NISLTFE: A Web based Information System for Long Term Fertilizer Experiments in India

Abstract

A large number of Long Term Fertilizer Experiments (LTFE) on various Food, Horticulture and Commercial Crops are being conducted at various Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Institutes and State Agricultural Universities (SAU). Usually the information generated from these experiments is not available in compatible form at one place to the scientific community working in National Agricultural Research System (NARS). Also planners/ research workers may be interested in this information as this will help them in planning/conducting the future long term experiments. Keeping the importance of this information in view, a Web based information system entitled “National Information System on Long Term Fertilizer Experiments (NISLTFE)” has been designed, developed and uploaded at Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute (IASRI) domain http://www.iasri.res.in:8081/nisltfe/. NISLTFE would generate information for various policy decisions in the context of achieving higher productivity and maintaining sustainability under modern intensive cropping system based on high external inputs of fertilizers, agro-chemicals and high yielding cultivars under irrigated/ rain fed conditions etc. This paper focuses on the variety of information provided by NISLTFE in the form of online reports. Emphasis is on parameters, such as crop sown, statistical design used, agro-ecosystem, weather, characters, mid course modifications, field layout and character data stored for the LTFE.