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Posted 24 Feb 2024

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  • DG made the observation in the inaugural session of the national seminar on “Smart Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture and Environment”.

 

  • Precision farming: It is a farm management approach utilizing information technology to optimize crop and soil conditions for maximum productivity.
    • It aims to manage and distribute inputs on a site-specific basis.

 

 

  • Impact of precision farming
    • Improves yields on farms and thus the profitability of agriculture. 
    • Enables making strategic decisions on crop management aspects.
    • Reduce the application of crop inputs such as fertilizer, herbicide, fuel, and water.
    • Environmental benefits like reducing fertilizer runoff in waterways. 

 

  • Challenges: High cost and complexity of the technologies involved, absence of uniform standards, concerns regarding farm data sharing and ownership, etc.

 

  • Government initiatives for technology in farming
    • The Digital Agriculture Mission 2021–2025: to encourage and speed up projects based on cutting-edge technologies like artificial intelligence.
    • National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGPA): to infuse modern information technologies in the farm sector.
    • Agri Stack is the digital foundation being set up by the government.

 

 

 

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  • Precision farming
  • technology in farming
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