Soybean Gyan - a mobile application for effective soybean knowledge dissemination: SOYBEAN GYAN - A MOBILE APPLICATION FOR EFFECTIVE SOYBEAN KNOWLEDGE DISSEMINATION

Soybean Gyan Mobile App is developed for soybean growers to take right decisions in the real-time field conditions. It contains comprehensive knowledge on soybean crop management on one platform. The design anddevelopment of the mobile App is discussed in the paper. The salient features of the App are presented in detail. The functionality of the App and overall look and feel of the App is given. The app is available for free download from Google play store. It is a user friendly App that can cater to the needs of all the stakeholders like farmers, agricultural advisors, agriculture students or research scholars and line department officials. This app is being used by many as indicated by the number of downloads (over 10000) within a short time.