We suddenly witness a surge in the e-learning initiatives all around. Tremendous improvements in ICT technologies and a sizable skill base developed in the recent past offer tremendous scope to make such initiatives work. Such initiatives are particularly helpful in imparting agricultural knowledge and skills.

Expert systems were rather precocious when they were attempted in the eighties. Technology was quite premature at that time. Expert systems need to be revisited in the wake of the new ICT environment. Moreover, the current collaborative approaches are more congenial for the development of experts systems than before. A combination of e-learning and expert system modules offer rich content and problem-solving ability to learners.