Q1) Agriculture sector needs to turn into an enterprise to become sustainable; ICT interventions are the key to this transformation. Comment.
(250 Words/15 Marks)
Poor farm incomes in India require efforts to make farming a profitable enterprise. Digital technologies are emerging as one of the ways to overcome the constraints and increase efficiencies in the agriculture sector.
Digital technologies can reenergize the agriculture sector by turning it into an enterprise in the following ways:
E.g., electronic trade through e-NAM, ReMS etc.
E.g., use of soil sensors, etc.
E.g., DD Kisan.
Many countries, such as the Netherlands, USA, Australia and Israel, have successfully adopted and exploited digital solutions to revolutionize agriculture.
However, the application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in agriculture is faced with the following challenges:
E.g., low access to smartphones, poor internet connectivity, digital illiteracy etc.
E.g., AI-based sensors designed for large farms won’t work due to the low number of data-points.
E.g., low adoption of e-NAM for trading in perishables.
Digital technology-driven improvements in agriculture can transform agriculture into a profitable enterprise through higher crop yields, resource-effectiveness, improved marketing and enhanced sustainability. To encourage digital agripreneurship, there is need to create pools of digitally-skilled farmers. Government initiatives like AgriStack can help overcome issues in deployment of ICT based on convergence of various stake holders
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