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Various Technological Innovations to reshape the Indian Agriculture

Here presents several innovative technologies to modify the Indian Agriculture: “Farming is a Profession of Hope” In the present era, many innovative technologies are revolutionizing the Indian agriculture. From the crop monitoring system to the imparting of chemicals by using drones and from predicting the climatic risk to agriculture to the online selling of crops from the field itself ,everything is witnessing the modernisation of Indian agriculture. The IOT (Internet of things) and Artificial intelligence based technologies are completely changing the picture of Indian agriculture. They are emphasizing on increasing the crop yield on the particular area. They are not only increasing the farmers income but also reducing their efforts for farming. Various companies and startups are approaching the farmers for the mission of improving their life. They are encouraging them to implement these technologies on their farms .Our government is fully supporting these start

Top Government Policies to double Farmers's Income by 2022

Here are the Several Government Initiatives to double Farmers Income by 2022 : "We are working towards ensuring that the incomes of our hardworking farmers doubles by 2022. For that we are facilitating proper assistance wherever required. We have faith in the farmers of India," - PM Narendra Modi Ji In the agrarian country like India, 70% of its population directly or indirectly depends upon agriculture.  It has  159.7 million hectares (394.6 million acres)  of arable land and is the second largest in the world.It has around 118.7 million farmers and cultivators and 144.3 million agricultural labours (according to 2011 census report).This is how you can imagine the broad size of Indian agricultural market. In such a agriculture ecosystem,   average agriculture household income was Rs 8,931 per month in 2016-17 with an increment of just Rs 2,505 per month in last four years. This picture shows the critical condition of Indian agriculture. So many of the small

Organic Farming: The Need for the the Healthy & Prosperous nation

Here is the need of Organic Agricultural practices to boost the country's developing rate: "The Era of Organic Agriculture 2019" Nearly  70 million hectares  of worlds farmland are organic.This figure was around 57.8 million hectares in the end of 2016 and 48.8 million hectare in 2014  according to the FiBL report.  Now we can interpret from the above statistical data that the world is at the verge of organic culture. The globally increment in the organic farmland is about 10-15% every year. In this way ,this figure ensures that the countries are now understanding the need to establish the organic agri practices.  The concepts for the organic agriculture were developed in the early 1900s by  Sir Albert Howard,   F.H. King ,  Rudolf Steiner  and others . Sir Abert Howard has been called as the Father of modern organic agriculture.   In 1943, he published an "Agricultural Testament" in which he described the importance of observing natural s

Top Funded Agritech startups in India 2019

Here are the top funded Agritech startups to watch out for: "Agriculture is the backbone of India In this agricultural revolution where each task seems to be done by robots. With enhancing of Artificial intelligence and machine learning technology, it is the starting of new robotic ecosystem". -  Akash   In the previous decades, most of the agricultural tasks were performed manually . Most of the essential jobs like preparation of field, sowing of seeds, irrigation, harvesting were performed by mankind and animals . This processes consumed lots of labour & time. Also the yields were not desirable.  After application of these technologies, these processes becomes less labour consuming . Most of the work is performed by using machines. This not only makes the process faster but also makes it more economical.  Here discussing most emerging startups in India:  #1   NINJACART Ninjacart founded by  Thirukumaran Nagarajan in