 Grameenphone Ltd. has launched an E-Krishok tool for the Community Information Centers (CIC).
E-Krishok is web based tool from where farmers can get the specific information on the soil, climate and fertilizer requirements for land of a specific area.
It is hoped that this tool will help to keep the farmers updated with modern agricultural technology, which in turn will help in increase agricultural production.
The tool was launched at Protappur CIC in Gazipur last week. Odd-Egil Aasen, director, Internet Services, Commercial Division; A H M Sultanur Reza, AGM, Fixed Broadband Internet, of Grameenphone Ltd; Shahroj Jalil, Group Director, Services Group, Katalyst and Shahid Akbar, CEO, Bangladesh Institute of ICT were present on the occasion, says a press release.
The nearby Haat (weekly market) of the CIC was also profiled with CIC promotional materials.
This profiling will help the local community to understand the services available at the CIC and how they can benefit from the services.
A Grameenphone Community Information Center is a shared premise where rural people may access a wide-range of state of art services such as Internet, and other web-based information services.
Grameenphone Community Information Centers are equipped with the minimum of a computer, a printer, a scanner, a webcam and an EDGE-enabled modem, to access the Internet using Grameenphone's nation-wide EDGE connectivity. |