Digital Technologies for Transforming Indian Agriculture in 21st Century
Dr.J.Meenambigai
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural Extension
Faculty of Agriculture
Annamalai University
Chidambaram
Digital Agriculture can be defined as ICT and data ecosystems to support the development and delivery of timely, targeted (localized) information and services to make farming profitable and sustainable (socially, economically and environmentally) while delivering safe, nutritious and affordable food for ALL. Rural connectivity will be a key to providing low cost data and access to information. Digital technology will be key to increasing agriculture productivity by delivering tailored recommendations to farmers based on crop, planting date, variety sown; real time localized observed weather and projected market prices. Mobile phones also enable farmers to integrate into structured markets based on approved grades and standards. The greatest impact of Digital agriculture will have is on democratization of market pricing and compressing transaction costs. Digital agriculture will also leverage social media platforms to build human capacity. One of the best examples originating from India is Digital Green.
A session on "Digitalization of Agriculture" at Entrepreneurship Conclave organized by Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
This PPT consists of what is agri start up, how it is to be registered and what are the different avenues to start an enterprise in agriculture, various organisations supporting and nurturing start ups etc.,
Digital Agriculture can be defined as ICT and data ecosystems to support the development and delivery of timely, targeted (localized) information and services to make farming profitable and sustainable (socially, economically and environmentally) while delivering safe, nutritious and affordable food for ALL. Rural connectivity will be a key to providing low cost data and access to information. Digital technology will be key to increasing agriculture productivity by delivering tailored recommendations to farmers based on crop, planting date, variety sown; real time localized observed weather and projected market prices. Mobile phones also enable farmers to integrate into structured markets based on approved grades and standards. The greatest impact of Digital agriculture will have is on democratization of market pricing and compressing transaction costs. Digital agriculture will also leverage social media platforms to build human capacity. One of the best examples originating from India is Digital Green.
A session on "Digitalization of Agriculture" at Entrepreneurship Conclave organized by Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
This PPT consists of what is agri start up, how it is to be registered and what are the different avenues to start an enterprise in agriculture, various organisations supporting and nurturing start ups etc.,
ICT in Agriculture, Reasons of Agricultural Information delay in rural India, Need of ICT in Indian Agriculture, Role of ICT in Indian Agriculture, ICT INITIATIVES FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Agri Tech Startups: Redefining Indian AgricultureShailesh Herale
This presentation highlights the concept of startup and current scenario of agritech startups, government support/incubators/ accelerators related to agritech startup, bottlenecks for agritech startups in India and case studies highlighting innovative agritech solutions.
India is a nation of youth, based on United Nations data, India’s populationhas crossed 141 crores, there are more than 65% of population below theage of 35 presently in the country.
Agriculture provides employment to 58% workforce of India andcontributes to more than 18% of India’s GDP.
Feeding the people will never face a recession or a slowdown. Economistshave pointed out that agriculture is four times more effective than othersectors in reducing poverty. It can even be a gold mine for young entrepreneurs.
Agriculture Sector Role in Economy & Providing
EmploymentE-fasal is endeavouring to create an alternate model of "Factory to
Farm" ( input linkage) and "Farm to Factory" ( output linkage) model
wherein we are building a robust network of agro solution centers ,
called Harit Vyapar KendraThe first-time entrepreneurs in this business are fully supported by the E-FASAL team
to make their business successful. In order to enable the businessman to, facilitate to
getting licenses, give them authorisation for selling products, provide loan facility,
provide minimum two marketing executives, training is given under a systematic
program for new techniques, tools, and expertise.The Certificate Course by E-FASAL Training Institute - Karmasetu is designed to fill the
gap of practical skill requirements of the industry and students for self & job
employmentParticipants are getting placement by acquiring practical skill qualification as per market
demand.
1. Crop based PoP Technical Training
2. Personal Mentor
3. Mock Interview
4. Group Discussion
5. Real Time Projects
6. Computer Training
7. Soft skill development
8. Personality Development
9. Resume Preparation
The placement-oriented training courses are as follows-
Due to this, employment opportunities increase and the salary package becomes
according to other sectors of the market.
Opportunities with
Indian agriculture: Mechanization to DigitizationICRISAT
India is characterized by small farm holdings. More than 80% of the land holdings are less than 2 ha (5 acres). About 55% of India’s population is engaged in Agriculture with 40% farm mechanization. Due to non-remunerative nature of farming, more than 50% farmers in India are in debt. This situation has constrained farmers from investing in mechanization and other technologies.
-> ICRISAT Director General Dr David Bergvinson's presentation at the CII Agri business and Mechanization Summit held in New Delhi, India on 01 Sep 2015.
Masters seminar on Privatization of Agricultural Extension Services.Ayush Mishra
Privatization of Agricultural Extension Services.
Extension services have been traditionally funded, managed and delivered by government all over the world. The Monopoly of public sector extension has been challenged since 1980 with the emergence of many private players, who also fund and deliver extension services. This process of funding and delivering the extension services by private individual or organization is called Private extension. The primary reason behind the agricultural extension privatization is declining trend in government expenditure for extension in several countries, including India over the last few decades. With an increase in commercialized farming in the developing countries during 21st century, production system is shifting to demand driven from supply driven that demands a technically sound & client accountable extension service which is not just limited to input supply and advisory services but also seek processing and marketing of the produce. Challenges and opportunities possessed by globalization & liberalization era calls for structural and functional adjustment with cost effective & need based extension service. The public extension, facing financial & technical constraints has disappointing performance & the need for private extension service becomes even more important in these changing times. Decentralization, cost sharing, cost recovery withdrawal from selected services, and contracting are some of the options exercised by various governments in privatizing extension services.
Keywords: Agricultural extension, private extension service, privatization.
Innovation Systems is a concept to help reveal and deal with the partnership and institutional issues that shape innovation processes and shape the contribution of research to that process. It recognises multiple knowledge bases, including research but also others. It is a capability to innovate, not just today but in ever-changing environments — i.e., it is a dynamic, adaptive capability. It is embedded in and defined by the institutional and policy contexts that shape the ways actors and organisations behave
ICT Extension approaches-pre-requisites Information and science needs of ...Yagnesh sondarva
ICT Extension approaches-pre-requisites
Information and science needs of farming community
Need integration
Human resource information & Intermediaries
ICT in Agriculture, Reasons of Agricultural Information delay in rural India, Need of ICT in Indian Agriculture, Role of ICT in Indian Agriculture, ICT INITIATIVES FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Agri Tech Startups: Redefining Indian AgricultureShailesh Herale
This presentation highlights the concept of startup and current scenario of agritech startups, government support/incubators/ accelerators related to agritech startup, bottlenecks for agritech startups in India and case studies highlighting innovative agritech solutions.
India is a nation of youth, based on United Nations data, India’s populationhas crossed 141 crores, there are more than 65% of population below theage of 35 presently in the country.
Agriculture provides employment to 58% workforce of India andcontributes to more than 18% of India’s GDP.
Feeding the people will never face a recession or a slowdown. Economistshave pointed out that agriculture is four times more effective than othersectors in reducing poverty. It can even be a gold mine for young entrepreneurs.
Agriculture Sector Role in Economy & Providing
EmploymentE-fasal is endeavouring to create an alternate model of "Factory to
Farm" ( input linkage) and "Farm to Factory" ( output linkage) model
wherein we are building a robust network of agro solution centers ,
called Harit Vyapar KendraThe first-time entrepreneurs in this business are fully supported by the E-FASAL team
to make their business successful. In order to enable the businessman to, facilitate to
getting licenses, give them authorisation for selling products, provide loan facility,
provide minimum two marketing executives, training is given under a systematic
program for new techniques, tools, and expertise.The Certificate Course by E-FASAL Training Institute - Karmasetu is designed to fill the
gap of practical skill requirements of the industry and students for self & job
employmentParticipants are getting placement by acquiring practical skill qualification as per market
demand.
1. Crop based PoP Technical Training
2. Personal Mentor
3. Mock Interview
4. Group Discussion
5. Real Time Projects
6. Computer Training
7. Soft skill development
8. Personality Development
9. Resume Preparation
The placement-oriented training courses are as follows-
Due to this, employment opportunities increase and the salary package becomes
according to other sectors of the market.
Opportunities with
Indian agriculture: Mechanization to DigitizationICRISAT
India is characterized by small farm holdings. More than 80% of the land holdings are less than 2 ha (5 acres). About 55% of India’s population is engaged in Agriculture with 40% farm mechanization. Due to non-remunerative nature of farming, more than 50% farmers in India are in debt. This situation has constrained farmers from investing in mechanization and other technologies.
-> ICRISAT Director General Dr David Bergvinson's presentation at the CII Agri business and Mechanization Summit held in New Delhi, India on 01 Sep 2015.
Masters seminar on Privatization of Agricultural Extension Services.Ayush Mishra
Privatization of Agricultural Extension Services.
Extension services have been traditionally funded, managed and delivered by government all over the world. The Monopoly of public sector extension has been challenged since 1980 with the emergence of many private players, who also fund and deliver extension services. This process of funding and delivering the extension services by private individual or organization is called Private extension. The primary reason behind the agricultural extension privatization is declining trend in government expenditure for extension in several countries, including India over the last few decades. With an increase in commercialized farming in the developing countries during 21st century, production system is shifting to demand driven from supply driven that demands a technically sound & client accountable extension service which is not just limited to input supply and advisory services but also seek processing and marketing of the produce. Challenges and opportunities possessed by globalization & liberalization era calls for structural and functional adjustment with cost effective & need based extension service. The public extension, facing financial & technical constraints has disappointing performance & the need for private extension service becomes even more important in these changing times. Decentralization, cost sharing, cost recovery withdrawal from selected services, and contracting are some of the options exercised by various governments in privatizing extension services.
Keywords: Agricultural extension, private extension service, privatization.
Innovation Systems is a concept to help reveal and deal with the partnership and institutional issues that shape innovation processes and shape the contribution of research to that process. It recognises multiple knowledge bases, including research but also others. It is a capability to innovate, not just today but in ever-changing environments — i.e., it is a dynamic, adaptive capability. It is embedded in and defined by the institutional and policy contexts that shape the ways actors and organisations behave
ICT Extension approaches-pre-requisites Information and science needs of ...Yagnesh sondarva
ICT Extension approaches-pre-requisites
Information and science needs of farming community
Need integration
Human resource information & Intermediaries
ICT BASED REMOTE AGROECOLOGICAL MONITORING SYSTEM : A Review suryaprakashGupta19
Farming is the major source for the survival in this world, here the future farming is moving towards the smarter technologies in order to increase the productivity within a short time.
CROPSAP considered as one of the path breaking initiatives with the possibility and success of the programme demonstrated, many other ICT Initiatives have been brought into operation in plant protection
Tools (Advisory tools, GIS system) that improve the accuracy on pest and disease diagnosis which will give growers a better ability to spray pesticides when and where required, saving them money on the unnecessary sprays.
Decisions that are based on reliable and accurate information increases the quality of farming.
Information Communication Technology and Indian Agricultureijtsrd
Development of technology has opened new opportunities and dimensions for the agriculture sector in India. This technological advancement has enabled the country to shift from a period of traditional subsistence farming to an era of hi commercial farming. India today makes use of technology at every stage of agriculture right from production and processing till marketing. In spite of this, there still remain challenges in its complete adoption by small and marginal farmers which if suitably addressed could lead to the rapid growth of the primary sector in the future years. Dr. T. M. Gurnule "Information Communication Technology and Indian Agriculture" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-2 , February 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd38606.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/economics/38606/information-communication-technology-and-indian-agriculture/dr-t-m-gurnule
Information and Communication Technology in dissemination of Agricultural Tec...Lokesh Waran
Information and Communication Technology in dissemination of Agricultural Technologies
Dr.J.Meenambigai
Associate Professor
Department of agricultural Extension
Faculty of Agriculture
Annamalai University
Chidambaram
ENHANCEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL STAKEHOLDERS BY USING ANDROID APPLICATIONvivatechijri
Agriculture sector plays crucial role in Indian Economy. It contributes about 17% to the total GDP and provides employment to over 60% of the population. Need of Enhancement of all stakeholders related to Agricultural sector. Most of the farmers doesn’t have any idea about the rates of crops and their products and they sell their products at any cost Improper accessibility. Android application will resolve the accessibility problem between all the agricultural stakeholders. Many laborers depend on agriculture to get their wages. They can include, grass cutters, tractor drivers, farming apparatus technicians, or anyone who is directly involved in farming activities. That said, agriculture allows manpower to be shifted between the agricultural and non-agricultural sectors. If farmers get an assured minimum support prices for their produces and also if the functioning in trade is made digital or online, or by eliminating middle person who is exchanging goods from farmers to factories or from factories to farmers. Then the financial state of farmers will be improved in agricultural field. These problems arises only because of not having the proper accessibility between each other. Nowadays it’s essential to develop of an effective network of all the agricultural stakeholders. With the help of Android application will try to provide better accessibility in terms of all resources (Time, Money and equipment) between farmers to vendors and vice versa, farmer to workers and vice versa, farmer to agriculture consultant as well as seeds and fertilizers suppliers.
M-Extension-An advanced communication strategy for technology dissemination i...Lokesh Waran
M-Extension-An advanced communication strategy for technology dissemination in agriculture
Dr J.Meenambigai
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural Extension
Faculty of Agriculture
Annamalai University
Chidambaram
Tamilnadu
SURVEY OF ANDROID APPS FOR AGRICULTURE SECTORijistjournal
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Agro tourism or agricultural tourism, is one alternative for improving the incomes and potential economic viability of small farms and rural communities. India is an agriculture country and most of its people live in villages. Present concept of travel and tourism is limited to urban and rich class which constitutes only a small portion of the population. However, the concept of Agri Tourism takes travel and tourism to the larger population, widening the scope of tourism due to its cost effectiveness. India’s tourism industry is experiencing a strong period of growth in high spending foreign tourists, and coordinating government campaigns to promote ‘Incredible India’.Tourism is termed as an instrument for employment generation ,poverty alleviation and sustainable human development. Agro-tourism is the concept of visiting a working farm or any agricultural, horticultural, or agribusiness operations for the purpose of enjoyment, education, or active involvement in the activities of the farm or operation. In general Agro Tourism is the practice of attracting visitors to an area used primarily for agricultural purposes.It includes Rural/Agricultural Environments + Farm Commodities + Tourism Services = Agro tourism.
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Digital Technologies for Transforming Indian Agriculture in 21st Century
1. Digital Technologies for
Transforming Indian Agriculture in
21st Century
Dr.J.Meenambigai
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural Extension
Faculty of Agriculture ,Annamalai University
Tamil Nadu
2. DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION
Digital transformation has been a
strong theme in both business and
IT over the past five years and
often is a term mistakenly used for
almost any kind of new
technology adoption.
3. Is the economic and societal effects of
digitization and digitalization.
Is the conversion of analogue data and
processes into a machine readable format.
Is the use of digital technologies and data
as well as interconnection that results in
new or changes to existing activities.
Are ICT, including the internet, mobile,
devices and data analytics used to improve
the generation, collection, exchange,
aggregation, analysis, access search ability
and presentation of digital content.
4. Agriculture
Indian Agriculture contributes 22% of
our GDP, and approximately 60% Indians
derive their livelihood from the
agricultural sector.
In India, these are about 120 million farm
holdings and the number is growing year
by year.
Planning commission of India states that
the agriculture growth is stagnating and
sluggish.
5. Need of ICT in Indian Agriculture
ICT in agriculture is an emerging field
focusing on the enhancement of
agricultural and rural development in
India.
The advancements in ICT can facilitate an
environment for more remunerative
agriculture.
6. Market information
Information on latest techniques and
technologies
Information about rural development
programs and subsidies
Weather forecasting
Latest (best) packages of practices
Post-harvest technology
7. Cont…..
General agricultural news
Information on insurance / claim
processing
Input prices and availability
Early warning and management of
diseases and pests
Soil testing and soil sampling information
8. Role of ICT
Enhancing Agricultural
Production
Improving Market Access
Capacity-building and
empowerment
9. ICT Initiatives and Applications
1) aAQUA
2) KISSAN Kerala
3) TNAU AGRITECH Portal
4) AGRISNET
5) DACNET
6) e-Krishi
7) ASHA
8) India Development Gateway (InDG) portal
9) Rice Knowledge Management Portal (RKMP)
10) Agropedia
10. Market Information and Agri-Business
Firms’ Portal to Farmer
AGMARKNET
ITC-e-Chopal
EID Parry-Indiagriling
Indiancommodities.com
Mahindra Kisan Mintra
IFFCO Agri-Portal
Agrowatch Portal
iKissan
11. Private and Co-operative
Organizations
• Village Knowledge Center -
M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation
• Village Resource Center - Indian Space
Research Organization
• Community Information Center
• Common Service Center
12. Telephony/ Mobile Telephony
1) Farmers Call Center (Kissan Call Center)
2) Lifelines India
3) IFFCO Kisan Sanchar Limited (IKSL)
4) Fisher Friend
5) Reuters Market Light(RML)
6) Mobile Advisory Services by Krishi Vigyan
Kendras (KVKs) of Indian Council of
Research(ICAR)
14. Invigorating Extension through
ICT Tools
…
1. TNAU Agri Tech Portal
2. Crop Doctor
3. Multi Video Conference
4. Cross platform of Android, Mac iOS
5. Training the Extension Officials Phase-I (1482)
6. On-line and off-line Access
7. Instant interaction with Research Institutes and
KV
15. Mobile communication technology
Mobile applications– Agricultural
Rural Development by providing
access to information, market and
services to rural inhabitants (world
bank, 2012).
Mobile Technology
16. Role of mobile phones
Access to modern technology for farming.
Fulfill the informational needs of farmers.
Improve the information transfer between
farmers and research institutions.
Significantly reduce the communication
and information cost
Provide new opportunities for rural farmers
to obtain knowledge and information.
17. Cont…..
Provided information on markets,
weather, transport and agricultural
techniques.
Provide new approach to farmers to make
tentative decisions.
Leads to greater social cohesion and
improved social relationships.
Provided connectivity and offer benefits
such as mobility and security to owners.
18. Mobile apps
Software programmes designed to run on Smartphone, tablets
and other devices
Basic tasks like e-mail, web browsing, calendar contacts,
weather forecast etc.,
Mobile agricultural apps – characterise to target the needs
of the agricultural sector and its stake holders.
Wide spectrum of activities from field to market
Services such as weather forecasting, agricultural business
news, information for agricultural machinery and equipment
daily farming yield forecasting and monitoring.
20. Kisan suvidha is an
omnibus mobile app
developed to help farmers
by providing relevant
information.
Weather, Market Price,
Dealers, Plant Protection,
Agro Advisory, Call To
KCC
22. Soil health card
Soil Health Card scheme is a Government of India
scheme promoted by the Department of Agriculture,
Co-operation and Farmers Welfare, Ministry of
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and being
implemented in the state and union territories.
A SHC gives soil nutrients status to each farmer for
his/her land holding and also gives advices on
fertilizer dosage and soil amendments needed to
maintain soil health in the long run.
24. CCE agri mobile app
In rural areas, there will be no or poor internet
connection that is why this app has been designed
in such a way that data can be collected without
internet connection.
It works in both online and offline mode.
Internet is required only to download the app and
doing registration.
Affter that CCE data can be entered using this app
without internet connection.
And as and when internet is available, data can be
pushed to the server.
25. BENEFITS OF CCE AGRI APP
Significantly improve data speed (from
harvesting to insurance loss estimation) and
biggest gain is data quality:
Geo-tagging ensures field visit
Photos mitigate manipulation risk, and
Data transfer greatly improves data
consolidation/analysis
Reduced time in data collation
Reduced time in claim settlement
26. Crop insurance
Developed by: Department
of Agriculture and Farmers
Welfare (DAC & FW).
It provides details of crop
insurance.
27. Features:
Crop insurance mobile app
can be used to calculate the
insurance premium for
notified crops based on area,
coverage amount and loan
amount in case of loanee
farmer.
It can also used to get details
of normal sum insured,
extended sum insured, of any
of notified crop in notified
area.
28. eNAM:
Developed by: Small Farmer Agribusiness
Consortium(SFAC), Ministry of Agriculture
and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India.
Purpose of mobile app is to facilitate remote
bidding by traders and access to arrivals and
price related information to farmers and other
holders on their smart phones.
34. AgriMarket
Developed by: Ministry of
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
AgriMarket app is used to get
market price of crops in the
markets within 50kms of the
device’s location
35. DIGITAL MANDI INDIA
Helps in checking the latest Mandi prices of
agricultural commodities reported from
different states and districts/ mandis in india.
36. Features
One can browse through various commodity categories
and get the selected commodity’s price reported by
various states/ by mandi.
Simplified flow to reach the selected commodity’s
mandi price.
Copy the mandi price of a commodity and share the
price on social media.
Sync data the Indian government portal
Agmarknet.nic.in
37. PUSA KRISHI
Pusa krishi mobile app launched
in MARCH 21,2016.
Information about new varieties
released by ICAR.
“LAB TO LAND”
ICAR
43. Solapur anar
To educate pomegranate growers
about scientific pomegranate
production.
Include publications
Announcement from National
Research Centre on Pomegranate-
trainings, seminar
English, Hindi, Marathi
44. Cane advisor
ICAR- sugarcane breeding
institute, coimbatore, TN.
Details from planting to
harvest with text and relevant
graphics.
Scheduler
Query handler
45. mkrishi fisheries app
Developed by Tata Consultancy Services
Innovation lab-Mumbai, in collaboration with
ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute
& Indian National Centre for Ocean Information
Service(INCOIS) Hyderabad.
INCOIS generate Potential Fishing Zone(PFZ), a
fish shoals sensing data received from NOAA
Satellites, sea surface temperature and the presence
of phytoplankton which form the food of several
fish species.
46. App consolidates this
information and presents
advisories in local
language.
Raigad, Maharashtra.
Registered users.
To reduce unnecessary
trips.
47. IFFCO Kisan Agri
Developed by: IFFCO Kisan, a
subsidiary of Indian Farmers
Fertilizer Cooperative Ltd.
Features:
Weather
Market Price
Agricultural Advisory
Agriculture Library
49. Expert system for various crops
Sugarcane expert system
Cultivation practices
Irrigation management
Nutrient management
Crop protection
Post harvest technology
53. Fisher Friendly Mobile Application(FFMA)
Developed by: MS Swaminathan Research
Foundation in partnership with Qualcomm &
INCOIS.
54. Pashu poshan
Balanced ration can be
formulated while optimizing
the cost considering animal
profile, i.e. cattle or buffalo,
age, milk production, milk
fat and feeding regime etc.
To adjust the quantity of
locally available feeding
ingredients offered to their
animals.
59. Plant pest and disease management
Plantix
Features:
• Real-time diagnosis.
• Weather information system.
• Community features facilitates
interaction.
• Smallholder farmers as end-
users.
60. Recently developed mobile applications in 2019
Meghdoot: The Ministry of Earth Sciences and
Agriculture have launched a mobile application that
will provide location, and crop and livestock-
specific weather- based agro advisories to farmers
in local languages.
CHC: Farmers can select and order the required
machinery at the feasible for them from the Custom
Hiring Centers located in the radius of 50 kms
61. M-Extension – Mobile Phones for
Agricultural Advisory Services
Mobile telephony – Subscription rate –
developing countries 22/100 in habitants in
2005 – 91.8 per 100 inhabitants in 2015.
Recent 3G and 4G technology play a crucial
role in the development of rural people.
Mobile phones – devices used to create,
store access and share information anytime,
anywhere.
62. Cont…..
Teamed with extension and advisory
services help to improve the
livelihoods of rural people.
Getting much needed timely
information to their fingertips at
potentially low cost.
M-Extension – mobile based extension
advisory services.
63. Impact of mobile based agro
advisory service
Mobile phones have reduced producer price
dispersion and ensured higher market participation
by farmers.
Helped to reduce wastage, increase the number of
transactions.
Information accessed through mobile phones has
strengthened local. likelihoods are helped to
preserve natural resources.
It has also increased general awareness
64. Robots:
A robot is a mechanical, artificial
agent and is usually an
electromechanical system.
It is a device because of software
programming, makes complicated
tasks easy to perform.
ROBOTICS IN AGRICULTURE
65. AGRICULTURAL ROBOTICS
AGRIBOT is a self-directed agricultural robot
powered by solar energy.
It can control various aspects of farming like
ploughing and levelling, seed sowing, irrigation,
pest controlling, apart from on field surveillance
using camera movement.
66. Agriculture robots
Agricultural Robotics is the logical proliferation of automation
technology into bio systems such as agriculture, forestry, green
house, horticulture etc.
In agriculture, the opportunities for robot-enhanced productivity are
immense and the robots are appearing on farms in various guises and
in increasing numbers
67. FUNCTION
The robot has two-main function:
To survey the crop growth
Create an automated harvest mechanism.
69. Robots can move and sense.
They require multiple sensors and controls that allow
them to move in an unknown environment.
70. Robots usually have five parts
1) Sensors
2) Controller/Computer
3) Drive/Actuator
4) Arm
5) End-effectors
71. 1. Demeter
2. Weed control robot
3. Forester robot
4. Robot in horticulture.
5. Fruit picking robot
6. Drones
72. Demeter is capable of planning harvesting operations for entire field and
driven by remote control.
Demeter is a robot that can cut crops it looks like a normal harvester,
but can drive by itself without any human supervision.
Source: Tom Pilarski et al.,(2002)
1.Demeter
73. Source: David Slaughter et
al.,(2008)
Weed identification is based on color photography.
A four-wheel-drive weed-seeking robot
was developed by the Danish Farm
Research Authority.
The task of the weed removing device is
to remove or destroy the weed.
An intelligent hoe uses vision systems
to identify the row of crops, and steer
itself accurately between them,
considerably reducing the need for
herbicides.
74.
75. Pick ripe fruit without damaging
the branches or leaves of the tree.
The robot can distinguish between
fruit and leaves by using video
image capturing.
If a match is obtained, the fruit
is picked.
Mobility is a priority and the
robots must be able to access all
areas of the tree being harvested.
Source: Ashwini.K (2016)
76.
77. 4. Forester robot
This is a special type of robot used for cutting
up of wood, tending trees, and pruning of X-
mass tree.
The forester robot having six legs moves
wonders in the forest.
It is used for harvesting pulp and hard wood
in the forests.
78.
79. To get a bird’s eye view of the land offers a quick and easy
way to check on the progress of crops and determine where
they may need to replant or direct pesticide applications.
It is also used for weed, pest and disease control.
Source :Anderson,C, (2014)
90. In the fully-automated Farm of the Future, dedicated
robots will take on farming jobs that once could be done
only by people.
It is not just on the ground that technology promises to
transform farming. Unmanned Air Vehicles, or drones, are
also coming into play on farms.
FUTURE FARM
92. Robots can work 24 hours a day, every day without
rest.
Robots don’t need to be paid wage (so money is
saved).
Robots are extremely accurate compared to
humans, so product quality is high.
Robots can perform tasks more quickly than
humans, so more products can be made.
Robots can work in very dangerous conditions.
It can reduce up to 97% of farm’s use ofpesticide.
93. Energy issues, costly.
People are made unemployed because robots are
doing their job.
Robots are very expensive and it can take
more time to pay for them.
lack of decision-making power.
95. Conclusion
The world is today facing the pressing challenge of
unsustainable food production and consumption practices.
Today’s food system is the main driver of deforestation and
biodiversity loss and generates a quarter of the greenhouse
gas pollution globally.
In fact, climate change could force over 100 million people
into extreme poverty by 2030, mostly through impacts on
agriculture and food security.
Hence, improving the performance of the food system is
critical if we are to sustainably feed nearly 10 billion people
by 2050 while raising farmer incomes, protecting them from
climate change and helping them to thrive.
96. Rapid population growth, changes in market demands,
depleting agricultural land, and significant changes in
climate patterns, including much more frequent extreme
events — all these factors are pushing agriculture out of
its traditional limits, towards a digital age. This trend is
supported by governments worldwide.
Digital farming technology will be key to increasing
agriculture productivity by delivering tailored
recommendations to farmers based on crop, planting
date, variety sown; real-time localized observed weather
and projected market prices.
97. Smart phones also enable farmers to integrate into
structured markets based on approved grades and
standards. The greatest impact of digital agriculture
will have is on the democratization of market pricing
and compressing transaction costs.
Digital technologies will also leverage social media
platforms to build human capacity. We need to put
our concrete efforts to place an effective framework,
in terms of appropriate policies and programs that
will harness the already well-known potentials of
digital technologies to put India on the higher
pedestal of the’ Second Green Revolution’ by making
Indian rural and agricultural sector self-sufficient.