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e - GOPALA Application

30th August, 2021 Agriculture

Context

  • The web version of e-GOPALA application developed by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has been launched on Saturday to aid dairy farmers.

 

About

  • The App provides real-time information to dairy farmers for better productivity of dairy animals.
  • The e-GOPALA platform will help farmers to manage their livestock including buying and selling of disease-free germplasm in all forms (semen, embryos, etc); informs about availability of quality breeding services and guides farmers for animal nutrition, treatment of animals using appropriate Ayurvedic ethno veterinary medicine.
  • There is a mechanism to send alert (on due date for vaccination, pregnancy diagnosis, calving etc) and inform farmers about various government schemes.
  • This portal will also facilitate real time checking of coverage and progress of various projects and government schemes.
  • Web portal was launched in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of ‘Digital India’.

The National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) is a statutory body set up by an Act of Parliament of India. It is under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Government of India. The Board was created in 1965 to finance, support and support producer-owned and controlled organisations. Its programmes and activities seek to strengthen farmer cooperatives and support national policies that are favourable to the growth of such institutions. Cooperative principles and cooperative strategies are fundamental to the board's efforts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Read more at:

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/web-version-of-e-gopala-app-unveiled-to-aid-dairy-farmers/articleshow/85739193.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst