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Technologic Innovations and Revolutions in Millet Based Indian Farming
No full textWorld is facing two giant challenges, out of which rst one is agrarian while second rests with health & nutritional encounters. Owing to very high population pressures and uncertain climate change conditions, majority of good farming lands have already been overexploited, and thus intensive farming is being done on inferior/dry lands to meet the due productions. Millets happened to be one of the sustained options in historic past, but with multiple reasons these vital crops were ignored. Necessity always remains the mother of inventions. Appearance of 2023 as World’s rst international millet year is self-speaking in this regard. Present paper very briey elaborates the past, present and futuristic technologic innovations and standings on millet-based R&D eorts at Global, Indian and Gujarat level. Millet based backgrounds are augmented with multiple sharing of relevant experiences including author’s own addon on the subject. A richer food of thought is oered to sensitize present and future domains of millet-based R&D elements dealing predominant millets and exploring their best potential benets via demand riven location specic architecture of technologic interventions by taking care of its whole cycle (growing to marketing) in a sustained and economic way
Processing Machinery Enabling Millet Ecosystem, Branding and Farmgate Processing
No full textWorld is facing two giant challenges, out of which rst one is agrarian while second rests with health & nutritional encounters. Owing to very high population pressures and uncertain climate change conditions, majority of good farming lands have already been overexploited, and thus intensive farming is being done on inferior/dry lands to meet the due productions. Millets happened to be one of the sustained options in historic past, but with multiple reasons these vital crops were ignored. Necessity always remains the mother of inventions. Appearance of 2023 as World’s rst international millet year is self-speaking in this regard. Present paper very briey elaborates the past, present and futuristic technologic innovations and standings on millet-based R&D eorts at Global, Indian and Gujarat level. Millet based backgrounds are augmented with multiple sharing of relevant experiences including author’s own addon on the subject. A richer food of thought is oered to sensitize present and future domains of millet-based R&D elements dealing predominant millets and exploring their best potential benets via demand riven location specic architecture of technologic interventions by taking care of its whole cycle (growing to marketing) in a sustained and economic way
The Role of Precision Agriculture in Soil Water Conservation & Management
No full textPrecision Agriculture, a transformative and globally acclaimed approach, holds the potential to address the growing challenges of soil and water resource management in agriculture. By integrating advanced technologies and innovative practices, Precision Agriculture provides sustainable solutions for conserving soil and managing water resources efficiently. This article aims to explore the critical role of Precision Agriculture in soil and water conservation, highlighting practical opportunities and addressing key challenges to enhance agricultural productivity and sustainability
Internet of things (IOT) based smart farming: A futuristic approach
No full textThe world population has touched 7.9 billion mark and the expected growth is 9 billion by 2050 and 11 billion by 2100 (Muzamil et al., 2022). The rise has coincided with an increase in urbanization and industrialization; triggering rural-urban migration and creating a vacuum in terms of labour workforce in the agricultural sector. Although, a number of technologies were developed in the agricultural sector, however, the sector continues to rely heavily on the manual labour. Agricultural is labour intensive and dangerous occupation after construction and mining owing to its high injury and fatality rates. In India, a report suggested that the agricultural workforce reduced from 54% to 40% in last one decade and can reach to 26% by 2050. This has the propensity to expose the agricultural system to new challenges, jeopardize the existing social order and threaten the food security system
AI - Changing the Farming Landscape
No full textIn recent years, there has been a lot of talk about automation and articial intelligence (AI). With the advancement of technology, these two elds have become increasingly important in our lives. Automation refers to the process of using technology to automate tasks that would otherwise be done by humans. AI, on the other hand, refers to the process of using computers to simulate human intelligence. ere are many dierent applications for automation and AI. For example, automation can be used to speed up the manufacturing process, while AI can be used to create more realistic and lifelike computergenerated images. As technology continues to evolve, it is likely that we will see even more applications for automation and AI in the future
Digital Agriculture in India A Holistic Approach to Deliver Value to Small and Marginal Farmers in India
No full textPowered by the exponential rate of mobile penetration digital technology is driving agriculture business across India.e Agriculture sector in India, driven by 150 million farmers and contributing close to one-h of India’s GDP, is bustling with Digital energy, ranging from real-time digital agriculture advisories (by companies like Cropin, Fasal and BharatAgri) to building end-to-end marketing solutions and e-commerce (like e-NAM, DeHAAT and Kalgudi). An enabling digital eco-system is fast becoming a reality in India, facilitated by the government of India. e Digital Agriculture Mission (2021-25), IDEA Stack, and PPP in digital agriculture etc are initiatives to this eect. is is also reected in private investments that are directed into the agriculture and food sector which stood at USD 889 million in 2021, a whopping 90% CAGR from 2019
Accelerating Agri-Tech in India
No full textWe all love to eat healthy, care to stay healthy, but not many of us care to grow or farm healthy. Importance of Agri-tech is well established across the globe contributing to enhanced productivity in the farm sector given the increasing trend in world population and thus increase in food consumption. e global Agri-tech market was valued at US500 billion in additional value to the global gross domestic value by 2030; instrumenting innovative business models, investments in sophisticated technologies, triggering improved farm input products such as seeds, crop nutrient solutions, crop protection solutions, and farming solutions for optimizing productivity