Creation of an Agristack has now, for some time, been identified as a necessary step for the realisation of the potential offered by Digital technologies and ICTs in Indian Agriculture. In order to create Agristack, the Indian Agriculture Ministry is in the process of finalising the "India...

Modern smartphones come with high computing power, a variety of sensors and customization abilities that allow creation of a range of practical applications (apps). These features, coupled with the mobility and accessibility in terms of cost that smartphones offer, make them a potential...

Different prospects are offered by drones (small unmanned aerial vehicles) for the agricultural sector; typical drone applications being pesticide spraying, soil sampling and fertilizing, farm animal surveillance, real-time aerial imagery and sensor data collection etc. The Indian federal...

Agriculture is a very important sector of the Indian economy and it accounts for 49% of the employment and one-sixth of the GDP. Information and communication have always mattered in agriculture. Updated information allows farmers to benefit through better and informed decision making. It has...

As reforms have paved the way for India's rapid economic expansion in recent years, particularly in the service sector, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has assumed a dominant role as the underwriter of India's growth. Outside of the commercial applications where ICT has been most...

Governments across the globe and more so in the developing country context, have a primary responsibility of ensuring food security for their population and India is no exception. The Indian government is also responsible for the well-being of its farmers because approx half the population...

Field visits were undertaken to speak to farmers in some districts in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to gain some qualitative insights about their current experiences with agriculture. The conversations were around production costs, prices of produce, economic viability of smallholder agriculture...

A roundtable was held in January 2019, as a beginning to a project on the use of ICTs in Agriculture to spur innovation and growth for Indian small farmers. This paper summarises the discussions and lists the important aspects which were identified through the discussions in the roundtable. The...

Institutional Credit is an especially important input in Indian Agriculture. Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) have emerged as the instrument of choice to advance formal credit to Indian farmers. Government of India has undertaken 2 campaigns since February 2019 to saturate the number of KCCs. We...

Farmers' incomes in India are very low and efforts have to be made to enhance their incomes. For this, increasing the efficiencies of agricultural production processes and the entire value chain is important. Digital Agriculture is emerging as one of the ways to increase efficiencies and enhance...