Smart Gujarat Hackathon 2017
Challenge Statement

Name of the Department: Agriculture & Cooperation Department

Challenge Title ( Must be one liner)	:	Ask to Agri Expert- (App with backend)
Challenge Description with context (At least one Paragraph)	:	Farmers are always confused to ask any query related to farming. Farmers can ask query in their own language/images/voice/video. There should be dynamically updateable different topic. Farmer can submit their query in any of form like text/images/voice/video. Authenticated Users should update topic only. Application user should be verified first time by OTP. There should be manual or partially automated consult expert forwarding system for requested query. Every topic has multiple experts and there should be provisioned to forwarding query by their district. If any query attended by expert than that should not repeated. Expert can also answer the query using hand held device. There should be frequently asked question which is updated by authenticated users. There should be option for language (English/Hindi/Gujarati). Admin login to manage name and areas of experts. Farmer App and Expert App. Topics Example: Crop->cotton->Pest Query-> {ASK} Crop->wheat->Plant Disease query-> {ASK} Input by Authenticated User: Topic Name (3 Level Min),Other needed information Input by Verified User: text, images, voice, video (as Query) Environment: Android Authenticated User: State Agri. Uni. Extension, State Agri. Departments, Expert Team Permissions: Expert will get query of own selected topic. Needed required action for privacy and confidentiality.
What Exact Problem is being Solved?	:	Majority farmers will receive solution from trusted source directly.
Users	:	Farmer, stakeholder of Agriculture, Agriculture Experts
Expected Outcomes	:	End user can easily download. GUI, navigation of topic and Ask Query page should be user-friendly. Solutions should be Notifiable. Authenticated user should be able to view geo-location of plotted query. Authenticated user can view and manage necessary data from their portal.
Impact	:	Farmer will get primary solutions from hand held device which is given by trusted source.