UAS, Raichur. The fifth International Conference of the Asian Federation for Information Technology in Agriculture (AFITA), Japan was organized by INSAIT in November 2006 at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Description
Precision Agriculture involves identification, analyses and management of spatial and temporal variability in soils and crops for profitability, sustainability and protection of the environment. Precision Agriculture employs emerging technologies such as ICT; geospatial technologies such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Remote Sensing (RS); Sensor Technologies and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN).

Topics

  • ICT for agricultural research, education and extension
  • ICT for agricultural supply chain management and marketing
  • ICT for Natural Resource Management
  • Precision crop production
  • Precision crop protection
  • Precision horticulture
  • Precision livestock management
  • Precision forestry
  • Geospatial technologies in precision agriculture
  • Sensor technologies and wireless sensor networks in precision agriculture
  • Internet of Things (IOT) applications in agriculture

Registration

Academic Delegates:     Rs. 3000
Members of INSAIT:     Rs. 2500
Students:                        Rs. 1500
Industry Participants:   Rs. 5000
Overseas Participants:  $ 200
Spot Registration:     Rs. 4000

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Contact details
AIPA2012 Secretariat
International Institute of Information Technology Hyderabad (IIIT-H)
Gachibowli,
Hyderabad- 500032,
Andhra Pradesh, India
E-mail: aipa2012@iiit.ac.in
Website: www.iit.ac.in

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