Abstract
Food security and healthcare are the biggest challenges for humanity in the twenty-first century. Utilizing information and communication technologies (ICT) and web-based software systems in agriculture and economy can boost production in the shortest and fastest way. The approach to the development of agriculture apps for farmers is to recognize a clear understanding on agri-business and skill and raise profits for the farming community. The ICT reduces transportation/travel costs and drudgery, transactional and corruption wastes. In particular, in developing countries, ICT can deliver a significant portion of the world’s agriculture, improve efficiency levels, and reduce costs and adverse environmental impact of agriculture. Multiple applications in crop protection are possible with mobile phones. These are enumerated in this chapter.
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The authors are grateful to the authorities of the Southern Horticultural Research Institute, Vietnam and SSTA for providing facilities. Select figures have been taken from published sources, for which we are grateful.
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Nitin, K.S., Loc, H.C., Chakravarthy, A.K. (2020). Use of Mobile Apps and Software Systems for Retrieving and Disseminating Information on Pest and Disease Management. In: Chakravarthy, A. (eds) Innovative Pest Management Approaches for the 21st Century. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0794-6_6
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