Digital Agriculture
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G20 Nations Must Promote Crop Diversification and Digital Tools, Says Minister
Ministers urge G20 nations for the promotion of crop diversification and the usage of digital tools in agriculture.…
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ICAR-World Bank’s ‘Delhi declaration’ Proposes Digitization of Agri Education
The three-day international conference on 'Blended Learning Ecosystem for Higher Education in Agriculture 2023', which was jointly organized recently by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and the World Bank, has come out with a 'Delhi Declaration'.…
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Regenerative Agriculture: Basic requirements and Cost Benefits
Regenerative agriculture refers to agriculture practices that aim to regenerate soils by increasing their organic content to improve their fertility.…
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Retired Prof of Gujarat Agri University Creates Irrigation, Fertigation Software
A retired Gujarat Agricultural University professor has developed software that can lower water and energy requirements for certain crops by over 50%. The Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) has undertaken research on micro-irrigation, namely drip irrigation, using Dr. S Raman's software.…
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How Can Indian Agriculture Harness the Power of 5G?
5G wireless internet delivers more reliable, massive network capacity, increased availability and offers a more uniform user experience. According to experts, the 5G internet, along with AI technology, will make farming practices more efficient, increase yield, and save the farmer essential resources.…
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UP's Agri Sector Set to Reap Benefit from Digital Public Infrastructure
The Union Budget proposal to build a Digital Public Infrastructure in the agricultural sector could be critical for Uttar Pradesh, which accounts for 24% of total agricultural GDP in the country. Experts say the measure is critical for UP, which employs 62% of its population…
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Benefits of Regenerative Agriculture and Ways to Scale It
Regenerative agriculture is a philosophy and approach to land management that focuses on the interconnectedness of all aspects of agriculture instead of seeing it as a linear supply chain.…
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South Africa: Bringing Agricultural Modernization Closer Leveraging 5G Smart Farming
Huawei is demonstrating the potential of drones, 5G technology, and the Internet of Things (IoT) in sustainable farming. Huawei recently showcased how the convergence of these technologies could help South Africa's agricultural sector to have a more sustainable future.…
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Digital Seva Yojana: Government to Distribute Smartphones to 1.35 crore Women
According to this scheme, smartphones with internet connectivity would be provided for three years to the women who are the heads of the 1.35 crore families registered in the Chiranjeevi Health Insurance Scheme.…
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Farmers Will Now Get AI Inputs on Climate Change
In an effort to provide farmers with information on the effects of climate change, the Telangana government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) recently introduced Data in Climate Resilient Agriculture (DiCRA) as the newest addition to the Digital Public Goods Registry.…
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AITAM Students Develop Agribot to Reduce Agricultural Expenses
According to the students, many farmers overuse fertilisers and pesticides because they don't know the exact soil condition and lack proper guidance from experts in rural areas. The students L. Prameela, M. Niharika, N. Vivekavardhini, and S. Bhargav created 'Agribot,' a robot for optimal technology…
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Use of Agricultural Technology Opens Possibility of Digital Havoc
"The shift to digital agriculture would improve the quality and quantity of food available to the world's growing population, which is expected to reach 10.9 billion by 2100."…
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Union Cabinet Approves Registration of Cooperative Societies as ‘Buyers’ on GeM Platform
Government e-Marketplace (GeM) was established as a National Procurement Portal to provide an end-to-end online market place for Central and State Government Ministries/Departments, and Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs), among others, for the procurement of common-use goods and services in a transparent and efficient manner.…
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AI & Technology can Address Challenges in Indian Agriculture Sector, says New Report
The entire system must adapt to a holistic approach based on indigenous and traditional farming knowledge combined with transformative smart farming practises, including the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools and techniques, according to the report.…
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Amazon Launches Smart Commerce to Turn Local Stores into 'Digital Dukaans'
Stores of any size can use Amazon's logistics, digital payments, and other services in both their physical stores and their online storefront, or on Amazon.in. Smart Commerce will release its first set of solutions in the coming weeks to assist local stores in digitizing billing…
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WEF & NITI Ayog to Focus on Emerging Tech to Benefit Small & Marginal Farmers
World Economic Forum focuses on financial inclusion and insurance, as banks currently face the greatest difficulty in providing loans. As a result, he said, the forum works to ensure that remote sensing satellite crop imagery is used to determine crop conditions and considers various funding…
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Madhya Pradesh Provides Excellent Opportunities to Budding Agri-Tech Entrepreneurs
Bestowed with the 2nd largest share of arable land resources in the world, accounting for 20 agro-climatic regions, and all the 15 major climates in the world, India is the largest producer of high-income generating farm produce like spices, milk, pulses, tea, cashew, jute, and…
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IFFCO Kisan Sanchar Creates Smart Farms to Increase Yield & Income
In these smart farms, the company uses smart technologies such as the AWWS (Automated Wireless Weather Station), an IoT-based automated drip irrigation system, soil moisture sensors, and GIS-based remote sensing satellite imagery analysis.…
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Agricultural Officers from 7 States on Israel Tour to Learn New Approaches & Techniques
The course's goal is to provide a framework for discussion and analysis of the CoEs' current work plans. It will also assess the feasibility of implementing and adopting new strategies, approaches, and technologies while taking into account the needs and challenges of the agricultural sector.…
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Modern Technology will Help in Enhancing Crop Yield, says Kailash Choudhary
He also emphasized the need to encourage youngsters to join the field of agriculture and allied services. “With several start-ups coming up amid technological advancement, we are hopeful more and more youngsters will take up farming and agriculture activities," Choudhary added.…
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‘5G, Digital Stack, Semiconductor and Railways to Offer Big Opportunities for Startup,’ says Ashwini Vaishnaw
Extending on the 5G opportunity, Vaishnav stated that the government has encouraged research on a domestic 5G stack across the core network, radio network, telecom equipment, handsets, testing ecosystem, and standards.…
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MP Government Unveils Mobile Veterinary Units with Animal Care at Your Doorstep
The animal husbandry department will provide a mobile medical unit the moment people call on the dedicated phone number to avail the service. The units will be constituted in the state on the lines of ‘108’ services and will reach the doorstep for treatment.…
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Top 5 B2B Marketplaces Shaping the Future Of Agriculture in India
Agritech startups are utilizing technology to build market links including B2B marketplaces and digital agriculture platforms. This blog includes top 5 agritech startups disrupting the B2B marketplaces in India.…
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Technology is Accelerating India's New-Age Agricultural Revolution
Drones, weather forecasters, automated machinery, AI-enabled planting and weeding, automated irrigation, and harvesting are just a few of the most recent examples of agricultural technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is also being used in soil testing and analysis, predicting the best environment for crop…
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Agri-Tech Market Received Rs. 6,600 crore Funding in 4 years, says Bain-CII Report
The paper, titled 'Innovation in India's Rural Economy: Disruptive Business Models are Stimulating Inclusive Growth in Agriculture and Rural Finance,' stated that the rural economy contributed about half of the country's overall GDP in 2019–2020.…
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What New Advances Would Metaverse Bring In The World Of Agriculture?
In this article, learn about the different technological realities and how is it going to impact the agricultural world.…
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Investments worth Rs. 6,600 cr in Agri-Tech Start-ups from 2017 to 2020, says Report
As per a study titled 'Innovation in India's Rural Economy: Disruptive Business Models are Stimulating Inclusive Growth in Agriculture and Rural Finance,' published jointly by Bain & Company and the Confederation of Indian Industry, significant domestic and international investments are being pumped into the sector…
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Digital Agriculture: Top 10 Robotic Applications In Modern Farming
Farmers may look forward to a bright future thanks to recent robotics uses in agriculture.…
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Huge Risks of Using AI to Grow our Food, Warn Researchers
According to a new risk study published today in the journal Nature Machine Intelligence, the future application of artificial intelligence in agriculture carries significant potential hazards for farms, farmers, and food security that are poorly understood and underappreciated.…
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IIIT NR’s Innovation Would Help Farmers in Crop Protection
The project was dubbed "Artificial Intelligence and IoT Based UAV System for Crop Health Monitoring and Forecasting" by the IIIT NR research team, which included IIIT NR faculty members. The project's Principal Investigator is Dr. Shrivishal Tripathi, while the project's Co-Investigators are Dr. Anurag Singh…
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Garuda Aerospace Plans to Manufacture 6 Lakh Drones by 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated Garuda Aerospace's Kisan Drone manufacturing plants in Gurgaon and Chennai. The Prime Minister also waved off the Kisan Drone Yathra, which saw 100 drones take off simultaneously across 100 Indian villages as part of the launch.…
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Government Keen To Collaborate With Agri Start-Ups
The ministries of agriculture and electronics, for example, are preparing to accept business applications from individuals, investors, and enterprises in which the state will hold limited equity partnerships.…
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IndusInd Bank Facilitates Digital Transactions on e-NAM for Agri Value Chain Participants
The Bank has been directly connected with the e-NAM platform to provide farmers and traders with secure and convenient payments, clearing, and settlement services.…
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5 Innovations With The Potential To Change Agriculture Industry
Agriculture requires modernization and the application of several technology. Let's take a look at some of the breakthroughs that have the potential to fundamentally revolutionise agriculture.…
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How Indian Agriculture Is Being Revolutionized By Fresh Wave of Technical Innovation & New-Age Businesses
Agriculture in India is changing. In the next few years, technological advancements will usher in a new dawn, from IoT-based sensors to smart farming.…
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AgriStack: Potential Benefits and Concerns of Digital Agriculture
The government's plan to build a stack of agricultural technologies will be based on outdated and erroneous land records, leaving many people out of access to agricultural assistance and welfare schemes.…
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5G in India: A Step Towards Intelligent farming
Agriculture is changing at a rapid pace. There are new prospects for farm management systems to function with better precision and less waste with the arrival of 5G technology and an acceleration in digital transformation across the industry.…
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These Kalahandi Women Create IoT Devices to Assist Fish Farmers & Get Bumper Harvest
Minushri Madhumita and Amrita Jagatdeo of Bhawanipatna have created 3 solar-powered devices that are Internet of Things (IoT) enabled and would improve fisheries production.…
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Dhanuka Working Towards Transforming India Through Agriculture
Dhanuka Agritech Limited, India's top agrochemical firm, is investing heavily to promote the use of drone technology in agriculture as part of its attempts to enhance crop production and contribute to the Prime Minister's goal of making India a $5 trillion economy.…
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ICAR’s Technology Increases the Income of Over 70,000 Farmers
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) claims that its technology has doubled the income of roughly 75,000 farmers and that it will work to ensure that a similar number of farmers benefit from its technology.…
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RMSI Cropalytics To Provide Accurate Crop Yield, Disease And Pest Prevention Information To Farmers
In an interview, Roli Jindal, the company's co-founder, claimed that this would be achievable because of their technology, which exploits freely accessible pictures to make their services inexpensive.…
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Samunnati Foundation Collaborates with IIT Madras Incubation Cell to Help Agri-Startups
Samunnati Foundation, a non-profit subsidiary of Samunnati Financial Intermediation and Services Pvt Ltd, has partnered with IIT Madras Incubation Cell (IITMIC) to encourage innovative agricultural and allied technologies, as well as to promote agritech startups and sustainable agriculture.…
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Omnivore’s Latest Impact Reports Highlight Progress in Climate-Smart Agriculture in India
More than 30 agritech startups have received funding from the fund, including DeHaat, Arya, Stellapps, Reshamandi, Animall, Bijak, and others. 6.4 million Indian farmers have been influenced by Omnivore portfolio firms.…
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Agritech Start-up FAARMS Creates a National Distribution Channel for SMEs
Faarms, Agritech Factory-to-farm start-up is assisting small and medium scale producers of seed and livestock feed from North India to expand their distribution channel PAN India. Prabhat Seeds from Haryana, Sheetal Industries, Sampoorna and Sardar Cattle feed from Punjab, Shiv Shakti Group and SP Solvent…
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This Smart Collar for Cows Could Revolutionize Farming
Halter is a New Zealand-based firm that uses smart cow collars to bring farming into the future.…
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Precision Agriculture Platform Fasal Raises $4M in Pre-Series A Round
Fasal, a precision agriculture platform announced today that it has raised a USD 4 million pre-Series ‘A’ round led by 3one4 Capital with participation from existing investors Omnivore and Wavemaker Partners. Other investors in this round include Genting Ventures (Malaysia), The Yield Lab Asia-Pacific, Antares…
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iPage: An AI-Powered Startup that Helps Farmers become Smarter & Wealthier
iPage (Integrated Precision Agriculture and Engineering) is demonstrating how to combine technology and agriculture to alleviate farmers' problems and improve the agro-industry using artificial intelligence, training, and workshops. Farmers across the country suffered the brunt of the Covid-19 lockdowns last year when their supply chains…
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Sohan Lal Commodity Management to Launch Mobile App to Test Crop Quality
The software, which is powered by AI and machine learning, can deliver high-quality results in minutes.…
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Big News! Agriculture Ministry Signs MoUs with 5 Firms including Jio, ITC & more
Centre has launched a Digital Agriculture Mission for 2021-2025, based on newer technologies like artificial intelligence, blockchain, and IoT.…
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Government to Increase Farmers Database to 8 Crore by December: Narendra Singh Tomar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Government is creating a national database of farmers by taking data from various sources like PM-Kisan and PM Fasal Bima Yojana. Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said on Monday that this database shall be expanded to include 8 Cr farmers…
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West Bengal Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose Visits Krishi Jagran, Calls Agriculture Divine
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Dr Chithra Devi Pandey of ICAR to attend Consultation Meetings at IPK, Germany
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WB Governor Dr CV Ananda Bose Visits Krishi Jagran Office in Delhi
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Vanakalam Season: Nizamabad Agriculture Department Prepares for Festival to Boost Farming
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Promoting Agroforestry for Environmental Conservation and Livelihoods