Almost all questions answered

The Linux Journal carries this story about a website started by IIT Powai which functions as a user/expert exchange targeted at the Indian agricultural community.

Aaqua lets users post questions, exchange information, search through archived answers and even check out the market rates for particular produce all over the country. The questions range from tomato plant diseases to obtaining government land records and are answered by agricultural experts from Krishi Vigyan Kendras (Agricultural Science Centers) around the country. Crop recommendations, information about government schemes for farmers are also posted on the site.

The plan is to support as many Indian languages as possible (the Natural Language Processing lab at IIT Bombay is working on that) and to reach an ever widening audience.

And the best part? Aaqua is run entirely using open source software.