How The Smartphone Will Change Indian Agriculture In 2024

How The Smartphone Will Change Indian Agriculture In 2024

SUMMARY

India’s farmers are readily embracing agritech as it is agile and offers solutions that are flexible, easy to use and easy to customise

Perhaps the biggest game-changer is the e-mandi, an e-marketplace, that connects farmers with buyers, online, reducing intermediary costs

For a country where agriculture accounts for 16% of GDP and engages 43% of the workforce, it is imperative that we reimagine this historically marginalised sector

With a fistful of tech, the Indian farmer is finally taking his rightful place at the centre of the agriculture value chain. Making this transformational shift is the tiny microchip, which is placing power in the hands of the tiller through the application of new-age digital technologies to agriculture, or agritech.

Data-driven agriculture is quickly gaining traction in India as it offers solutions to challenges that have held back the sector for too long. It has made the kisan realise that prosperity is no longer an impossible dream. Rather, with a smartphone in hand, a high-speed internet connection, and a leap of faith, he can seize the reins and discover what it’s like to steer his future.

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