Version 1.0.1

Agri. Spatial Info and

Decision Support

Software User’s Manual

2009

Centre for Geo-Informatics Research and Training

College of Basic Sciences

CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University,

Palampur-176062, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Release 1.0.1

Sharda Singh Vaibhav Kalia

R.S. Rana Kunal Sood

Arun Kaushal

Research and Development Team

Centre for Geo Informatics Research and Training

October, 2009

Developed under Research Project funded by

NRDMS Division, Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi

Table of Contents

EULA for Agri Spatial Info and Decision Support System(Ag.DSS) .................... 1

About .............................................................................................................. 3

An Introduction to Ag.DSS .............................................................................. 4

System Requirement: ............................................................................. 4

Installation guide : ................................................................................. 4

Overview of Ag. DSS ........................................................................................ 5

Data Sources: ........................................................................................ 5

Inside Ag.DSS- Module wise Tour .................................................................... 6

Agro socio economic information module.: ............................................. 6

Displaying additional Themes: ............................................................... 8

Graphical Representations (Chart Option): ............................................. 9

Bio Physical module ............................................................................ 11

Crop Information and Management ..................................................... 12

Agriculture Decision support system(Ag. DSS) ..................................... 14

o Diversification Index Module ............................................................................... 14

o Income Generation Module ................................................................................... 15

o Suitable Agriculture areas: ................................................................................... 16

Database ............................................................................................. 17

User Feedback Form ..................................................................................... 18

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EULA for Agri Spatial Info and Decision Support System(Ag.DSS)

IMPORTANT PLEASE READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY BEFORE CONTINUING WITH THIS PROGRAM INSTALL:

CGRT (Geo Centre) End-User License Agreement ("EULA") is a legal agreement between you

(either an individual or a single entity) and Geo Centre. For the Geo Centre Ag.DSS(s) identified

above which may include associated software components, media, printed materials, and

"online" or electronic documentation ("AG.DSS"). By installing, copying, or otherwise using the

AG.DSS, you agree to be bound by the terms of this EULA. This license agreement represents

the entire agreement concerning the program between you and Geo Centre, (referred to as

"licenser"), and it supersedes any prior proposal, representation, or understanding between the

parties. If you do not agree to the terms of this EULA, do not install or use the AG.DSS.

The AG.DSS is protected by copyright laws and international copyright treaties, as well as other

intellectual property laws and treaties. The AG.DSS is licensed, not sold.

1. GRANT OF LICENSE.

The AG.DSS is licensed as follows:

(a) Installation and Use.

Geo centre grants you the right to install and use copies of the AG.DSS on your computer

running a validly licensed copy of the operating system for which the AG.DSS was designed

[e.g. Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP, Windows Vista].

(b) Backup Copies.

You may also make copies of the AG.DSS as may be necessary for backup and archival

purposes.

2. DESCRIPTION OF OTHER RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS.

(a) Maintenance of Copyright Notices.

You must not remove or alter any copyright notices on any and all copies of the AG.DSS.

(b) Distribution.

You may not distribute registered copies of the AG.DSS to third parties. Evaluation versions

available for download from Geo Centre websites may be freely distributed.

(c) Prohibition on Reverse Engineering, Decompilation, and Disassembly.

You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the AG.DSS, except and only to the

extent that such activity is expressly permitted by applicable law notwithstanding this limitation.

(d) Rental.

You may not rent, lease, or lend the AG.DSS.

(e) Support Services.

Geo Centre may provide you with support services related to the AG.DSS ("Support Services").

Any supplemental software code provided to you as part of the Support Services shall be

considered part of the AG.DSS and subject to the terms and conditions of this EULA.

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(f) Compliance with Applicable Laws.

You must comply with all applicable laws regarding use of the AG.DSS.

3. TERMINATION

Without prejudice to any other rights, Geo Centre may terminate this EULA if you fail to comply

with the terms and conditions of this EULA. In such event, you must destroy all copies of the

AG.DSS in your possession.

4. COPYRIGHT

All title, including but not limited to copyrights, in and to the AG.DSS and any copies thereof are

owned by Geo Centre or its suppliers. All title and intellectual property rights in and to the

content which may be accessed through use of the AG.DSS is the property of the respective

content owner and may be protected by applicable copyright or other intellectual property laws

and treaties. This EULA grants you no rights to use such content. All rights not expressly

granted are reserved by Geo Centre.

5. NO WARRANTIES

Geo Centre expressly disclaims any warranty for the AG.DSS. The AG.DSS is provided 'As Is'

without any express or implied warranty of any kind, including but not limited to any warranties

of merchantability, non infringement, or fitness of a particular purpose. Geo Centre does not

warrant or assume responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of any information, text,

graphics, links or other items contained within the AG.DSS. Geo Centre makes no warranties

respecting any harm that may be caused by the transmission of a computer virus, worm, time

bomb, logic bomb, or other such computer program. Geo Centre further expressly disclaims any

warranty or representation to Authorized Users or to any third party.

6. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

In no event shall Geo Centre be liable for any damages (including, without limitation, lost profits,

business interruption, or lost information) rising out of 'Authorized Users' use of or inability to

use the AG.DSS, even if Geo Centre has been advised of the possibility of such damages. In no

event will Geo Centre be liable for loss of data or for indirect, special, incidental, consequential

(including lost profit), or other damages based in contract, tort or otherwise. Geo Centre shall

have no liability with respect to the content of the AG.DSS or any part thereof, including but not

limited to errors or omissions contained therein, libel, infringements of rights of publicity, privacy,

trademark rights, business interruption, personal injury, loss of privacy, moral rights or the

disclosure of confidential information.

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Chapter 1

About

“Agriculture Spatial Info and Decision Support Software” was developed at Centre for Geo-

Informatics Research and Training , CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University as a part of

the Department of Science and Technology (DST) , New Delhi sponsored project “Decision

support system framework for agricultural land use management and livelihood options for

sustainable development of mountain district of Himachal Pradesh” . This application is

developed for the study area district Kangra of Himachal Pradesh

The Centre for Geo- Informatics Research and Training was established in the 80th meeting of

the Board of Management of CSK Himachal Pradesh Agriculture University held on November

8, 2003. The Centre was created with a mission to integrate the issues of Research, Teaching,

Training and Consultancy in natural resource management, natural hazards, system simulation,

decision support system and global climate change using GIS and RS technology. A state of art

research laboratory is currently catering to the needs of the research and development work

that is being carried out at the centre. This facility provides capacity for higher end computing

applications in the areas of remote sensing and geographic information system.

Ag. DSS is a standalone application which is deployable on any workstation. The software

provides most of the functionalities of GIS analysis without the user having the need to deploy

other GIS software.

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Chapter 2

An Introduction to Ag.DSS

Anatomy of Ag. DSS

Agriculture Spatial Information and Decision Support Software (Ag.DSS) is a standalone application which could be installed and run successfully on any workstation that is having windows operating system.

System Requirement:

Operating system: Windows 2000 or above

Disk Space: 35 MB or more

RAM: 256 MB

Processor : Celeron(Chipset processor) or Above

Installation guide : To install follow the following steps:

1. Browse the AgDSS CD ROM.

2. Double click on SETUP.exe file for installing AgDSS on your workstation.

3. Keep Default directory (Recommended)

4. Click on install Button to install AgDSS.

5. Click on Continue.

6. Click Ok/Finished to complete the installation process.

7. Double Click On The Icon on the Desktop to run the application.

Note: For windows Vista and newer Operating Systems , Go to the installation Folder where u have installed the application (C:\Program Files\HPKV\AgDSS). Right click on the AgDSS.exe file and select run as administrator option to run the application.

You may also create a Administrative shortcut at your desktop for the AgDSS.exe file

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Chapter 3

Overview of Ag. DSS

Agriculture Spatial Information and Decision support software includes the following features /modules:

1. Agro socio economic information module.

2. Bio Physical module (District Level)

3. Crop Information and Management (Block Level) (i) Crop Requirement (ii) Available Resources 4. Agriculture Decision support System(Ag. DSS) (i) Diversification Index (ii) Income Generation (iii) Suitable Agriculture areas 5. Database: Update

These modules have been designed keeping in view of the wide community of users which include Planners, Farmers, Scientists, Researchers, Students.

There are some additional themes like number of ADO ( Agriculture Development Officer), Testing Laboratories, National Highway 20, etc.. which are very helpful in planning and development at district level.

Data Sources: The required information for the development has been culled from several sources such as publications of Govt. of H.P., Govt. of India, and other alike institutions.

These include:

Census of India, 1991 and 2001 (Himachal Pradesh)

Statistical Outline of Himachal Pradesh(Various Issues), Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Govt. of H.P.

Season and Crop Report(Various Issues), Directorate of Land Records, Govt. of H.P.

Livestock Census, 1982,1992,2003, Directorate of Land Records, Govt. of H.P.

Directorate of Agriculture, Govt. of H.P.

Directorate of Animal Husbandry , Govt. of H.P.

Department of Horticulture, Govt. of H.P.

Soil-Climatic Database for Crop planning in India, National Bureau of soil survey and land use planning, ICAR, Nagpur

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Chapter 4

Inside Ag.DSS- Module wise Tour

Agro socio economic information module.:

Main Screen of the Agro socio economic module

: Tree from where the any parameter Agriculture Data(Crop wise Area, Production, Soil fertility data , Land use classification , Livestock) and Human resource data( Demography, Sex ratio, Economic activity, Literacy)

: Color Ramp. You can select any color ramp for the display of the thematic data.

: Map Display. Here the thematic maps are displayed for any theme which is selected by the user in the tree.

: Additional Themes. There are some additional themes which are also available like Ado offices, Marketing yards, Testing Labs, Police Posts, Police stations.

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These themes have also some attribute data( Names, Phone No. Location, Centre name, etc.) attached to them which could be seen at any time by selecting the Map tip Option .

Step by Step Workflow : Agro Socio Economic Information

1. Select any theme from tree e.g. Agriculture Rice Area

2. Now select the year for which you want to see the Theme from Year Selection tool.

3. After selecting the year Click on Apply button.

4. After Clicking the Apply button The thematic map for Rice Area for the desired year will be seen in the map display screen in a yellow and orange color ramp. The Legend for the theme is given at the bottom right corner of the Window.

5. User can any time change the color of the theme by clicking on the color ramp tool.

6. The user can print the map and also he can save the displayed map in Jpeg form.(File>Print, File >Export)

Color Ramp to change the color of the thematic map

Legend

Map Tip

Tool Bar

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Displaying additional Themes:

User can anytime display any of the additional themes on the displayed Map for a better understanding and interpretation . Currently the themes which are available with the software are District level as :

1. Agriculture Development Officers( ADOs)

2. Testing Labs 3. Market Yards

4. National Highway 20 5. Police Posts

6. Police Stations 7.State Bank of India

8. River Beas 9. Main Power Line

10. Narrow Gauge Railway track

Themes

ADO Theme displayed

Print and Export

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Once the theme has been selected and displayed as an overlay on the map display.

There is one additional feature available for the user where they can easily change the symbology i.e. color, symbol, symbol size, labels, Label size as per there wish on the additional themes.

Graphical Representations (Chart Option):

Another feature of the software is the freedom of having any type of graphical representation (Charts). The user can any type of chart with just a single click . Different types of chart which are available are : 2D Bar, 3D Bar, 2D Line, 3D Line, 2D pie, 3D pie, 3D step. These charts could be saved in Jpeg format using Save As option.

Different types of Chart type available

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Export, Save and Print

User can Save the theme on which he/she is working by clicking on the Files menu and Selecting the Export option. The Same Thematic map can be printed also.

Export Preview without Graticules

Export preview with graticules

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Chapter 5

Bio Physical module

This module includes the Bio physical information of the district. It has got the following Bio Physical parameters:

1. Agro Ecological Zones 2. Elevation Scenario

3. Land Cover Scenario 4. Maximum Temperature Scenario

5. Minimum Temperature Scenario 6. Meteorological Stations

7. Rainfall Scenario 8. Soil Classification

For all these parameters both map as well as Tabular data is available which the user can access at any time.

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Chapter 6

Crop Information and Management There are two sub modules in this Crop Information and Management (Block Level)

(i) Crop Requirement

(ii) Available Resources

In crop requirement interface the user can select any of the crop and can see the requirements for that particular crop as shown above. The basic requirements like suitable growing season/month, Soil type, Elevation, Optimum Temp., Rainfall, Water required per growing period. Along with this information there are some additional information like Prone disease and its remedy/ prevention, type fertilizers to be used as nutrients and Fertilizer is also made available for each crop.

Besides this the recommended variety for each crop is also available. This module has been framed keeping in view the Framers, Researchers and Students.

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Another sub module is Available Resources in the blocks. Since the information has been collected at the block level so the Five broader categories like Land cover, Elevation, Rainfall, Maximum temperature, Minimum Temperature for each individual block has been made available. Attribute data like the amount of area coming under the each elevation class, area under each land class has also been calculated, which will prove as a helpful tool for the planners as well as researchers along with students.

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Chapter 7

Agriculture Decision support system(Ag. DSS) This is a decision support module.

(i) Diversification Index

(ii) Income Generation

(iii) Suitable Agriculture areas

Diversification Index Module

Diversification Index Module

This module is a kind of agriculture based Decision support system, where the user can check the Diversification Index. This is Block Level DSS. User basically planners and farmers have to select the location first then number of crops that are being cultivated there and then how much area is sown under each crop. You to add each entry and then to see the Diversification Index press Generate. The results will be displayed in the form Total cropped Area and Diversification Index. The greater the value of DI lesser is the diversification in that location.

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Income Generation Module

Income Generation Module

This is another agriculture based Block level DSS where the target users are farmers and Planners. This Module as the name suggests Income generation Module is the module for the calculation of an approximate Income for crops. Here the user has to first the location (block as study area) then numbers of crops and then for each crop he has to enter the area sown, Expenditure (including seed purchase, machinery, man power expense, fertilizer etc.). Then as an approximate Market value which he will get per tonn produce. The output results will be in the form Total cropped area, Approximate yield for crops and net income on the yield. This module gives a broad area of estimation for the planners and farmers as for which crop they should consider for better income. N number of combinations can be made and results could be seen.

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Suitable Agriculture areas:

This module is has been designed basically for Agriculture students, researchers and planners. In this module the Suitable Agriculture areas for district kangra can be seen and have been categorized in three classes/zones namely low hills, mid hills and high hills. The areas can also be seen on the satellite imagery (LISS-III) and can be seen that these areas automatically only take the suitable terrain into consideration leaving snow and water areas.

The area can also be zoomed and seen by using the tool bar on top of the UI.

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Chapter 8

Database

Update Module Interface

This module makes AgDSS the best among other generic software. The module has been designed keeping in view of the long term usage of the software. There is always a question that will this software be updated and the answer is positively yes. We have designed it in such a manner that user having data for any of the year in addition to the default time series data he/she can easily update it and get the desired thematic map easily for his own data.

The interface has also got the feature of modifying the data if some how the user thinks that the data is wrong or the results that are being displayed on the thematic map are different form what being expected, then there is always an option of modification.

User can modify any data for any year for any of the Tehsil/Sub Tehsil and the results could be seen with immediate effect in the Agro Socio Economic Information Module.

Tree

Data Available

Data Input grid

Add/Modify

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User Feedback Form

General Information:

1. Name _____________________________________________________________

2. Designation_________________________________________________________

3. Organisation_________________________________________________________

4. Job Profile___________________________________________________________

5. Applications you work with ______________________________________________

About The installation CD and Software:

1. Did you find any difficulty in installing the CD ? if yes, Give details.

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

2. Did you find the modules of Ag.DSS relevant to your job?

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

3. Did you find the Help Manual attached helpful and covered your problems?

_____________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________________

4. Did you find the GUI (Interface) user friendly? If No, give details of the module.

______________________________________________________________________

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5. Overall Ranking of the software on the scale of 5(1 being the lowest and 5 being the highest rank)

______________________________________________________________________

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