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About the csaXpert
csaXpert - A decision support system developed
for providing climate smart agriculture solution has been developed by ICAR-NRRI, Cuttack.
csaXpert is an android based mobile application for providing climate smart agricultural solutions to different stake holders. Presently this has been developed to provide the district / block level solutions for Odisha. This APP provides the site specific solution for different crops, their varieties, agronomic management practices, pest & disease management. This APP also provides real time weather information along with nowcasting and 7 days forecasting. This also provides the information about animal husbandry, apiculture, fisheries, integrated farming system and different government schemes for providing financial and other help to farmers.
Instructions for download and installation of
csaXpert
Before using csaXpert, we need to understand
few of the prerequisites; those are going to guide us through the working of
the csaXpert:
1.
An
android build smartphones, this application supports an android version from
Android Nougat (7.0) to above.
2. Download csaXpert application from the Google playstore, official sites like ICAR-NRRI, csaxpert.com.
- On
a fresh installation, the user has to sign up or register for using the
application.
- The
user registration requires data in the form of name, mobile number, district,
block, email, gender.
- The
registered user is asked to provide the registered mobile number before
generating an OTP.
- The
generated OTP is then entered to verify the registered mobile number.
- On
agreeing with the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, the application proceeds to
use.
- Only
registered users are allowed to login for the use of application using their
registered mobile number.
- After
successful registration, user has to click my profile tab to display the basic
information about the registered district/block. The details about the
block/district such as agro-climatic zone, vulnerability for stresses, soil
properties etc are displayed to get an overall glimpse about the user’s
block/district will be displayed.
- For
making any changes in the profile, user has to click the edit profile tab for
making necessary changes.
- First
time user has to click main menu (three horizontal lines) in the top left adjacent
to my profile, this will display different menus such as about app, disclaimer,
credit page, FAQ. Privacy policy, contact us etc.
- User
has to click the home button at the top to see the detailed information about
agro-climatic zones, physiographic zone, vulnerability and climate smart
technology etc. One may click on to any of the option to get detailed
information or accessing sub-menus depending upon their requirement.
- To know the about the different
aspects as mentioned on the home page, user has four ways to reach as his/her
desired information.
- First: User
can click the desired menu on the home page and step by step he/she can go
ahead till his/her desired information is found. For example, if someone wants
to know about the different climate smart technologies, one has to click the
CSA. This will display the different category of climate smart technologies
such as weathersmart technologies, nutrientsmart technologies, watersmart
technologies, carbonsmart technologies, energysmart technologies, and
knowledge smart technologies. One has to click the weather smart technologies,
if one wants to know more about it. After clicking it many sub menus about the
different weather smart technologies and information are displayed. User can
click any of the menu for more information and follow the subsequent sub menus
till desired information is reached.
- Second: Alternatively,
one can use the ‘Search Bar’ available at the top of each page, to find out the
related information using keywords such as ‘Agro-forestry’, ‘Bee Keeping’,
Protected Farming’, ‘Drought’ etc. The different links related to the input
keyword is displayed and user can select the desired link for getting the
information.
- Third: User
can click the dashboard button present in the bottom bar. After clicking the
your profile button on dashboard displays the information about the registered
district. If user wants to know this basic information about some other
district/block, there is option to choose the district and block on the top.
- Below
the profile information on the dashboard page, there are clickable buttons
which provide the respective information about the district choosen on the top
of the dashboard. For example, if someone clicks the cropping system, the
information related to the selected district will be displayed.
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Fourth: Similarly, one can obtain general or specific
information on a particular topic by exploring the FAQ section of the app
available on the dropdown list of main menu in the home page.