Mobile app to be developed for cardamom growers
The Hindu
It will enable them to follow site-specific and need-based fertilizer recommendations
The Spices Board and Rubber Board, under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, and the Digital University of Kerala have entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to generate spatial models of soil nutrients in cardamom tracts and develop an Android-based mobile application for cardamom growers to follow site-specific and need-based fertilizer recommendations. The MoU was signed at the Rubber Research Institute in Kottayam on Friday, said a communication from the Rubber Board. Site-specific nutrient management and judicious use of fertilizers are important for economic and environmental reasons. The Indian Cardamom Research Institute, Myladumpara, the research wing of the Spices Board, initiated the collaborative project with the Rubber Research Institute of India, Rubber Board, and the Geospatial Analytics Division of the Digital University (formerly IIITM-K). The project will document major, secondary and micronutrient status of cardamom growing areas and apply geo-statistical techniques to generate spatial models of soil nutrients and disseminate information to farmers through the app.More Related News