Agriculture in India can be transformed, but only if several elements come together, writes Kavitha Srinivasa for Engineering & Technology. First, every part of the farming sector requires a technology overhaul. Second, it needs connectivity, with tractors and other...

Ahmedabad, India-based agritech startup MyCrop is currently testing blockchain in the seed supply chain to track its entire supply movement — from seed aggregators, distributors, retailers to farmers, reports Dipen Pradhan for Inc42. The move to implement blockchain is...

India may be on the threshold of the Second Green Revolution, writes George Leopold for EET India. Crops are being sewn and fertilized using fancy new tractors with cabs that resemble cockpits, gathering and wirelessly transferring field data collected...

It is one of the marvels of human innovation but artificial intelligence (AI) offers a tough competition to us, writes Rajesh Aggrawal on BusinessWorld.in. The days of speculating rain and sunshine may soon fade with artificial intelligence’s capability to...

The Agricultural Price Commission in India has roped in computer major IBM to assess the real-time situation of cultivated land, crop health, and also project potential yield to avoid price crash with the help of precision farming, writes Chiranjeevi...

Indian startup AgNext has raised an undisclosed seed round led by India-focused Agtech VC Omnivore Partners along with Singaporean angel investor Samir Kumar, writes Emma Cosgrove on AgFunderNews.com. Before harvest, AgNext provides a varied suite of precision agriculture tools including...

In a major initiative to apply disruptive technology in agriculture, a consortium of researchers has been formed with the partnership of three leading institutions in the country, with the mandate of turning farming from an ‘uncertain’ to ‘assured’ activity,...

At the trial farm in Tamil Nadu, eight vegetable crops have been farmed using the SCORRES precision irrigation system. A cloud-based, micro-irrigation system tested on a farm in India has cut water use by up to...

Farming is a profession of hope. And India holds the record for the second-largest agricultural land in the world, with around 60% rural Indian households making their living from agriculture, writes Shweta Modgil on Inc42.com. This not only speaks about...

The Series C funding of $10 million in Skymet recently announced epitomizes the growing interest of investors in Indian agtech space, writes Hemendra Mathur on YourStory.com. In addition to Skymet, two other Indian agtech start-ups — EM3 and Agrostar —...

Come December, tur growers in Karnataka can look forward to the prospect of having a better visibility on the price trend of the red gram at least for the next six months, which could help them take an informed...

India's Union Ministry of Agriculture has mapped 185 districts under a project using remote sensing technology to identify areas best suited for seven different fruits and vegetables across the country, agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh said on Monday and...

Since the advent of 20th century, electricity became the main source of invention in every major industry ranging from transportation and manufacturing to healthcare and communications, writes GS Naveen Kumar on BusinessWorld.in. Today, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is bringing the...

Seeking to provide a precise solution to a complex farm-related problem to farmers at their doorsteps, the Indian government has planned to set up a cloud-service — called 'FarmerZone' — where right kind of agri data will be collated,...

Hong Kong-based plantation and farm management company Plantations International has announced it is moving its contact centre from the Indian capital of New Delhi to the bustling I.T. hub of Bangalore. Plantations International Global sales director Ryan Jackson said, "The...

The sustainability of the agriculture production system in India appears to be under threat due to over-exploitation of natural resources, environment degradation, fall in biodiversity and exposure to production risk, according to an article on TribuneIndia.com. Precision agriculture and conservation...

NubeSol Technologies, a precision agriculture start-up focussing on the sugar industry, has made an early forecast predicting a decline of 32 per cent in sugarcane supply for FY 2016-17 compared to FY2015-16 season, according to a report on FNBNews.com. This...