Agriculture plays a very significant role in the overall economic outlook for India. However, the challenges faced by this sector have been growing multi-fold – changing demographic lifestyles, urbanization, climate change, natural / man-made disasters and much more.
The technological advancement in Agritech offer promising solutions to improve the overall yield and productivity of the sector. Precision farming and precision protection are gaining ground. GIS and Remote sensing, in particular, are driving major innovations. Start-ups are creating innovative solutions - from hand-held food adulteration meters, to highly integrated databases that deal with multiple marketing chains. Even Indian government has acknowledged the central role of geospatial technology in proactive and dynamic policy-making that will help double farm incomes. At least four of eight sub-missions under the National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture, and the Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana depend on spatial analysis powered by GIS.
Today, the chance to bring a very real paradigm shift lies in the hands of geospatial experts everywhere. Convergence of GIS, IoT, Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning gives you, GIS professionals, much more power to solve the complex problems of this sector. Explore the latest issue of ArcIndia News to experience how you can use GIS to drive new revolution in this sector.
