Prabhakar Deshmukh’s contribution along with technological development

Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh, the Secretary of Water Conservation ofMaharashtra has contributed in a number of initiatives that improve the condition of farming in the state of Maharashtra. He has received several awards for his contribution towards the state. Many implementations of technology, have been happening under the guidance of Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh in the state of Maharashtra. Not only it has motivated the people of Maharashtra to a positive outlook on technology but also created awareness amongst the farmers.

Technology can be put to good use in order to make agricultural developments in the state. IT has made its way into the agricultural sector in Maharashtra, and with positive results. To name a few, here are some of its effects:

•        Better decision making

•        Better planning

•        The entire community is involved

•        Agricultural advances

•        Agriculture for everyone

All of these effects and more are conceivable through the successful merge of IT and agriculture which is why farmers are getting more and more encouraged to take part in this positive change. People only have to open their minds to the endless possibilities that technological advancement can bring to agriculture.

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Technology & Agriculture hand in hand

One of the best initiatives under the guidance of Prabhakar Deshmukh, is the CROPSAP for Pest Management on major crops in Maharashtra. Earlier, the system was based on visual interpretations and monitoring. Data was not collected adequately in order to make analysis. This led to repeated losses and thus a serious step had to be taken in the form of CROPSAP project.

This project was undertaken in the backdrop of severe outbreak on soybean crop during the year 2008-09 in the state. For this, scientific software was developed to analyze the data on-line. Earlier, this was not the case and only visual observations were used to analyze whatever is required.

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The connectivity to software was provided to all the stakeholders. The field staff was all trained according to the technical implementations. Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh was the Commissioner of Agriculture then, and all of this could be achieved with his continuous support.

Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh, who is currently the Secretary of Water Conservation of Maharashtra has participated in a number of initiatives that improve the condition of farming in the state. He has received several awards for his contribution towards the state. Many implementations of technology, have been happening under the guidance of Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh in the state of Maharashtra. It has driven the people of Maharashtra to a positive outlook on technology.

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Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh's unique step towards education development

Having served as the Pune Divisional Commissioner, Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh undertook a unique initiative for the kids. The initiative was to visit one of the Zilla Parishad schools. The main aim was to check out the functionalities and other things that happen in such schools. The then Pune Divisional Commissioner, Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh along with district collector Vikas Deshmukh, played a new role on this day – that of teachers!

A lot of revenue officers visited around 3,500 schools in the division on the first day of the initiative. As a part of this initiative, revenue officials will teach school students on the second Thursday of every month. The programme was implemented in all five districts in the division – Pune, Satara, Sangli, Solapur and Kolhapur, said Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh. The officials also tasted midday meals with the students and spent the entire day at the schools to understand their functioning.

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Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh's role in primary education improvement

Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh was actively involved in the quality improvement of primary education and also the holistic development of students. He was the Commissioner of Agriculture, Maharashtra when this project was undertaken. The complete evaluation for this project could be found here.

This project was called the Rajarshi Shahu Sarvangin Shikshan Karyakram.

The main objective of Rajarshi Shahu Sarvangin Shikshan Karyakram was to ensure good quality primary education is imparted to each and every child in the village. Most of the remote areas don't receive good quality education. This project has received some good feedback.

Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh is now the Secretary of Agriculture, Maharashtra and is still carrying out efforts to make sure development is carried out in the state.

Check out some of his greatest achievements while he was serving the state of Maharashtra here.
Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh has done a lot of social activity during his tenure. He has received numerous awards for development. He has actively promoted group farming and also organic farming through which he aims to bring development in the state. He is also known for giving some amazing speeches to students in various universities.

Technological advancements in agriculture under the governance of Prabhakar Deshmukh

Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh, currently the Secretary ofAgriculture and E.G.S. is now actively encouraging group farming. Group farming is now a major thing in Pune after Mr. Deshmukh gave it more encouragement. He undertook a lot of projects and managed them too, which gave a boost to agriculture.

With the vision of creating a technologically sound agriculture in the city of Pune, he encouraged a lot of projects under his governance when Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh was the Divisional Commissioner of Pune city. One of the best projects that took place under his governance was Crop Pest Surveillance & Advisory Project-for pest management on major crops in Maharashtra

This was to ensure a smooth recovery of crops that were lost due to severe outbreak of soybean crop in the state of Maharashtra. For this, the state government had also granted a compensation of Rs. 450 crore to the farmers. In this project, a scientific software was developed to analyse the data on-line. This gave rise to dependency on software for agricultural purposes. Weekly data were made available online for experts to analyse. Here technology played a vital role. Again, this was all done under the guidance of Mr.Prabhakar Deshmukh.

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Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh during his governance

Prabhakar Deshmukh has the distinction of being felicitated by the Prime Minister for excellence in administration during his tenure as the CEO of the Zila Parishad of Kolhapur. Currently, he is the Secretary of Water Conservation and E.G.S. since September, 2014. 

Some of the projects which Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh carried out under his governance are as follows:

• Jalyukt Gaon Abhiyaan,Pune Division

• Crop Pest Surveillance & Advisory Project-for pest management on major crops in Maharashtra

• Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan (Marathi Version)

• Amrutwel Governance Magazine (Cropsap Article)

Having completed M.Sc (Agri) he has also received Silver Medal for 1st rank in subject Agronomy at Agriculture College Pune. Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh also served as the commissioner who was one of the first officials to go visit a school and check its functionalities. This was a one-of-a-kind move from Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh along with many other officials. Check out some of his greatest achievements while he was serving the state of Maharashtra here.

Role of technology in agriculture

Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh, who is currently the Secretary of Water Conservation of Maharashtra has participated in a number of initiatives that improve the condition of farming in the state. He has received several awards for his contribution towards the state. Many implementations of technology, have been happening under the guidance of Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh in the state of Maharashtra. It has driven the people of Maharashtra to a positive outlook on technology.

One such initiative under the guidance of Prabhakar Deshmukh, is the CROPSAP for Pest Management on major crops in Maharashtra. This project was undertaken in the backdrop of severe outbreak on soybean crop during the year 2008-09 in the state. For this, scientific software was developed to analyze the data on-line. Earlier, this was not the case and only visual observations were used to analyze whatever is required.

The connectivity to software was provided to all the stakeholders. The field staff was all trained according to the technical implementations. Mr. Prabhakar Deshmukh was the Commissioner of Agriculture then, and all of this could be achieved with his continuous support.

Click here to check out some more information about CROPSAP.