Aaqua

aAQUA

Web address	http://www.aaqua.org/
Commercial?	Yes
Available in	English, Marathi, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada
Content license	http://aaqua.persistent.co.in/aaqua/forum/viewthread?thread=14509
Owner	Agrocom Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Launched	October, 2003

Almost All Questions Answered or aAQUA is a Farmer Knowledge Exchange available at aaqua.org answering questions from progressive farmers in 4 languages in any one of 420 districts in India and some places abroad.

Open To All

Any farmer, agriculturist or hobbyist can register and post questions and a panel of Agriculture Experts answers questions based on the problem description and photos if any. Contextual Information such as geographical location, weather, season are retrieved automatically and made available to experts. Apart from agriculture, aAQUA is a forum for questions regarding education, healthcare and other issues important to a developing population. Currently questions may be asked in one of four languages - Hindi, Marathi, Kannada and English.

Background

Originally developed at the Developmental Informatics Lab, aAQUA uses relational database management systems and information retrieval techniques with query optimization, intermittent synchronization and multilingual support. An excellent technical introduction is available in the Internet Computing Article.

References

• Delay tolerant applications for low bandwidth and intermittently connected users: the aAQUA experience
• Robust Network for Rural Areas
• Delay tolerant applications for low bandwidth and intermittently connected users: the aAQUA experience
• The aAQUA Approach: Innovative Web 2.0 Tools for Developing Countries
• Information Need and Dissemination: Indian Rural Context
• IT infrastructure in emerging markets: arguing for an end-to-end perspective
• Digital Green: Participatory Video and Mediated Instruction for Agricultural Extension

External links

• aAQUA Webpage