Transforming Indian Agriculture with Digital Technologies

Indian Agriculture: Managing Growth with Equity

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An Aspect of Indian Agriculture

Observation I : When family labour employed in agriculture is given an "imputed value" in terms of the ruling wage ratet much of Indian agriculture seems unremunerative. In fact in Bombay for the two districts studied, taken together, "we get a loss in crop product ion to the tune of Rs 5.50 per acre ' ' (Bombay Studies. 1954-55, p 6 5 ) . This was made up of a Joss in Ahmednagar and a profit i...

Wireless Technologies at Agriculture ITP

Transforming Modern Agriculture Through Synthetic Genomics

In this talk, I will cover a few topics. First, I will describe some of the cutting-edge science that’s underway and how we are applying it within Synthetic Genomics, not specifically on specialty crops as defined, but on low-acreage or potential crops of the future. Many of these concepts will apply to specialty crops. We can think about progress in synthetic biology, much in the way that chil...

Evolution of a Digital Ecosystem for Knowledge Services to Indian Agriculture

Cooperative efforts of experts from apparently unrelated domains: farmers and agricultural scientists working with computer scientists and economists can lead to effective knowledge creation and growth. Relevant information at the right time could provide farmers with the appropriate tools to make more economically sound decisions. This process of decision making could enhance their competitive...