5 Agritech startups enabling farmers to go all digital
Agritech startup innovations are addressing some of the key challenges connected to agriculture and food production
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Russian farm machinery giant set to autonomous artificial intelligence rollout
Cognitive Pilot, an autonomous driving technology company to serially equip combines with artificial intelligence (AI) for autonomous driving
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How data-based practices are revolutionising agriculture?
Data-based farming practices and supply chain management are the future of agriculture, especially with the involvement of youth and greater awareness regarding sustainability, food and nutritional security. Dr Ratna Kumria and Dr Shivendra Bajaj write
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Agritech start-up, Agdhi joins NVIDIA Inception programme
NVIDIA Inception will allow Agdhi to grow its business with go-to-market support, training and technology assistance. The programme will offer an opportunity to collaborate with industry-leading experts and other AI-driven organisations
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PMFBY: Centre appoints Leads Connect, Agriwatch, IAR to conduct Crop Cutting Experiments in 100 districts
Leads Connect, with its cutting-edge technologies such as remote sensing, GIS, artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics frameworks, will co-observe the CCEs conducted by state government for PMFBY
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Agricultural advancements vs Union Budget 2021-22
The finance minister has proposed to increase the agricultural credit to Rs 16.5 lakh crore which can be used by smallholder farmers for CapEx, may it be their vehicles or cold storage and other facilities that they require, Santosh Shinde writes…
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National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture digitalising farming practices
National e-Governance Plan in Agriculture (NeGPA) aims to achieve rapid development of agriculture through use of ICT for timely access to agriculture related information to the farmers
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Centre allocates Rs 16,000 Cr for crop insurance scheme, PMFBY for 2021-22
The crop insurance scheme extends coverage for the entire cropping cycle from pre-sowing to post-harvest including coverage for losses arising out of prevented sowing and mid-season adversities
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Agritech industry awaits union budget with heightened expectations
The government can announce subsidy or cutback on taxes to farmers who opt for agritech products. Thereby encouraging farmers to adopt agritech in a big way, writes Nikhil Das, Founder, Agdhi
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Technology can solve many of agriculture’s challenges
AI-enabled tools make it possible to generate solution-oriented data while analytics provided by big data provide crucial real-time insights. Rajesh Aggarwal, MD, Insecticides (India) writes on the need of modern technological integration of farming practices
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