With an array of smart agri-tech projects deploying remote sensing, India is upgrading and expanding its agricultural ventures

The successful implementation of precision ag technologies in full-scale is still a far off possibility in the future for the Indian ag sector, says contributor Rashika Solomon.

With movements even within districts restricted, agri-techs like NinjaCart are procuring more from farmers and even moving produce to customers’ homes, writes Ishaan Gera at Financial Express. NinjaCart, for instance, has partnered with Zomato, Swiggy and Dunzo, and has...

Agriculture is the primary source of livelihood for about 58 percent of India’s population, according to the India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF). While millions of people in India depend on farming for their livelihoods, many of them still struggle...

Agriculture technology has made significant strides over the last few years, writes Jitesh Shah at Inc42. In 2018 alone, the agritech industry has received funding of $16.9 Bn across 1,450 separate investments. In terms of the overall potential of the agritech...

DeHaat, an online platform that offers full-stack agricultural services to farmers, has raised $12 million as it looks to scale its network across India, reports Manish Singh at TechCrunch. The Series A financial round for the eight-year-old Patna and Gurgaon-based...

India’s agriculture sector contributes only 14-15% towards the country’s GDP however it consumes 40-45% of total employment, writes Anil Kumar Sharma at Analytics India Magazine. Almost half of the agricultural land depends on rainfall. There is a great opportunity...

Inidan authorities will harness high-tech systems on an “unprecedented scale” to manage the vast farm sector, which heads into its crucial kharif or summer-sown agricultural season, even as experts wonder if the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) will disrupt farming itself,...

Almost all sections of society are vulnerable to climate change, but I would put smallholder farmers in the “severe” risk category, writes Hemendra Mathur at AgFunder News. Small and marginal farmers in India, with landholdings of less than two...

SourceTrace, a global agritech company, in collaboration with ThinkAg, hosted TraceCon, India’s first conference on traceability in agriculture, according to F&B News. The event was held at Le Meridien Hotel here, earlier this month, it featured over 60 industry...

Technology can play a big role in making Indian agriculture more sustainable, efficient, and profitable, reports The Hindu BusinessLine. The first wave of agricultural technologies that ushered in the Green Revolution has been instrumental in making India food secure....

The growing intervention of technology is fostering many sectors of the economy and the field of agriculture is not untouched from it, writes Nikita Arya at Krishi Jagran. The conventional farming methods are being complemented with the new technologies...

Farming has always been part of India’s economic identity, reports News Today. In this year’s Union Budget, the government has provided 30% increase in funds at Rs 1.42 lakh crore for agriculture and farmers’ welfare ministry. With sparkling growth...

As India still grapples with the ongoing agrarian crisis, a ray of hope emerges with agriculture technology taking the reins, writes Radhika Udas at Express Computer. For a nation that has maximum livelihood in agriculture, government policies and acceptance...

In days to come, the agriculture sector will become more important for the Indian economy as it would not only provide food but also the raw material for industries, fuel (ethanol) through biomass, and also be able to use...

With India facing the prospect of feeding 1.6 billion people by 2050, experts have said that the country must turn to Artificial Intelligence (AI) to weed out inefficiencies in national agriculture, writes Akhil Kadidal at Deccan Herald. Speaking at the...

With depleting resources, reducing land sizes and increase in input and labor costs, combined with uncertainties around weather and market prices, agriculture in India has become a profession that is more risk intensive, writes Anthony Devassy at The Financial...

In order to get fresh produce to its consumers, the ecommerce giant Amazon Retail India (ARIPL) has announced that it is running a farm-to-fork pilot project in Pune, where it will be directly working with farmers to source fresh...

IBM’s artificial intelligence (AI) engine Watson, named after its founder Thomas J. Watson, is gaining momentum in India as businesses look to modernize their IT infrastructure backbone. reports Ayushman Baruah at Mint. “We are seeing triple digit growth in India...

It may just be the most sweeping revolution you’ve never heard of, writes Vinika D. Rao at INSEAD Knowledge. As the world is transfixed by China’s digital advancements, its internet juggernauts and frenetic innovation in the last decade, India...